8. Insights from Southeast Asia on AI, facilitating innovation - and DeepSeek R1

James King interviews John Allan and Khim Peow, Optimai, on tech innovation in Singapore and the wider region, focusing on the approach to AI usage and adoption in within asset management locally and prospects for the future, including how the DeepSeek intervention may impact future developments.

Optimai - https://www.optimai.com/ - is a Singapore-based fintech providing AI services for asset managers, traders and brokers locally as well as in Hong Kong and Malaysia.