The AI exit window is wide open. Southeast Asia isn’t standing anywhere near it

e27 - Oct 19, 2026

Last week, Amazon was reported to be in talks to pay around US$7 billion for Decart, a three-year-old startup valued at just under US$4 billion in May. Cohere signed a letter of intent to buy AI security startup AISLE. Prime Intellect snapped up Moondream. Bumble agreed to a US$1.3 billion take-private. And that was a […] The post The AI exit window is wide open. Southeast Asia isn’t standing anywhere near it appeared first on e27.

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