
GITEX AI Kazakhstan is the region’s largest inaugural event for tech, startups, and digital investment—hosted by the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in partnership with Astana Hub and Akimat of the City of Almaty, and accelerated by GITEX—the world’s largest and most trusted tech ecosystem.

The Smart Journalist course aims to equip journalists and media professionals with the skills needed to effectively use artificial intelligence and modern digital tools in daily journalistic work. The course focuses on enhancing speed, accuracy, and content quality while maintaining professional standards and media ethics.

GISEC Global 2026 will raise the bar with an expanded programme of hands-on workshops, live cyber drills, and a multi-stage conference agenda.

The ME-TECH in Dubai, UAE is one of the most important technical refining and petrochemical conference in the GCC region. It takes place from May 5-7, 2026. The Middle East Technology Forum for Refining & Petrochemicals this year focuses on empowering the future of the downstream sector. It brings together refining and petrochemical producers and experts to discuss trends, challenges and innovations.

GOVX.0 Philippines is a mega-scale B2B platform driving the country’s digital governance transformation. As the nation accelerates toward a fully connected, data- driven public sector, the event brings together 600+ senior officials and decision- makers from National Government Agencies and Local Government Units. Organised by Tradepass, GOVX.0 offers national leaders expert insights into the evolving e-Governance landscape, enabling high-impact discussions, exploration of next-gen solutions, and the formation of strategic partnerships with technology providers. This year’s edition features: ✦ Insights from 70+ distinguished thought leaders shaping the nation’s digital transformation agenda ✦ Solutions from 30+ global innovators across e-Governance, cybersecurity, digital infrastructure & more ✦ Curated 1:1 expert sessions addressing key challenges Supported by: Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) | Presidential Communications Office (PCO) | Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) | Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) | Philippine National Police (PNP) | Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) | Public-Private Partnership Center of the Philippines

Event Overview Join a curated startup networking event designed for founders, entrepreneurs, investors, and senior professionals who value meaningful conversations over random networking. This is not a typical networking meetup. With limited seats and application-based entry, the focus is on high-quality interactions, relevant connections, and real business outcomes. If you’re looking for a startup networking event where you meet decision-makers, not spectators, this is for you. Who Should Attend: Founders, CXOs, and Directors Product-based companies: At MVP stage or beyond Service-based companies: Must have served at least a few clients Excluding Student Entrepreneurs Angel Investors & Senior Investment Analysts From VC firms, family offices, or private investment networks Ecosystem Leaders 18+ years of expertise in a domain or industry Country/Regional Heads (e.g., India Head, APAC Head, EMEA Head Senior professionals (Director, VP, AVP, Multi-State Head) at MNCs or large enterprises) Each application is reviewed to ensure alignment with the event’s objective, and only selected participants will be invited. Get a Glimpse: Watch the Sneak Peek ( https://youtu.be/lzZRU5t4LJ4 ) from past events to see the experience in action. Why Attend This Startup Networking Event? Curated, High Quality Connections – Meet only relevant entrepreneurs, founders, and decision-makers instead of random crowds. Real Collaboration Opportunities – Discover potential partners, co-founders, or collaborators who align with your goals. Actionable Conversations: Exchange practical insights on real business challenges — not surface-level talk. Long-Term Value – Build relationships that extend beyond the event into ongoing collaboration.. Post-Event Community: Gain lifetime access to a private group of 500+ validated leaders for ongoing collaboration. Explore Previous Attendees from our Past Mixers: https://bit.ly/m/Entrepreneurs-Arch What Makes This Different Most networking events are either overcrowded or ineffective. This one is built differently. Quality Over Quantity : Every attendee is pre-screened to ensure relevance. Meet handpicked founders —no juniors, no spectators. Build Relationships, Not Contacts : Forget fleeting exchanges. The intimate setup allows time to discuss ideas, challenges, and opportunities. Leave with 3-5 meaningful connections and clear next steps, not just business cards. Structured, Not Stiff: Guided icebreakers and peer introductions skip the awkwardness. Walk in as strangers, leave with collaborators. Safe, Non-Promotional Space – No spam, no hard selling—just meaningful business conversations. Agenda 5 PM: Rapid-Fire Introductions 5:45 PM: Collaborative Icebreakers (A light icebreaker to help initiate conversations) 6:15 PM : Focused Networking (Discussions over curated snacks & beverages) Registration Process: Submit your profile for a brief screening Only approved registrations will be able to make the payment. Date & Time: 09th May, 5 pm to 8 pm. Venue Location: Sindhu Bhavan Road, Ahmedabad

