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Tencent Cloud and AI Singapore Connect Singapore’s AI Talent with Real-World Industry Challenges

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Together with Aspire, DBS, Keppel, NTU LKCMedicine, and Ryde, the hackathon will explore how AI-powered solutions can deliver greater value for businesses and communities

SINGAPORE, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, and AI Singapore joined forces with leading Singaporean institutions Aspire, DBS, Keppel, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore’s Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (NTU LKCMedicine) and Ryde to challenge developers, innovators, students and start-ups to solve real industry problems with practical AI solutions.

Running from 16 September to 3 November 2026, the AI CAN DO IT Tencent Cloud Hackathon Singapore 2026 comes as Singapore supports 100,000 professionals in the nation to become “AI Bilingual”, deepening their AI fluency and helping them apply AI within their respective domains and workflows.[1] With one in five senior executives having identified talent as the single biggest challenge to scaling AI and delivering measurable impact, the importance of nurturing talent alongside fast-emerging AI tools and technologies cannot be understated.[2]

The hackathon’s industry-led format requires participants to apply AI skills, domain knowledge, and AI tools provided by Tencent Cloud to solve any of five industry-specific challenge statements contributed by the Singaporean organisations. Participants will receive training and technical support from Tencent Cloud and AI Singapore, in addition to receiving 1,000 credits per registered participant to utilize Tencent CodeBuddy, an AI-powered development tool that helps users plan, generate and refine software through natural-language interaction, Tencent WorkBuddy, an AI workspace that can break down multi-step tasks and coordinate specialised agents and tools, as well as Tencent Design Miora, an AI-native creative studio with persistent memory that helps designers, content creators, and marketers maintain visual consistency across brands and campaigns.

Routine and time-intensive work represents one area where AI tools can make a meaningful difference. Amid increasing interest in Tencent Cloud’s AI tools in Singapore, the programme encourages developers, students and businesses to explore how these tools can be applied across industries, freeing people to focus on work where human judgement, strategy and creativity matter most.

“At Tencent Cloud, we believe the value of AI is most apparent when it is applied to real business needs. By bringing together AI Singapore, organisations across five sectors and local talent, this hackathon gives participants the opportunity to combine industry knowledge with Tencent Cloud’s AI tools, cloud capabilities and technical support,” said Bluefin Jiannan Zhao, Vice President of Tencent Cloud and Managing Director of Tencent Cloud International APAC. “We hope this will help participants turn promising ideas into practical solutions for enterprises, while nurturing the talent and collaboration that will support Singapore’s growing AI ecosystem.”

Five Tracks Based on Local Industry Needs
The challenge statements are made up of real-world scenarios from crucial Singaporean industries, with submissions to be evaluated on their relevance, human-centric design, use of AI, technical execution, feasibility, responsible AI practices and potential business impact:

Banking, supported by DBS: Design a secure conversational transaction agent that can interpret natural-language requests while keeping transaction execution deterministic and subject to explicit user authorisation.Real estate, supported by Keppel: Explore how expert knowledge can be captured and converted into reusable, governed intelligence that supports decisions and operations across different assets.Healthcare, supported by LKCMedicine: Develop patient-facing AI tools that support safer self-triage, care navigation or long-term self-care while recognising when professional attention is required.FinTech, supported by Aspire: Building a Context-Aware Enterprise Knowledge System with role-based access control (RBAC), security logging & audit trail.Digital native, supported by Ryde: Create a multi-agent system that assesses rider and driver evidence, applies company policies and recommends fair, transparent outcomes for common ride-hailing disputes.

“Building a strong AI talent base requires more than technical instruction — people also need opportunities to apply AI within the real-world contexts of different industries,” said Mr Laurence Liew, Director of AI Innovation, AI Singapore. “By working on challenges contributed by organisations across several sectors, participants can gain practical experience while developing a better understanding of users, responsible design, and what it takes to move an AI concept towards real-world deployment.” 

Project submissions will close on 16 October 2026, with shortlisted teams to be announced on 23 October; they will be invited to present their solutions at the Hackathon Demo Day and Award Ceremony on 3 November, held as part of the annual Tencent Cloud Day Singapore. Participants will then demonstrate their solutions, with cash prizes of S$10,000, S$5,000 and S$2,000 awaiting the top three winners. Outstanding participants may be considered for internship fast-track opportunities with Tencent. Selected projects may also be considered for further proof-of-concept collaboration, investment or incubation support, subject to additional evaluation.

