Sarah Chew covers Southeast Asia’s technology, fintech, digital policy, and AI adoption landscape for RECATOOLS. Her work focuses on how regulation, platform shifts, and emerging technologies affect businesses, consumers, and digital markets across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

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Finance

What a Tuition Total Leaves Out

Our own calculator says a four-year degree costs $54,400, and discloses that it excludes fee changes between years. We measured what that clause costs: $4,218 at a 5% annual rise, and more than a full term once a six-year course rises 3.2% a year.

18 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
Gold-coloured coins spilling from a glass jar on a red background, illustrating a report on MariBank's regional expansion.
ASEAN Tech

MariBank Is Exporting a Model That Has Not Worked at Home Yet

Sea's Singapore digital bank lost S$55.6 million in 2025 and has about three years of its profitability window left. It is now building a regional group, starting with the Philippines, where a large share of transactions still begin and end in cash.

17 Aug 2026 · 8 min read
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ASEAN Tech

An AI Data Centre Pact for Four ASEAN Markets, With No Capacity, Cost or Date

A SoftBank subsidiary, a Singapore developer and a Malaysian HPC firm will build AI data centres in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam. No investment, capacity, timeline or site was disclosed - and what was disclosed is more informative.

17 Aug 2026 · 8 min read
Close-up of a gold-coloured microprocessor, illustrating a report on Nvidia holding large equity stakes in two of its chip customers.
Finance

Nvidia Now Owns Large Stakes in Two of Its Biggest Customers

A disclosure on Friday put 122.8 million SpaceX shares worth about US$21 billion, and roughly US$30 billion of Intel, on Nvidia's books. Together they are close to 80 per cent of its disclosed portfolio, and both companies buy its chips.

16 Aug 2026 · 8 min read
Close-up of a printed circuit board, illustrating a report on Intel raising US$20 billion largely against advanced packaging capacity.
Finance

Intel Asked for US$15 Billion. The Orders Came to US$100 Billion.

Intel planned a US$15 billion raise, took orders above US$100 billion, and priced US$20 billion at US$95 a share. Three of the four growth areas it named are manufacturing, which is what the demand is really pricing.

15 Aug 2026 · 8 min read
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ASEAN Tech

Manus Moved to Singapore. Beijing Blocked the Sale Anyway.

Meta is unwinding a US$2 billion acquisition that Chinese regulators blocked, and users have until 23 August to save their data. Manus had already reincorporated in Singapore. The position Beijing took was that control follows origin, not registration.

15 Aug 2026 · 8 min read
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ASEAN Tech

Vietnam's High-Risk AI List Takes Effect Tomorrow. Compliance Is Not a Defence.

Six sectors, mandatory conformity assessment, local presence for foreign providers - and strict liability for damages even where the provider complied fully. Southeast Asia's first binding AI regime sets a template the region will copy or avoid.

14 Aug 2026 · 9 min read
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Finance

Databricks Raised $5 Billion. Its CEO Says AGI Arrived and Changed Nothing.

A US$190 billion valuation on a US$7 billion run-rate, and a chief executive arguing that AGI has been reached, that it is not superintelligence, and that the world is largely unchanged apart from the inference bill.

14 Aug 2026 · 8 min read
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Finance

Anthropic Paid $9.1 Billion for Electricity, Not Computers

A 20-year, US$9.1 billion lease for 191 megawatts at a Texas bitcoin mining campus. The transaction prices what is actually scarce - and quietly removes a chunk of the Texas grid's emergency brake.

13 Aug 2026 · 8 min read
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ASEAN Tech

Indonesia Wants a Gigawatt. Singapore's Entire Market Is 1.46.

Zankore targets a gigawatt of AI computing capacity within three years, starting with 200MW at Batang in 2027. Set against Singapore's live capacity and Malaysia's pipeline, the ambition is clear - and so is the constraint.

13 Aug 2026 · 8 min read
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