May 2025: Singapore

Singapore’s tech news snapshot for May of 2025

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Singapore: QuikBot takes ‘Best Startup of the Year’ at the recent Asia Tech x Singapore Enterprise Tech Awards with its autonomous final-mile delivery Platform-as-a-Service / full item
Singapore unveils global initiatives to strengthen its AI ecosystem, including the MERaLiON Consortium, a globally-focused R&D collaboration platform / full item
Franklin Templeton to Launch Singapore’s First Tokenised Fund for Retail Investors’ / full item
Asia Tech x Singapore conference and expo is set for May 27-29, with ATxSummit, ATxEnterprise, and ATxInspire components providing the widest possible range of tech updates / full item
Singapore and the European Union ink European Union-Singapore Digital Trade Agreement, EUSDTA, to enhance digital connectivity and streamline trade / full item
Taiwan’s Foxconn is among possible bidders for Singapore’s semiconductor assembly and testing firm, UTAC Holdings, in a deal that may value UTAC at near $3 billion / full item
SatelliteAsia conference and expo takes place as part of Asia Tech x Singapore – ATxSG – May 27-29, looking at all things satellite communication technology-related / full item
Asia Pacific and Japan saw 51 billion web attacks in 2024, driven by AI use, up from 29 billion attacks in 2023, with Australia, India, and Singapore the most-targeted / full item

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