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Vietnam's leading logistics AI. vRoute optimization platform. Winner 2019 Startup World Cup ($1M prize). AI route planning for supply chains.

AI-powered invoice financing marketplace for SMEs. ML credit risk models for trade receivables. Serves 10,000+ Philippine SMEs.

Regional digital marketing and data agency using AI for customer acquisition, engagement, and retention. Platforms integrate predictive analytics, behavioural segmentation, and AI-driven media targeting for brands in retail, finance, and telco across ASEAN.

AI platform for fintech: embedded finance, credit decisioning, fraud detection, identity intelligence. Serves banks across SEA. Products: Advance AI, BNPL brand Atome.

World's largest drone operations company by reach. AI-powered inspection, surveying, precision agriculture. 70+ countries. LIDAR + CV + AI analytics platform.

Decentralized GPU cloud for AI and gaming. Enterprise-grade compute via distributed network. Backed by Framework Ventures and others.

AI platform for consumer packaged goods R&D. Predicts food and beverage trends. Helps brands like Givaudan and Nestle launch products faster.

National AI program. Created SEA-LION LLM family (MIT license). Runs 100 Experiments, AI Apprenticeship Programme, AI Safety Red-Teaming Challenge. Secretariat for National AI Strategy 2.0.

Industrial AI solutions. Energy optimization, predictive maintenance. Backed by Sembcorp. Operates in utilities, manufacturing sectors.

Digital banking and BNPL platform. AI credit scoring for underbanked. 10M+ users. Bank Neo Commerce subsidiary. Operates in ID, PH, MY.

AI-powered fish supply chain platform. Connects 150,000+ fishermen to buyers. Quality grading AI, price optimization, logistics routing. Tech for Blue Economy.

Vietnam-built enterprise management platform with AI layer. HRM, CRM, task management for SMEs. 8,000+ corporate clients. Localised for Vietnamese business context.

Myanmar-founded AI-powered HR platform serving hundreds of companies across Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Helps SMEs automate HR processes, improve decision-making, and boost employee engagement—addressing a gap in emerging-market workforce tools.

Synthetic data generation platform that helps enterprises unlock privacy-safe data for AI model training and analytics. Addresses regulatory constraints on data sharing, particularly relevant in Singapore and SEA's evolving PDPA landscape.

AI-powered remote patient monitoring and digital therapeutics. FDA-authorized products. Used in 50+ countries. Predictive care platform.

AI-powered insurance technology platform. Connects insurers, distributors, and customers. Operates in 30+ markets. Unicorn.

AI-powered supply chain for food and beverage in Vietnam. Demand forecasting, ordering automation for restaurants and convenience stores.

AI-powered talent acquisition platform for Malaysia and SEA. JD generation, resume parsing, bias-free shortlisting.

AI-powered construction management SaaS for SME contractors. 50,000+ users across TH, PH, MY, VN. Predictive project management.

Indonesian e-commerce platform. AI for warung (kiosk) digitization. BukaMitra B2B platform. Listed on IDX 2021.

Philippines' national AI research center. Implements NAS Roadmap 2.0. Coordinates AI readiness, policy, and multilingual AI for Filipino languages.

Classifieds marketplace across SEA. AI-powered price recommendations, fraud detection, image search. 250M+ listings. Unicorn.

Southeast Asia's largest integrated automotive e-commerce platform. AI pricing, inspection, financing. Unicorn. Operates MY, ID, TH, SG.

Focuses on document and data automation—AI that reads, extracts, and structures information from invoices, contracts, and handwritten forms. Used by major banks and insurance providers across Asia. Expanding into healthcare and government services.

Vietnam's second largest IT conglomerate. C-OCR document AI. CATI-VLM achieved top-12 global ranking in 2025 Robust Reading Competition. Major government AI deployments.

Human-in-the-loop robot supervision. Teleoperation and remote management for autonomous robots. Used by major logistics clients in SEA.

Commonwealth AI Centre of Excellence hosted in Singapore. Bridges Commonwealth nations on AI governance, safety, talent development.

Behavioral analytics for credit scoring using smartphone metadata. Serves banks and fintechs in SEA, India, MENA. Alternative credit data platform.

