Asia Tech Lens

Thailand’s Chip Push Is Getting Real. What Procurement Leaders Should Watch

Thailand can already back up Malaysia on chip packaging and testing, but deeper manufacturing bets should wait for the talent and suppliers to catch up

12 hrs ago • Asia Tech Lens

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September 2026

The China+1 Mistake Companies Are Still Making

After the 2025 tariff shock, some companies are returning to China. Their reversals expose what relocation models often underweight: supplier…

Sep 30 • Asia Tech Lens

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We Tried The Hostinger AI Builder: Here’s What It’s Like To Go From Prompt To Functional Web Prototype

Building with AI is no longer just trying to generate a decent-looking homepage from a prompt.

Sep 23 • Asia Tech Lens

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Nvidia Is Acquiring Hugging Face. Here Is What That Means for Operators.

The question operators should be asking is what changes when a platform they treated as neutral gains an owner with strategic interests

Sep 10 • Asia Tech Lens

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Why One AI Model Won’t Fit Every Enterprise Workload

Enterprises are starting to pair general-purpose AI with specialized models for forecasting, planning and other operational tasks.

Sep 3 • Asia Tech Lens

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August 2026

AI Safety Evaluators Are Critical Vendors. Nobody Is Treating Them As One.

A string of AI testing failures has revealed a blind spot: the firms running these tests face none of the standards that apply to other security vendors

Aug 27 • Asia Tech Lens

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India’s EV Makers Don’t Need to Localize Everything. They Need an Exit Path.

The goal isn’t to eliminate foreign technology, but to keep critical dependencies replaceable

Aug 20 • Asia Tech Lens

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Southeast Asia Needs the Right AI Model for the Right Job

Southeast Asian companies have access to both US and Chinese AI, but lower model prices only translate into savings when performance, retries…

Aug 13 • Asia Tech Lens

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Before You Sign the Robot Pilot, Decide Who Controls What It Learns

Every learning-enabled robotics pilot is also a model-training agreement, and most procurement teams only sign the first one

Aug 6 • Asia Tech Lens

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July 2026

When an AI Agent Escapes Its Sandbox

OpenAI's models hacked Hugging Face while completing a benchmark. For operators commissioning AI evaluations, the incident defines the controls that…

Jul 30 • Asia Tech Lens

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China Is Building a Second Pole in Global AI Governance

A new AI governance bloc just launched. Operators across Asia and Europe will have to navigate two increasingly incompatible frameworks

Jul 23 • Asia Tech Lens

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South Korea Is Building An AI Stack, But Access Will Be Uneven

Qualified vendors with local routes can pursue near-term opportunities, while industrial buyers may need to wait for firmer commercial terms

Jul 16 • Asia Tech Lens

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