OpenAI will commit more than S$300 million (approx. US$235 million) to expand Singapore's artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem, choosing the city-state for its first applied AI lab outside the US as Singapore pushes to strengthen its position as a regional AI hub.
South Korea has launched a five-year public-private project to build a domestic AI humanoid robot platform, bringing together KIST, LG affiliates, universities, and a hospital as the country looks to narrow the gap with the US and China in next-generation robotics.
Moonshot AI, the Beijing-based generative AI unicorn behind the widely popular Kimi chatbot, has informed its shareholders that it intends to dismantle its offshore corporate framework to clear a regulatory path for an initial public offering (IPO), likely in Hong Kong.
Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) said that strong memory market demand is lifting its outlook and expanding its role in the memory supply chain, while also strengthening its importance in surface-mount technology (SMT) for AI server boards with major US clients.
Iron Force Industrial saw short-term pressure in its operations during the first quarter of 2026, due to tariff swings in the US-China trade war, adjustments to its product mix, and foreign exchange losses from a stronger Chinese Yuan. The automotive safety parts and thermal solutions maker also pointed to new progress in its efforts to enter the AI server cooling market, with liquid-cooling products set to become a new growth driver as shipments begin in the second quarter.
Lens Technology's bid for control of Ju Teng International Holdings is putting renewed focus on changes in the notebook supply chain, as the Chinese supplier seeks to reduce its reliance on Apple and broaden its product portfolio.
Artificial intelligence is undergoing a fundamental shift. Generative AI — passive, prompt-dependent, inert without input — has given way to agentic systems that reason, plan, and act on their own. The change is not incremental. It is architectural.
Humanoid robot developers and suppliers are increasingly focused on joint-module load-bearing capabilities as a key barrier to replacing human workers, according to supply-chain sources. Industry participants cite limited payload capacity, reduced durability of reducers, and structural strength as primary constraints on commercialization.
DFI Inc. said healthy order visibility and strong demand from medical and defense projects will sustain growth into the second half of 2026, but widening component lead times driven by AI and data center demand have become the primary constraint on revenue acceleration.
May 20, Nvidia reported first-quarter fiscal 2027 revenue of US$81.6 billion, up 85% year over year and 20% sequentially. GAAP diluted EPS reached US$2.39, up 214% year-on-year, and non-GAAP EPS was US$1.87, up 140% year-on-year. Both topped consensus estimates, with revenue near US$79 billion and non-GAAP EPS of US$1.77, S&P Global Market Intelligence reported.
With less than an hour remaining before a planned strike was set to begin, Samsung Electronics and its labor union reached a tentative agreement late on May 20, narrowly avoiding what industry observers estimated could have triggered supply-chain disruptions worth more than KRW100 trillion (US$66.8 billion).
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