Preqin data: Southeast Asia's AI startups raised just $1.7B across 122 deals so far in 2024, out of ~$20B across 1,845 deals for the whole Asia-Pacific region
- While global tech expands in the region, its startups languish — Its homegrown tech industry risks falling behind in AI
Southeast Asia's AI infra boom has been fueled by $60B in investments. But the region's own AI startups are languishing, & the geography of 675M people risks falling behind in this new tech frontier Via @business @technology w/ @oliviapohtech https://www.bloomberg.com/... #AI [im…