This is India’s only integrated, government-aligned strategic business platform dedicated exclusively to the Banking, Financial Services, Fintech, Insurance, Asset & Wealth Management sectors.

Investors & Founders Networking Forum

Title: Digital Native Nexus 2026: Powering the Next Era of Intelligent Digital Enterprises Theme : Digital by Design. Intelligent by Default. Digital Native Nexus 2026 arrives as a defining platform dedicated to the leaders, founders, and innovators building India’s most dynamic digital-first organisations. Curated by The Mainstream, the summit brings together an influential ecosystem of digital-native founders, CXOs, technology strategists, and innovation leaders to explore how enterprises are evolving from digital adoption toward intelligence-led growth. Hosted in Delhi, the event creates a high-energy environment where strategy, innovation, and leadership intersect. As businesses navigate rapid technological acceleration, digital natives are setting new benchmarks for agility, customer experience, and scalable innovation. Digital Native Nexus 2026 is designed not merely as a conference, but as a collaborative platform where emerging and established leaders exchange perspectives on building resilient, data-driven, and future-ready organisations. The event reflects the growing influence of companies born in the digital era — organisations that prioritise speed, experimentation, and continuous transformation. Purpose & Vision: Enabling the Intelligence-Led Enterprise The central vision of Digital Native Nexus 2026 focuses on how enterprises can transition from being digital-first to becoming intelligence-driven. Today’s leaders must move beyond technology adoption toward leveraging AI, advanced analytics, automation, cybersecurity, and platform ecosystems to create measurable business value. The summit explores how digital-native thinking is reshaping industries — from customer engagement and product innovation to operational excellence and growth strategy. Through practitioner-led conversations and real-world insights, participants will examine how organisations can scale innovation responsibly while maintaining trust, governance, and long-term sustainability. Why This Summit Stands Out Digital Native Nexus distinguishes itself through its sharp focus on leadership outcomes and peer-driven dialogue. Rather than theoretical discussions, the agenda prioritises actionable insights from leaders actively building and scaling digital enterprises. The event brings together decision-makers who are redefining enterprise models through platform thinking, AI-powered decision-making, and customer-centric innovation. By combining thought leadership with recognition through its awards segment, the platform celebrates both ideas and execution, highlighting individuals and teams driving measurable transformation. Curated Experience & Key Highlights The summit experience is designed for meaningful engagement and high-impact learning, featuring: Visionary Keynotes exploring the future of digital enterprises, AI adoption, and innovation leadership. Leadership Panels discussing scaling challenges, growth strategies, and evolving digital ecosystems. Founder & CXO Dialogues offering candid perspectives on building and sustaining digital-native businesses. Innovation Showcases presenting breakthrough solutions and transformative enterprise use cases. Digital Native Nexus Awards recognising excellence across technology leadership, cybersecurity, innovation, and execution. Strategic Networking Experiences enabling authentic peer connections and collaboration opportunities. Community, Recognition & Collaboration Digital Native Nexus is built around a growing community of innovators shaping India’s digital economy. The platform encourages collaboration across industries, enabling leaders to learn from shared successes and challenges. By bringing founders and enterprise leaders into one ecosystem, the event fosters cross-pollination of ideas that accelerate innovation at scale. Connect. Innovate. Lead. As Digital Native Nexus 2026 unfolds, participants will gain fresh perspectives, meaningful partnerships, and actionable strategies to navigate the next phase of enterprise evolution. The experience empowers leaders to rethink growth, embrace intelligent technologies, and confidently lead organisations into the future of digital innovation. For agenda details and participation information, interested leaders are encouraged to connect through the event’s official channels. Venue: Bengaluru Date : Bengaluru | 8th May 2026

