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In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Deep Tech

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

Industrial drones will help humans to perform dangerous tasks.

Autonomous industrial drones to reach where humans can't: Inside China’s Startups | KrASIA

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Autonomous industrial drones to reach where humans can&#8217;t: Inside China’s Startups

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

Wechat

Food Delivery

The feature is only available to users in some regions as of now.

Meituan tests new group meal-buying feature Pinhaofan | KrASIA

Meituan tests new group meal-buying feature Pinhaofan

The company has not disclosed its earnings for the first quarter of this year.

Struggling rental platform Q&K to buy rental service company at USD 130 million | KrASIA

Struggling rental platform Q&#038;K to buy rental service company at USD 130 million

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

The hardware will be based on Alibaba's XuanTie processors.

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba teams up with Allwinner to produce 50 million chips | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba teams up with Allwinner to produce 50 million chips

Electric Vehicles

Segway-Ninebot applied for an IPO as early as April 17, 2019.

CHINA BRIEF | E-scooter maker Segway-Ninebot to raise USD 298 million in first Star Market CDR offering | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | E-scooter maker Segway-Ninebot to raise USD 298 million in first Star Market CDR offering

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Alibaba will support Airwallex’s growth in the Greater China region.

CHINA BRIEF | Tencent-backed payments unicorn Airwallex scores new investment from Alibaba | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Tencent-backed payments unicorn Airwallex scores new investment from Alibaba

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

Ant is seeking a valuation of more than USD 200 billion, according to a Reuters report.

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba affiliate Ant Group starts dual-listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba affiliate Ant Group starts dual-listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong

CATL will use the new funds to build or enlarge its lithium-ion batteries manufacturing plants in the Fujian, Jiangsu, and Sichuan provinces.

CHINA BRIEF | Tesla supplier CATL raises USD 2.8 billion to enlarge production capacity | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Tesla supplier CATL raises USD 2.8 billion to enlarge production capacity

Medical technology, or "medtech", encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to treat diseases and medical conditions affecting humans. 

MedTech

The company has been focusing on designing chips for quantum-computing X-ray imaging machines.