Developer Tools

Salesforce Agentforce Operations Fixes the Workflow Problem Breaking Enterprise AI

Salesforce launched Agentforce Operations to fix the workflow gaps that are breaking enterprise AI deployments. Here is what ASEAN CRM users need to know.

4 May 2026 · 5 min read

Developer Tools

Microsoft Agent 365 Is Now Generally Available — and It Can Block Claude Code on Your Employees' Machines

Microsoft Agent 365 is now GA, offering enterprise-grade inventory, governance, and security controls for AI agents — including the ability to block Claude Code via Intune policies.

4 May 2026 · 5 min read

ASEAN Tech

ASEAN Fintech Is Moving From Pilot to Platform — And 99% of Regional Firms Stand to Benefit

New data from the World Economic Forum and Money20/20 Asia show ASEAN's fintech sector has reached an inflection point: more than 90% of financial executives say social impact is now embedded in core strategy, while SME financing platforms like Funding Societies have disbursed over $4.38 billion to 100,000+ businesses.

3 May 2026 · 5 min read

Developer Tools

Cloudflare's New "Infire" Engine Runs Trillion-Parameter AI Models on Eight GPUs

Cloudflare has built a custom LLM inference engine called Infire that runs models like Kimi K2.5 — with over one trillion parameters — across just eight H100 GPUs, with 15–22% weight compression via its new "Unweight" system.

3 May 2026 · 5 min read

AI & ML

Google Renames Vertex AI and Goes All-In on Enterprise Agents at Cloud Next 2026

Google renamed Vertex AI to the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform at Cloud Next 2026. Here is everything ASEAN businesses and developers need to know.

3 May 2026 · 5 min read

Developer Tools

IBM Granite 4.1 Matches 32B Models at 8B Parameters — The Efficiency Race Is Reshaping Enterprise AI Costs

IBM released Granite 4.1, an 8 billion parameter model matching 32B Mixture-of-Experts performance. Here is what this means for ASEAN enterprise AI costs.

3 May 2026 · 5 min read

Developer Tools

Stripe Releases 288 New Features for AI Commerce — Including Agent Payments and Real-Time Fraud for Autonomous Transactions

Stripe's latest product release covers 288 new features and updates focused on AI-native commerce infrastructure — including payment rails for AI agents, advanced fraud controls for non-human transactions, and tools for managing subscription billing in agentic workflows.

2 May 2026 · 5 min read

Finance

Visa Launches "Agentic Ready" Programme in Singapore as Stablecoin Settlements Hit $7 Billion Annually

Visa has launched its Agentic Ready programme with 13 Singapore issuers to prepare banks for AI-agent payments, while its stablecoin settlement pilot has reached a $7 billion annualised run rate across five new blockchains.

2 May 2026 · 5 min read

Developer Tools

The SaaS Business Model Is Under Threat — And Agentic AI Is Why

IDC predicts 70% of software vendors will abandon seat-based pricing by 2028 as AI agents replace human users. Here is what this SaaS transformation means for ASEAN businesses.

2 May 2026 · 5 min read

Finance

Robinhood Gets MAS Approval for Singapore — What It Means for Retail Investors

Robinhood received in-principle approval from MAS to launch brokerage services in Singapore. Here is what this means for Singapore retail investors and the region's investment landscape.

2 May 2026 · 5 min read