Registration is now open at https://qdrl.qq.com/65xN1yft. This initiative is also supported by Tencent Cloud’s community partners NUS Enterprise, NTU’s School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, the Singapore Management University’s Master of IT in Business programme, and Insignia Ventures Partners, alongside technical partners Beyondsoft, GenTube.com and Knovel, whose expertise will help participants turn bold ideas into working prototypes. More information on the five challenge statements, participation requirements and submission process is available in the official hackathon handbook.

[1] Ministry of Digital Development and Information, “Update to Singapore’s National AI Strategy: Refreshed Priorities to Harness AI for the Public Good,” 20 May 2026.

[2] Singapore Economic Development Board, “New McKinsey-EDB-Tech in Asia report: AI adoption in Southeast Asia is outpacing the global average,” 11 February 2026.

About Tencent Cloud
Tencent Cloud, one of the world’s leading cloud companies, is committed to creating innovative solutions to resolve real-world issues and enabling digital transformation for smart industries. Through our extensive global infrastructure, Tencent Cloud provides businesses across the globe with stable and secure industry-leading cloud products and services, leveraging technological advancements such as cloud computing, Big Data analytics, AI, IoT, and network security. It is our constant mission to meet the needs of industries across the board, including the fields of gaming, media and entertainment, finance, healthcare, property, retail, travel, and transportation.

About AI Singapore (AISG)
AISG is a national initiative driven by the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI), the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), and the National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF).

AISG brings together Singapore-based research institutions and the broader ecosystem of AI start-ups and companies to support use-inspired research, grow knowledge, create tools, and develop the talent to power Singapore’s AI efforts.

For more information on AI Singapore, please visit https://www.aisingapore.org.

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HUAWEI eKit Launches Intelligent Office Solution 2.0, Making Intelligent Office Accessible to All

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SHANGHAI, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sept 16, 2026, at the 2026 HUAWEI eKit Launch Event in Shanghai, Leon Wang, President of Huawei’s Data Communication Product Line, delivered a keynote unveiling the upgraded HUAWEI eKit Intelligent Office Solution 2.0, which targets digital transformation pain points for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

“Digital and intelligent transformation is essential for the high-quality growth of SMEs,” said Leon Wang. “Featuring superior quality, simplicity, and full-scope security, the lightweight, highly adaptable, and secure solution lowers the barrier to intelligence for SMEs—bringing the intelligent world within reach and making intelligent office accessible to all.”

For startups, Huawei introduced a minimalist solution in 2025, which required only one device and one screen. This year, HUAWEI eKit has upgraded its aesthetics and performance.

Aura10: Featuring three-color ambient lighting, four proprietary folding antennas, and an industry-first dual-polarization desktop design, the router doubles signal strength and boosts Wi-Fi speeds by 40%.IdeaHub B3 Base Smart Screen: Powered by a decoupled screen-compute architecture, it supports one-click switching between Android and Windows. Integrated with the DeepSeek LLM, its smart search and generation capabilities quickly organize fragmented information to enhance workplace productivity and decision-making efficiency.

For SMEs, Huawei introduced a Wi-Fi 7 + 2.5GE high-performance networking solution with comprehensive security protection in 2025. This year, HUAWEI eKit AR281 was launched to simplify networking and O&M. A single device does the work of five by integrating routing, NVR, WAC, private line access, and online behavior management. SuperCoding 3.0 achieves up to 85% video storage compression (one disk, six times the capacity), significantly cutting enterprise storage costs. In addition, the solution supports one-stop unified deployment and O&M, minimizing deployment cycles and costs.

In office security, HUAWEI eKit applies its full-scope security philosophy to protect business secrets from hidden recording. The new DF10 premium handheld spycam detector features a new meeting guard mode. Paired with the iGuard mobile app, it enables one-touch automated scanning with a 1.5-hour battery life for silent, continuous meeting protection. With the multi-dimensional AI identification model, false alarms are reduced to 5%.

Long committed to SME intelligence, HUAWEI eKit continues to address real enterprise pain points and lowers the barrier to digital transformation—making intelligent office accessible to all SMEs.

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Raytron Unveils Infrared Vision-Language Model at CIOE 2026, Advancing Thermal Imaging from Perception to Understanding

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SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As AI expands beyond content generation to perceiving and understanding the physical world, intelligent sensing is becoming increasingly important across industrial applications. At CIOE 2026, Raytron, a global leader in infrared thermal imaging, unveiled its Infrared Vision-Language Model, extending infrared imaging beyond image acquisition toward intelligent understanding. Raytron also introduced Falcon 500, its third-generation AI image processing chip, and showcased the latest advancements in its 8 μm and 12 μm infrared detector portfolios.

