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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.

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Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

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Electric Vehicles

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Tang Jing, manager of Li Auto’s flagship product line, asserts that the Chinese automaker stays competitive by prioritizing user value.

Is Li Auto’s commitment to maximizing user value its moat? | KrASIA

Is Li Auto’s commitment to maximizing user value its moat?

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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Young entrepreneurs are using arcade games to grab low-rent opportunities.

Hong Kong's rise of the claw machines reflects property fall | KrASIA

Hong Kong&#8217;s rise of the claw machines reflects property fall

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Baidu lays off up to 15% of core technical staff. The search engine and AI giant is the latest tech company to downsize in a chilled business environment.

Baidu lays off up to 15% of core technical staff | KrASIA

Baidu lays off up to 15% of core technical staff

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Julianna Wu

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

Autonomous Vehicles

Baidu and Pony.ai gain approval for commercial robotaxis on Beijing’s open roads. Robotaxi fares may be double that of existing taxi services.

Baidu and Pony.ai gain approval for commercial robotaxis on Beijing’s open roads | KrASIA

Baidu and Pony.ai gain approval for commercial robotaxis on Beijing’s open roads

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Mengyuan Ge

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.

Baidu reports widening losses in Q3 despite revenue beating estimates. The company is planning a deeper march into AI.

Baidu reports widening losses in Q3 despite revenue beating estimates | KrASIA

Baidu reports widening losses in Q3 despite revenue beating estimates

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Jiaxing Li

Metaverse

Baidu launches Xirang metaverse environment. Meta is far from the only company building virtual playgrounds and workspaces.

Baidu launches Xirang metaverse environment | KrASIA

Baidu launches Xirang metaverse environment

A blockchain, originally block chain, is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data.

Blockchain

Creative

Baidu registers copyright for blockchain entertainment app Du Universe. The app was launched three years ago to host a blockchain entertainment ecosystem.

Baidu registers copyright for blockchain entertainment app Du Universe | KrASIA

Baidu registers copyright for blockchain entertainment app Du Universe

Deep Tech

Baidu’s Q2 results meet expectations as robotaxis scale but outlook dims amid COVID-19 resurgence. China’s search giant is scaling its robotaxi operations.

Baidu’s Q2 results meet expectations but outlook dims amid COVID-19 resurgence | KrASIA

Baidu’s Q2 results meet expectations but outlook dims amid COVID-19 resurgence

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AJ Cortese

Baidu Apollo leads in geographical coverage for autonomous vehicles. The company has plans to operate passenger services in 30 cities by 2024.

Baidu Apollo's autonomous vehicles cruise in four cities while regulators constrict data collection for cars | KrASIA

Baidu Apollo&#8217;s autonomous vehicles cruise in four cities while regulators constrict data collection for cars

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Brady Ng

Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

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Xpeng

Battery

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

With futuristic cockpits and automated driving becoming reality, will manual driving become a thing of the past?

Here’s everything you’ll find in your fully autonomous vehicular future | KrASIA

Here’s everything you’ll find in your fully autonomous vehicular future

Semiconductors

Baidu’s AI chip unit Kunlun has been spun off as an independent company as demand for integrated circuits skyrockets in use cases across sectors.

Baidu’s AI chip unit Kunlun becomes independent company | KrASIA

Baidu’s AI chip unit Kunlun becomes independent company

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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