AI-powered document intelligence for Southeast Asian languages. Malay, Indonesian, and English document understanding platform.

Indonesia's leading digital wallet. 180M+ users. AI for KYC, fraud detection, AML. Backed by Ant Group and SoftBank. BCA strategic partnership.

No-code computer vision development platform. Annotation, training, deployment in one. Used by enterprises and research labs across SEA.

AI data annotation and MLOps services. Backs Thai AI startup ecosystem. Builds ML platforms for enterprises. Data labeling for automotive and medical AI.

AI-powered agricultural platform connecting Indonesian smallholder farmers with inputs, financing, and market access. Uses data analytics and ML to improve crop planning, yield prediction, and supply chain traceability for food security.

Most AI-advanced bank in SEA. 2,000+ ML models in production. AI-powered virtual bank digibank. Named World's Best Bank by Euromoney 4x.

Developer of the Philippines' first real-time indoor navigation and geo-marketing platform. Uses AI for wayfinding in malls, airports, hospitals, and large venues, combined with hyper-local marketing tools for venue operators. Featured at GITEX AI Asia 2026.

AI-powered cognitive enhancement wearable (FRENZ headband). EEG-based sleep and focus optimization. Founded by RMIT Vietnam alumni.

AI-powered aquaculture platform. Smart feeder hardware + AI feed optimization. 200,000+ fish and shrimp farmers. Largest agritech in Indonesia.

AI English pronunciation coach app. ASR and NLP for accent correction. 20M+ users in 100+ countries. Best-in-class speech recognition for non-native English.

AI-powered roleplay simulation platform enabling enterprises to scale soft-skills training at 50% lower cost and 60% faster time-to-competency. Targets frontline teams across banking, retail, and customer service.

CPF and SRS investment platform. AI portfolio optimization. Institutional-grade funds for retail investors. Licensed MAS investment adviser.

Enterprise AI search for legal, financial, and government sectors. Hybrid retrieval with generative summarization.

Philippine startup integrating IoT sensors with AI-powered nutrient dosing, irrigation, and climate control systems for greenhouse farmers. Helps optimise crop yields and build more sustainable food production — exhibited at GITEX AI Asia 2026.

AI-powered experience management platform that helps businesses turn customers into loyal advocates by surfacing actionable insights from all customer touchpoints.

AI-powered health and fitness app for Indonesia. Personalized diet and workout plans. Bahasa Indonesia content-first.

Tech-first logistics unicorn. AI route optimization, automated sorting, demand prediction. Profitable. 2M+ parcels/day. Expanding regionally.

Vietnam's largest IT company. FPT AI Factory ($400M investment, Apr 2025). akaBot RPA platform. AI for banking, manufacturing. 50,000+ employees.

Premier voice recognition provider for banking and insurance across the Philippines and Indonesia. Developed proprietary speech-to-text and TTS supporting 12 Southeast Asian languages, treating code-switching as a core feature rather than an edge case.

Southeast Asia's largest SME digital lending platform. $4B+ in loans disbursed. AI underwriting across SG, MY, ID, TH, VN. Licensed in all 5 markets.

Big data and AI analytics for enterprises. GIANT platform. Retail, government, finance verticals. Malaysia-listed. Founder Ivan Teh prominent AI advocate.

Philippines leading e-wallet. 93M+ users. AI credit scoring (GScore), fraud detection, personalized offers. Processes $40B+ transactions/year. Backed by Ant Group.

Singapore sovereign wealth fund actively investing in global AI companies and ASEAN AI infrastructure. Key capital behind ASEAN AI ambitions.

Malaysian enterprise AI platform that won the Talent Innovation Award at ITEC 2025. Focuses on AI-driven talent and workforce solutions for mid-to-large enterprises in Malaysia, showcasing Malaysia's growing strength in applied enterprise AI.

Indonesia's super app. AI in ride-hailing, payments (GoPay), food delivery, logistics. 2M+ driver partners. ML demand forecasting, dynamic pricing, fraud prevention.

Pioneering a fully autonomous agentic AI marketing department offering CMO-as-a-service, enabling businesses to execute integrated marketing strategies in minutes through AI agents.