The 3rd World Conference on Climate Change Sustainability (WCCCS-2026) will be held on 10 May 2026 in Dubai, UAE, organized by Scienceplus in collaboration with IRAJ International.
Ather Energy Quarterly Revenue Goes Past Rs 1,000 Crore in Q4, Riding on Family Scooter Rizta The Bengaluru-based EV maker's strongest quarter yet wasn't built on performance specs or software buzz — it was built on storage space, legroom, and families in Madhya Pradesh.
Gift City Turns Growth Lever for the Next Wave of Cross-Border Payment Firms India's offshore-onshore financial zone is no longer a regulatory curiosity. It's where global payment operators are quietly building their next corridor.
Pixxel and Sarvam unveil plans for orbital data centers, transforming computing infrastructure from terrestrial to space. Explore the future of digital fortresses and India's growing space tech innovation.
Tech in Asia delves into the seismic shift in AI investment, now a global capital magnet. Founders and operators must grasp the velocity and magnitude of this change to thrive in the new reality.
Explore Grab's reported 8% commission cap in Indonesia and its profound implications for platform economics, market leverage, and regulatory challenges in Southeast Asia
This Theft-Proof E-Bike Is Rewriting What Urban Mobility Can Actually Look Like — And the Regulatory Gap It Exploits Tells You Everything Infinite Machine's Olto is a 175-pound electric moped that qualifies as a bicycle. The anti-theft engineering is serious. The classification is a legal fiction worth studying.
Tekken Reveals Release Date for Kunimitsu — And It Tells You Everything About How AAA Studios Print Post-Launch Money Bandai Namco just confirmed May 27 for Tekken 8's first Season 3 fighter. The real story is the calendar-as-monetization machine running underneath it.
The Blue Tick Was the Trap: How a Vietnamese Cybercrime Ring Quietly Drained 30,000 Facebook Accounts Meta's verification badge has become the most reliable social-engineering prop on the internet. That's not a coincidence — it's a business model.
GalaxEye Announces Successful Launch of Mission Drishti — and the Earth Observation Market Will Never Look the Same A 190-kilogram satellite built by five IIT Madras alumni just made every cloud-cover excuse in the geospatial industry obsolete.
Wikipedia Founder Brands Australia's Social Media Ban a "Really Bad Idea" — and the Data Proves Him Right Jimmy Wales visited Melbourne to talk trust and privacy. He left with a verdict on the world's first under-16 social media ban: privacy-destroying, unenforceable, and already failing — backed by numbers that should make every government watching Australia think twice.
GameStop Announces Shocking Buyout of eBay — But Read the CEO's Compensation Package Before You Decide What This Is Really About Ryan Cohen's $55.5B non-binding bid for eBay is backed by $20B in TD Bank debt, a 5% stake, and a personal pay package that pays him $35B only if GameStop hits $100B. The maths aren't crazy. The timeline is.
Eternal's Triple Bet Faces a Profitability Test — and One Leg Is Barely Holding Weight Blinkit is scaling hard, Zomato food delivery is steady, and District is burning cash chasing BookMyShow. With Albinder Dhindsa's first results as CEO showing promise and peril in equal measure, the profitability story depends on which version of Eternal you believe in.
While Washington Preaches Decoupling, US Chipmaker Onsemi Is Quietly Building a Headquarters in Shanghai The $50 million isn't the story. The four-pillar strategy — "Design in China, Make in China, Deeply Cultivate China, Go Global" — is. And it signals exactly where the semiconductor industry's center of gravity is actually moving.
A Voice Actor Built a Janky Website in One Hour and Crowdfunded $26 Million to Buy a Dead Airline. The Bit Is Getting Real When a TikToker rallies pledges to buy Spirit Airlines and 40,000 strangers follow, the joke stops being a joke — and becomes the clearest signal yet that creator-led capital formation is graduating from meme to mechanism.
Brazil's Most Crypto-Obsessed Country Just Banned Stablecoins From Its Payment Rails — and It's the Right Call Deck: When Brazil central bank restricts stablecoins for remittances, the reflex is to call it a crackdown. The reality is more interesting: it's a central bank drawing a line between what crypto can be and what crypto cannot replace.










