UpGuard, BOS Semiconductors, Zentrix AI, and more raised funds this week. Read from your browser FOMO Saturday Welcome to Tech in Asia's free Saturday VC newsletter! Register to get full access to our subscribers-only premium content and other insightful analysis on the big and messy topics of Asia's tech and startup community. Ensure our articles appear in your Google searches: Hello Betamax, A lot of technology is a double-edged sword: Its strengths create new weaknesses, none more so than AI. As companies adopt more and more AI tools, productivity is expected to rise. But with new tools shipping at breakneck speed, some pieced together in-house by vibe coders, security vulnerabilities are popping up just as fast . The solution? More AI, of course. This week's top deal is for Australian cybersecurity firm UpGuard's US$75 million raise. The firm uses an AI platform, likely to ward off the AI-driven cybersecurity threats it faces. As Bart Simpson might say, the...
We refresh SEA's genAI power list and unpack why relying on third-party models isn't necessarily a weakness. Read from your browser Daily Newsletter Welcome to Tech in Asia's daily newsletter, your essential dose of Asia's tech and startup buzz. Subscribe to this newsletter or send story tips to editors@techinasia.com . Ensure our articles appear in your Google searches: IN FOCUS Regional genAI leaders to have on your radar Why "renting" AI models may not always be a disadvantage Deliveroo serves up last of food delivery orders in Singapore Hello Betamax, We've received a ton of feedback since we released our first iteration of prominent people in Southeast Asia's generative AI space last September. Since then, we've added over a dozen new names to the list based on community recommendations and as new AI startups surfaced. While much of the recent conversation has shifted toward robotics and AI agents, the genAI space is still a flur...