ASEAN Digital Economy, Fintech & AI Upskilling Surge
In Southeast Asia, new trend-data show developers are teaching themselves AI rapidly — according to Agoda’s AI Developer Report 2025 — while simultaneously the region’s e-commerce market is set to grow ~16 percent in 2025 (to an estimated USD 181 billion) driven by AI-powered dig…
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Charlotte Reeve
Published
Nov 26, 2025
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In Southeast Asia, new trend-data show developers are teaching themselves AI rapidly — according to Agoda’s AI Developer Report 2025 — while simultaneously the region’s e-commerce market is set to grow ~16 percent in 2025 (to an estimated USD 181 billion) driven by AI-powered digital services. PR Newswire+1
The fintech/AI intersection
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Written by
Charlotte Reeve
Senior correspondent · Real Estate & Hospitality
Charlotte has interviewed most of the operators reshaping the Gulf skyline — and a few of the ones who tried and didn't. Her beat is property, mega-projects, and the hotel groups thinking in fifty-year cycles. Previously she wrote on design and architecture across Asia. She knows which buildings will survive a downturn before the spreadsheet does. Based in Dubai. Reach out at charlotte.reeve@theplatinumcapital.com.
