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e-Conomy SEA Report: Southeast Asia's Digital Economy to Reach $1 Trillion by 2035

The 11th edition of the e-Conomy SEA report, released by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company, forecasts that Southeast Asia's digital economy GMV will grow 17% year-on-year to $368 billion in 2026 and surpass $1 trillion by 2035. Generative AI is already used daily by 243 million people in Southeast Asia, growing four times faster than the mobile internet, and the report projects that regional AI usage will grow 60-fold over the next five years. 75% of users are willing to let AI agents compare prices and complete transactions on their behalf, but the region will need to expand data center capacity roughly threefold over the next five years to support computing demand.

Arda Industries raises $232 million to make production lines easier to adjust with AI

Arda Industries officially launched with $232 million in funding, led by Accel, Altimeter, Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures, with participation from XYZ Venture Capital, 8VC, SVAngel and Felicis. The company's co-founder and CEO is Bob McGrew, former Chief Research Officer at OpenAI. Its platform lets users upload product blueprints and then automatically plan production lines, determine which robots to use and generate visual work instructions. Its current customers are concentrated in defense and data center electronics; Anduril uses it to optimize production lines. The company's long-term plan is to enter the consumer electronics market and develop AI agents that can adapt to new equipment within days.

Google Brings Gemini and Personal Intelligence to Global In-Car Scenarios

Google announced that Gemini is now available globally on Android Auto and in cars with Google built in, and has begun rolling out Personal Intelligence, which, with authorization, can connect to Workspace (including Gmail and Google Calendar), Google Photos, Google Maps, YouTube, and Search to answer questions such as flight gate numbers, restaurants along the route, and locations in photos. Personal Intelligence begins rolling out on Android Auto today, with cars with Google built in to follow over the coming months. It is currently available to eligible personal Google accounts for users aged 18 and over, excludes Workspace business, enterprise, and education users, and is not available in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, or Nigeria.

Google launches a small business hub and brand and finance tools for Gemini

Google has launched a business landing page for Gemini aimed at small business owners, where they can manage branding, finances, and customer insights, and connect Google Business Profile, Google Ads, Google Workspace, as well as third-party apps such as Adobe, Canva, Dropbox, Shopify, Wix, Zoho, and Xero. Users can define their brand style by uploading their website, brand kit, fonts, or color palettes, and with Nano Banana 2.1 generate marketing visuals with a consistent style; Gemini can also turn spreadsheets, receipts, and purchase records into financial charts and interactive models. These features will roll out gradually worldwide to all Gemini app users over the coming days.

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How an Anthropic Japan BDR Uses a Team of Claude Agents to Handle Daily Work

An Anthropic Japan business development representative used Claude Managed Agents (beta) to build an agent team called Nakama, handing lead triage, qualification, email drafting, Salesforce updates, and post-meeting follow-up to 6 agents that run on a schedule, completing most of the work before the start of each day. He first prototyped it in Claude using skills, scheduled tasks, and a shared folder; after migrating, skills became system prompts, the shared folder became memory storage, and changes are proposed uniformly in a Slack channel and synced by a coordinating agent roughly every 15 minutes.

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Google Arts & Culture app gets 15th anniversary update, adding AI conversational search and experimental features

On its 15th anniversary, the Google Arts & Culture app is rolling out a redesigned version whose centerpiece is a brand-new conversational search that lets users ask questions in natural language and receive answers accompanied by images and curated stories. The new homepage is consolidated into a single feed and adds two AI experiments: Chrono Look, for virtually trying on historical clothing, and Dial-an-Artist, which simulates conversations with historical artists. City Guide adds 27 global destinations. The app is rolling out worldwide on Google Play and the Apple App Store.

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