On-demand expert tutoring platform. AI-assisted STEM learning. Founded by Vietnamese-Americans. Strong Silicon Valley-Vietnam bridge.

Builds Singapore government digital services. AI in Smart Nation platform: Singpass, LifeSG, Workfare. Runs PAIR (Public AI Research) initiative.

47M monthly transacting users across 8 countries. AI pricing, fraud detection, logistics optimization. Autonomous vehicle rollout with WeRide. GrabAI platform for merchants.

Filipino AI startup developing an automated evaluation platform for handwritten and digital student assessments. Reduces teacher grading workload while providing real-time learning insights. Represented the Philippines at GITEX AI Asia 2026 in Singapore.

AI-powered e-commerce enablement for brands. Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop management. Demand forecasting. One of Philippines' largest D2C AI platforms.

B2B platform for Philippines' 1M+ sari-sari stores. AI demand forecasting, inventory optimization, credit scoring for micro-retailers. Backed by 500 Global.

Chinese EV maker with heavy AI investment in Thailand. Local R&D center. AI-powered ADAS, voice assistant for Thai market.

AI-powered telehealth platform. 20,000+ doctors. AI symptom checker, prescription automation, insurance integration. Operates in Indonesia and Thailand.

API-based insurance and financial product distribution platform. AI risk assessment for embedded insurance. Backed by Z Venture Capital.

Malaysia's first home-grown large language model, now being piloted by Malaysian digital banks. Part of the country's push toward sovereign AI capability and domestic LLM development under its national AI agenda.

AI platform for Philippine local governments. Automated permits, license processing, citizen service bots in Filipino and regional dialects.

Singapore government agency overseeing AI governance, AI Verify testing framework, Digital AI Safety ecosystem, and ASEAN AI safety cooperation.

AI-driven financial product comparison platform. ML personalization for loans, insurance, credit cards. Partners with 30+ Malaysian banks.

Vietnamese-built super app combining payments, messaging, and AI assistant. Targets domestic market as alternative to foreign super apps.

AI-first mental health and wellbeing platform. Therapy matching, self-help modules, EAP for enterprises. 3.5M+ users. SGD origin, ID market expansion.

AI-powered legal knowledge management for law firms and in-house teams. Knowledge graph for case law retrieval across jurisdictions.

Conglomerate-backed AI R&D. AI for chicken supply chain, 7-Eleven inventory, CP Fresh Mart. One of Thailand's largest AI deployments.

AI-powered financial product comparison and digital banking. RinggitPlus brand. 5M+ Malaysian users. ML models for credit matching.

AI-powered investment research and robo-advisory. Fundamental analysis automation. Used by Thai retail investors for stock selection.

Technology arm of KBank. AI credit scoring, chatbot (KAIA), document AI. Open API banking. Runs Kampus digital talent program.

Indonesia's leading conversational AI platform. Chatbot for Telkom, Unilever, Bank BRI. Bahasa Indonesia NLP specialist. Government service bots.

AI-powered POS and business management for 150,000+ Vietnamese SMEs. Inventory forecasting, sales analytics, loyalty AI.

Tech-enabled BPO and remote staffing with AI operations layer. 10,000+ remote workers. Serving global AI companies needing ASEAN talent.

AI-powered traceability and sustainability platform for agricultural supply chains. Used by Nestlé, Unilever, Barry Callebaut. Deforestation monitoring via satellite AI.

AI-powered telehealth platform for the Philippines. 24/7 doctor consultations via app. AI symptom checker and triage. 4M+ consultations completed.

AI-powered BNPL and instant credit for e-commerce. ML underwriting for 10M+ users. Partners with Shopee, Tokopedia. Expanding to Vietnam and Thailand.

On-demand delivery platform. AI dispatch, pricing, routing. 35+ cities across SEA and beyond. Profitable since 2020.

Builds an AI gateway for enterprises to securely manage, route, monitor, and control AI traffic across multiple LLM providers. Addresses the critical enterprise need for AI observability and cost governance.

