AGP Executive Report
Last update: 17 hours agoHaze Watch: Indonesia’s Borneo wildfires are choking residents, with smoke so thick it disrupted Pontianak’s airport and pushed air quality to hazardous levels—sparking fresh worries for Singapore as haze returns. AI & Jobs: Databricks says it will invest US$350m in Singapore over three years, quadruple its office and train 20,000 people in data and AI skills. Payments for SMEs: HitPay launched CFO Stack to help small firms manage B2B collections with real-time confirmation and reconciliation. Local Tech Push: Anthropic picked Singapore for a new APAC office, with local hiring planned. Regional Economy: A Bain/DBS report projects the Philippines could be Southeast Asia’s second-fastest-growing major economy through 2035. Trade & Industry: India’s electronics trade deficit stays high as “electronics emerges as the new oil,” while Singapore firms are invited to invest in Telangana’s semiconductor push. Entertainment: Spotify users reported outages despite official status staying green.
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