AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoSoutheast Asia Finance: Grab will buy a controlling 60% stake in Atome Financial for US$1.49B, aiming to expand buy-now-pay-later and consumer lending to the region’s unbanked and underbanked. AI & Chips: Samsung joined a $231M Series A for Dutch inference-chip startup Euclyd, betting on lower-cost, lower-power AI hardware beyond Nvidia-style approaches. Digital Governance: A report warns Southeast Asia is buying Chinese digital infrastructure, but still writing cybersecurity and AI rules using European and UN-style frameworks. Health Costs: A US House hearing spotlighted why oral chemotherapy is often far less affordable than intravenous options, with Pharmacy Benefit Managers blamed for driving out-of-pocket disparities. Climate & Safety: Yosemite’s Dome Fire surged to 100 acres, with trails closed but no immediate threat to structures reported. Energy Shipping: Hanwha Power won ABS approval in principle for an LNG bunkering vessel designed to handle both LNG and ammonia. Sports & Culture: Meta launched Meta One in India (from Rs.79/month) while South Korea opened the Asian Games U-23 football with a 4-1 win over Qatar.
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