Adaptive AI logistics platform purpose-built for Southeast Asia's infrastructure variability—accounting for ferry schedules between islands, weather unpredictability, and unreliable local couriers. Focuses on cross-border last-mile logistics optimisation across ASEAN.

Computer vision platform that turns existing CCTV camera feeds into actionable business intelligence — covering retail analytics, workplace safety, and loss prevention. Deployed across retail chains and enterprise clients in SEA.

Philippines digital bank and e-wallet. AI-powered credit, savings, insurance. Maya Bank licensed. 50M+ registered users.

Malaysia's digital economy lead agency. Hosts AI Malaysia (AIMI). Led AI Malaysia Summit 2025. Manages Digital Free Trade Zone. Key conduit for foreign AI investment.

Builders of MaLLaM (Malay LLM). Open-source Malaya NLP library. Core Malay language AI infrastructure for Malaysia. Community-driven.

Vietnam's leading e-wallet with 40M+ users. AI-powered credit scoring, fraud detection, personalized offers. Series E valued at $2B+.

Malaysia e-government services conglomerate. AI for government document processing, identity verification. COVID-19 digital vaccination registry operator.

Malaysia's National AI Office. Launched ILMU sovereign LLM (Aug 2025). Oversees AI Roadmap implementation. Key node in ASEAN AI Safety Network.

Human-centred, AI-enhanced digital health platform for employee wellness. Helps organisations predict, prevent, and manage cardiometabolic and mental health conditions including diabetes, heart disease, anxiety, and depression using evidence-based digital programmes.

NVIDIA's sole contract manufacturer in Southeast Asia. Assembles AI servers for the region. Revenue jumped 723% YoY (2025). Core enabler of Malaysia's AI infrastructure buildout.

Robotics-based hull inspection and cleaning services using AI and robotics to reduce maritime fuel consumption and carbon emissions. Operates in 50+ ports and anchorages globally, having serviced 600+ large vessels. Mission-oriented around achieving net zero before 2050.

Thailand-based AI proptech company approaching its 3-year milestone, expanding from early AI adoption into a full industry-connector role in Thailand's real estate market. Bridges buyers, agents, and developers through AI-assisted property discovery and market intelligence.

AI-powered trade finance platform for SMEs. ML credit risk models for supply chain finance. Partners with Malaysian banks.

AI-powered last-mile delivery across SEA. Route optimization, demand forecasting. 7 countries, 2.5M deliveries/day. Near-unicorn.

Computer vision for government and enterprise. Facial recognition, traffic management, smart city. Government of Indonesia partner. 10M+ faces processed.

National Science & Technology Development Agency. Pathumma LLM developer. NVIDIA partnership. AI Center of Excellence initiative.

AI-native search infrastructure company building the retrieval layer for the LLM era. Delivers world-class search services to developers and enterprises with industry-leading 62ms P50 latency and support for 1M+ QPS, powering next-gen agentic AI workflows.

Olam uses AI across agricultural supply chain: crop prediction, logistics, commodity trading. Spearheads responsible AI for global food security.

Government-backed open-source Thai-language generative AI initiative under Thailand's national AI policy (2022–2027). Promotes Thai-language AI tooling for SMEs and public-sector use. Driven by collaboration between NECTEC and the Thai NLP community.

Payments and fintech infrastructure for Asia. OmiseGo. AI fraud detection and payment routing. Operates in TH, JP, SG.

Builds AI-powered chatbot and conversational banking solutions for financial institutions in Southeast Asia. Focuses on compliance-grade, enterprise conversational AI tailored for the ASEAN financial sector.

AI-powered intellectual property and R&D intelligence platform. Serves pharma, manufacturing, tech companies globally. 10,000+ enterprise clients.

Stripe for the Philippines. AI fraud detection, smart payment routing. YC-backed. 50,000+ merchants. API-first payments for Philippine SMEs.

Generative AI for digital ad creative. Predicts ad performance before launch. Clients include Facebook, TikTok advertisers globally. $1B+ ad spend managed.

AI research center attached to Phenikaa University. NLP, computer vision, robotics. Publishing internationally. Talent pipeline for Vietnamese AI ecosystem.

