Google and Sea Ltd have entered a strategic partnership to co-develop AI agentic shopping prototypes on Shopee, where the platform holds a 52% Southeast Asia market share. The collaboration also covers AI-driven solutions to streamline and enhance game development at Sea’s Garena unit, aiming to commercialize advanced AI beyond simple query responses. Google has integrated Mastercard support into Google Pay for Saudi Arabia, enabling Mastercard cardholders to make contactless in-store and online transactions via NFC. The service employs tokenisation with device-specific tokens and dynamic security codes to secure payments, aligning with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 push for a digital, cashless economy.