Thailand’s tech news headlines in May 2025
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- Thailand: City of Bangkok partners Google to use AI to better manage traffic flow across the city, aiming to reduce road congestion and air pollution / full item
- Thailand: Big Data Institute partners National Science & Tech Development Agency for national data bank for secure collection, management and access to Thailand’s national data / full item
- Thailand: China’s Tencent eyes the Thai market for palm biometric payments, in competition with Alipay / full item
- Thailand: Wind Energy Holding, the country’s largest wind power producer, looks at large-scale spend to nearly triple its generating capacity over 12 years / full item
- Thailand: Government pushes plans to integrate crypto into the economy with consideration of scheme allowing tourists to link digital assets to credit cards for in-country spending / full item
- Thailand: China’s Huawei now serves over 80,000 Thai households via its FusionSolar energy solutions, providing up to 70% of their electricity supply / full item
“Thailand’s draft Platform Economy Act aims to safeguard economic stability and enhance trust in the country’s booming digital ecosystem…” / full item
- Thailand: South Korea’s Naver tech major inks MoU with Thailand’s SIAM AI to work on development of sovereign Thai AI large language model, and a tourism-specific AI agent / full item
Thailand: “A new investor group is expected to take over debt-ridden Neta Auto, looking to revive the Chinese battery electric vehicle maker in China and Thailand…” / full item
- Thailand: Government scraps 10,000 baht digital wallet plan, instead reallocating over 150 billion baht towards economic stimulus plan / full item
- Thailand: Government unveils ‘G-Token’, its first government-backed digital token, offering a novel way for citizens to invest / full item
- Thailand: MUU animal-free dairy startup secures funding from major backers with sustainable dairy alternatives created using precision fermentation / full item
- Thailand: Here’s a brief overview of the recent Huawei Cloud 2025 Asia Pacific Partner Conference held in Thailand which focused on AI opportunities across a range of industries / full item
- Thailand: Ministry of Labour partners Microsoft Thailand for AI skills development through THAI Academy, aiming to train 100,000 Thai workers in AI skills / full item
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- Thailand has set sights on all units in government to fully adopt digital systems by 2026, with an estimated investment of 500 billion baht in digital infrastructure / full item
- Thailand Digital Arrival Card system launched on May 1st to screen foreign arrivals, in part a bid to combat growth in scammer networks and associated criminals / full item
- Thailand: An intro to Meticuly, using on-site 3D printing to deliver personalized surgical implants / full item
- India: Thailand’s A2D Ventures VC and startup investing platform enters India via partnership with We Founder Circle, an angel investment syndicate / full item
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