AI-powered infographic and visual communication tool. GenAI design generation. 11M+ users globally. Profitable Malaysian-built SaaS.

AI-powered fashion commerce platform. Personalization engine, demand forecasting, visual search. Thailand-born, SEA-wide.

Provides AI-driven predictive analytics for container shipping and logistics, giving cargo owners and freight forwarders real-time vessel ETA predictions and supply chain visibility. Part of Google for Startups Accelerator SEA cohort.

Indonesia's leading digital identity and e-signature platform. AI-powered KYC, biometric verification. 45M+ registered users. Bank Indonesia licensed.

Known for high-accuracy speech recognition and natural language understanding tailored to Indonesian languages. Serves enterprise clients in transcription, virtual assistants, and more. One of the few deep-tech NLP labs focusing exclusively on Indonesia's diverse language landscape.

AI logistics and shipping platform for Philippine e-commerce. Smart parcel tracking, automated sorting, rate optimization. ShippingCart cross-border brand.

AI-powered recommerce platform for refurbished electronics. Operates in SG, MY, AU, NZ. Category leader in sustainable tech retail.

Kuala Lumpur-based AI conversation management platform that consolidates customer interactions across WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok into a single business dashboard. Growing quietly into one of SEA's most successful B2B conversation platforms.

AI-powered real estate platform for Vietnam. Automated property valuation, AI matching, virtual tours. Category leader in Vietnamese proptech.

Indonesia's first profitable EdTech startup. Roboguru AI homework solver with photo search. 22M+ users. Expanded to Vietnam (KienGuru) and Thailand (StartDee).

Southeast Asia's entry into frontier AI architecture research, focusing on Hierarchical Reasoning Models (HRM) and pursuing smarter model architectures rather than brute-force scale. Has drawn significant academic and industry attention.

Tech venture arm of Siam Commercial Bank. Built Typhoon LLM (Apache 2.0). Invests in AI fintech startups. SCBX digital transformation engine.

Customer experience outsourcing with deep AI integration. AI-powered contact centre analytics. 3,000+ employees. Malaysian-listed tech company.

Shopee + Garena + SeaMoney. Sailor LLM via SEA AI Lab (SUTD). Deep AI integration in commerce, gaming, payments. FY2025 revenue +33% YoY. First profitable year.

AI solutions and consulting for Thai enterprises. Computer vision, NLP, predictive analytics. Major clients include Grab Thailand and CP Group.

AI-powered home services marketplace. Intelligent job matching, pricing, quality control. Category leader in Malaysia and expanding SEA.

Core banking and financial services software. AI-powered digital banking transformation for SEA banks. Powers 40%+ of top 20 ASEAN banks.

Singtel and NCS (IT services arm) deploying AI across telecom ops, smart city, enterprise. Runs Optus AI in Australia. AISG partner.

AI-powered omnichannel conversation platform for sales and customer engagement, unifying WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok interactions in one dashboard. Operates across Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brazil, and the UAE.

Robo-advisory platform. AI-driven asset allocation. Licensed in SG, MY, MENA. 80,000+ clients. Acquired by Abu Dhabi-based holding company 2024.

Open source Firebase alternative. Backend-as-a-service with Postgres. AI-native with vector database (pgvector). 1M+ developers. $220M raised Sep 2025.

Helps companies accelerate AI deployment by providing data labelling, annotation, and quality-assurance services via a hybrid automation + skilled remote team model. Operates across Southeast Asia, serving startups, enterprises, and research labs building complex AI systems.

AI-powered robo-advisory and wealth management. Multi-asset portfolios. 100K+ customers. Latest round Sep 2025 at $52.5M.

AI-augmented content production and BPO. Largest animation studio in Philippines pivoting to AI content. Klook, Globe Telecom clients.

Conversational AI platform for enterprises. Malay and English chatbot solutions for banks, telcos. Partners with Celcom and RHB.

AI-native project management and collaboration platform. AI agents for task automation, note-taking, brainstorming. Used by 500K+ teams globally.

Uses generative AI to support field teams in construction, maintenance, and utilities. Pulls data from on-site sensors and worker reports to generate predictive maintenance schedules, checklists, and real-time suggested solutions.

