Browsing: Southeast Asia 500
Vietnam’s Vinfast tries to break into the Indian car market with a $500 million EV factory
Vietnam’s Vinfast began production at a $500 million electric vehicle plant in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state on Monday, part…
‘We want to be patient’: Southeast Asia’s venture investors are excited about AI–but less excited about the region
Asia editor Nick Gordon here, filling in for Allie Garfinkle. The future of AI is in Asia. At least, that’s the…
AI chatbots struggle to function beyond English: ‘They know a lot … but they miss the culture’
The world’s leading AI chatbots can now generate everything from emails to research papers—in English. But shift to a different…
Programmers, creatives, even management consultants are worried AI is going to put them out of a job. But it turns…
Financial services are pushing up the revenues of the Southeast Asia 500’s most prominent tech startups
Tech has a tiny presence on the Southeast Asia 500, generating just under 3% of the list’s total revenue. Just…
99 Speed Mart’s Southeast Asia 500 debut is the latest milestone for the company and its founder, a childhood polio survivor
99 Speed Mart, one of Malaysia’s largest convenience store chains, is one of the newest firms on the Southeast Asia…
Resurgent air travel and a strategic acquisition helped SATS climb over 100 places in the Southeast Asia 500
Airlines the world over are reporting a surge in business as tourists go traveling again. Carriers earned a total net…
Nvidia and the AI boom helps Malaysia’s Nationgate debut on the Southeast Asia 500 with a 720% revenue surge
The Southeast Asia 500’s fastest growing company can thank the AI boom for its rapid rise. Generative AI has driven…
Agrifood giant Wilmar hands over almost two-thirds of its annual profit to Indonesia as ‘security deposit’ for palm oil corruption case
Wilmar International, the Singapore-based agrifood giant, has handed over 11.9 trillion Indonesian rupiah ($729 million) to Indonesia as a “security…
Fortune’s Southeast Asia 500, which measures the largest companies in the region by revenue, covers seven economies: Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia,…