Ather Energy Quarterly Revenue Goes Past Rs 1,000 Crore in Q4, Riding on Family Scooter Rizta The Bengaluru-based EV maker's strongest quarter yet wasn't built on performance specs or software buzz — it was built on storage space, legroom, and families in Madhya Pradesh.
Gift City Turns Growth Lever for the Next Wave of Cross-Border Payment Firms India's offshore-onshore financial zone is no longer a regulatory curiosity. It's where global payment operators are quietly building their next corridor.
Pixxel and Sarvam unveil plans for orbital data centers, transforming computing infrastructure from terrestrial to space. Explore the future of digital fortresses and India's growing space tech innovation.
Tech in Asia delves into the seismic shift in AI investment, now a global capital magnet. Founders and operators must grasp the velocity and magnitude of this change to thrive in the new reality.
Explore Grab's reported 8% commission cap in Indonesia and its profound implications for platform economics, market leverage, and regulatory challenges in Southeast Asia
This Theft-Proof E-Bike Is Rewriting What Urban Mobility Can Actually Look Like — And the Regulatory Gap It Exploits Tells You Everything Infinite Machine's Olto is a 175-pound electric moped that qualifies as a bicycle. The anti-theft engineering is serious. The classification is a legal fiction worth studying.
Tekken Reveals Release Date for Kunimitsu — And It Tells You Everything About How AAA Studios Print Post-Launch Money Bandai Namco just confirmed May 27 for Tekken 8's first Season 3 fighter. The real story is the calendar-as-monetization machine running underneath it.
The Blue Tick Was the Trap: How a Vietnamese Cybercrime Ring Quietly Drained 30,000 Facebook Accounts Meta's verification badge has become the most reliable social-engineering prop on the internet. That's not a coincidence — it's a business model.
GalaxEye Announces Successful Launch of Mission Drishti — and the Earth Observation Market Will Never Look the Same A 190-kilogram satellite built by five IIT Madras alumni just made every cloud-cover excuse in the geospatial industry obsolete.
Wikipedia Founder Brands Australia's Social Media Ban a "Really Bad Idea" — and the Data Proves Him Right Jimmy Wales visited Melbourne to talk trust and privacy. He left with a verdict on the world's first under-16 social media ban: privacy-destroying, unenforceable, and already failing — backed by numbers that should make every government watching Australia think twice.
GameStop Announces Shocking Buyout of eBay — But Read the CEO's Compensation Package Before You Decide What This Is Really About Ryan Cohen's $55.5B non-binding bid for eBay is backed by $20B in TD Bank debt, a 5% stake, and a personal pay package that pays him $35B only if GameStop hits $100B. The maths aren't crazy. The timeline is.
Eternal's Triple Bet Faces a Profitability Test — and One Leg Is Barely Holding Weight Blinkit is scaling hard, Zomato food delivery is steady, and District is burning cash chasing BookMyShow. With Albinder Dhindsa's first results as CEO showing promise and peril in equal measure, the profitability story depends on which version of Eternal you believe in.
While Washington Preaches Decoupling, US Chipmaker Onsemi Is Quietly Building a Headquarters in Shanghai The $50 million isn't the story. The four-pillar strategy — "Design in China, Make in China, Deeply Cultivate China, Go Global" — is. And it signals exactly where the semiconductor industry's center of gravity is actually moving.
A Voice Actor Built a Janky Website in One Hour and Crowdfunded $26 Million to Buy a Dead Airline. The Bit Is Getting Real When a TikToker rallies pledges to buy Spirit Airlines and 40,000 strangers follow, the joke stops being a joke — and becomes the clearest signal yet that creator-led capital formation is graduating from meme to mechanism.
Brazil's Most Crypto-Obsessed Country Just Banned Stablecoins From Its Payment Rails — and It's the Right Call Deck: When Brazil central bank restricts stablecoins for remittances, the reflex is to call it a crackdown. The reality is more interesting: it's a central bank drawing a line between what crypto can be and what crypto cannot replace.