Why Does Infrared Imaging Need a Dedicated Vision-Language Model?

Unlike visible-light imaging, which primarily captures reflected light, infrared thermal imaging detects radiation emitted by objects, revealing unique information such as temperature, heat distribution, and thermal signatures. Most general-purpose vision models are trained primarily on large-scale visible-light data and are not specifically designed to interpret the unique characteristics of infrared imagery. Raytron’s Infrared Vision-Language Model is designed to address this challenge through:

5M+ Proprietary Infrared Data: More than five million high-quality multimodal infrared data samples cover specialized scenarios including industrial temperature measurement, night vision, and gas detection.Dedicated Infrared Visual Encoder: Designed specifically for infrared imaging, the dedicated encoder enhances the model’s ability to capture and interpret thermal distributions and infrared signal features.Industry-Specific Training: The model is trained for application-specific scenarios, such as gas detection, electrical inspection and perimeter monitoring. Training data covers gases such as methane, sulfur dioxide, ethanol, R-134a, R-152a, and sulfur hexafluoride, while accounting for gas plume patterns, dispersion behavior, and background interference to improve the identification of potential leakage areas.Edge AI Deployment: Enables local deployment and hardware acceleration of AI models on edge chips, allowing devices to perform real-time intelligent sensing without relying on cloud connectivity. This reduces latency, enhances data security, and helps optimize overall hardware costs.

Advancing Infrared Sensing with Falcon 500 and 8μm HD Infrared Detectors

The launch was accompanied by further advances in infrared image processing and detectors. The company unveiled Falcon 500, its third-generation infrared AI image processing chip, bringing enhanced image quality, intelligent sensing, multimodal fusion, and precision temperature measurement.

At the exhibition, Raytron also showcased its expanded 8 μm lineup, spanning resolutions from 640×512 to 1280×1024, alongside upgraded 12 μm products offering NETD as low as 15 mK.

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Email: sales@raytrontek.com
Website: https://en.raytrontek.com
LinkedIn: Raytron Technology Co., Ltd.

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STARPRIME Responds to Diverging Gold Market Demand with AM/PM Fixing and XAU24/7

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New offerings address two distinct market needs: fixing-related exposure management and continuous quote-driven gold access.

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — STARPRIME is expanding its gold offering with AM/PM Fixing and XAU24/7, giving market participants two distinct ways to manage and access gold exposure. Both offerings will be available in time for Forex Expo Dubai 2026, where STARPRIME will showcase its expanded liquidity offering as a Platinum Sponsor.

The additions complement STARPRIME’s existing gold suite, including Spot XAUUSD, with contract variations for Top of Book and Order Depth, as well as XAU Futures. Together, they respond to increasingly different client requirements across physical and electronic gold markets.

AM/PM Fixing is designed for physical hedgers and other market participants managing exposure around fixing prices. Clients can trade fixing contracts directly with the STARPRIME Trading Desk, with orders subsequently converted into spot contracts. This enables exposure to be offset against other positions and may reduce margin requirements associated with maintaining separate exposures.

XAU24/7 addresses a different shift: growing demand for quote-driven products beyond conventional market hours. As continuous access becomes increasingly familiar across financial markets, the product provides around-the-clock gold trading while operating as a distinct instrument with its own pricing environment and contract specifications, including pricing generated outside traditional reference-market hours.

“Physical gold participants increasingly need efficient ways to value and hedge inventory, while another segment is seeking continuous, quote-driven access. These are very different requirements, and liquidity solutions need to evolve around both,” said Jay Mawji, CEO of STARPRIME.

STARPRIME will showcase its expanded liquidity offering as a Platinum Sponsor of Forex Expo Dubai 2026, taking place 22–23 September at Dubai World Trade Centre. Visitors can meet the team at Booth 152. STARPRIME will also contribute to the event programme through a Liquidity Panel and fireside chat, exploring how liquidity requirements are evolving across brokers, institutions and professional trading businesses.

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STARPRIME is an institutional CFD liquidity provider and market maker, combining multi-asset liquidity with pricing technology, low-latency execution and dedicated client coverage. Its solutions are shaped around each client’s flow, scale, and market requirements, with a focus on transparency, consistent service, and long-term partnerships.

 

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