Singapore state investor deploying into global AI companies. Key backer of AI infrastructure plays. Co-author of e-Conomy SEA report (with Google, Bain).

Myanmar-based fintech-AI startup building alternative credit scoring models using mobile usage patterns, utility payments, and social connections — specifically targeting the unbanked population. Positioned to become core risk-assessment infrastructure for Myanmar's digital finance wave.

Merged with TikTok Shop to form Indonesia's largest e-commerce entity. AI recommendation, demand forecasting, fraud detection. 100M+ monthly active users.

AI-powered anti-money laundering platform for banks. AMLS and FRAML products. Clients include CIMB, Taishin. Federated learning for financial crime detection.

Uses machine learning to detect accounting manipulation and financial statement fraud in publicly listed companies across Asia. Helps institutional investors, auditors, and regulators assess corporate governance risk at scale.

Southeast Asia's travel super app. AI pricing, personalization, fraud. 50M+ app downloads. Expanding into financial services.

World's leading retail shelf intelligence platform. Computer vision tracks stock levels globally. Backed by Softbank, CUHK. Top-funded SG AI startup (OECD Jan 2025).

AI governance and model risk management for Vietnamese banks. AISG partner. Aligns with Vietnam AI Law (Dec 2025) compliance requirements.

AI credit decisioning for 2B unbanked people. Telco and social data for alternative credit scoring. Operates in Vietnam, Indonesia, India.

One of Southeast Asia's rare indigenous foundation model initiatives. Builds Thai-language large language models to support Thai SMEs, enterprises, and public services. Represents a key regional attempt to establish local leadership in foundation AI rather than relying on Western or Chinese models.

AI-powered carbon accounting and supply chain emissions tracking platform for enterprises. Automates Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions data collection and reporting, helping companies meet ESG disclosure requirements across ASEAN and beyond.

Vietnam's state-backed innovation hub accelerating AI startup formation and R&D investment. A co-organiser of the Google for Startups Accelerator: Southeast Asia programme launching August 2026, and a key node driving Vietnam's standalone AI law implementation.

AI division of Vietnam's largest telco. Speech recognition, biometrics, NLP for 100M+ subscribers. Viettel AI Centre. Deep government partnerships.

Vietnam's most advanced AI research lab. PhoGPT LLM. Vintern multimodal models. Autonomous vehicle AI for VinFast. World-class vision and NLP research team.

AI for medical imaging and healthcare. VinDr platform: chest X-ray, mammography, spinal, liver AI. World-leading cancer detection models.

Pioneered diagnostic imaging AI optimised for rural clinic conditions—designed to operate with poor internet connectivity and limited on-site expertise. TB screening AI achieved 94% accuracy in rural Philippines, addressing critical radiologist shortages in underserved areas.

Visual search and product discovery AI for retail. Powers visual search for global retailers. Acquired by Farfetch then Snap. Original team still in Singapore.

Vietnam's first and largest tech unicorn. Zalo platform (77M users). VNG Cloud / GreenNode AI infrastructure. Zalo AI: NLP, voice, recommendation engines.

AI-powered digitization of Indonesia's 4M informal kiosks (warungs). Smart display, inventory AI, B2B ordering. Category leader in ultra-bottom-of-pyramid retail tech.

Industrial estate and data center developer. Partners with hyperscalers. Positioned as Thailand's AI infrastructure backbone for $2.7B DC investment wave.

Builds multilingual voice agents tuned for Southeast Asian speech patterns and code-switching across English, Bahasa Indonesia, and Tagalog. Flagship product Talkbot is used by banks, telcos, and e-commerce platforms. Partnered with Agora for regional expansion.

Enterprise automation platform. AI-powered workflow automation and integration. 5,000+ enterprise clients. Unicorn valued at $5.7B.

Payments infrastructure for SEA. AI-powered fraud detection, smart routing. Serves Grab, Traveloka, Wish. ID, PH, MY, SG, TH markets.

AI R&D arm of VNG. Speech recognition, NLP, recommendation for Zalo's 77M users. Builds Vietnamese language models. VLSP competition organizer.