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What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

Artificial intelligence

From generating assets to building entire virtual worlds, AI is set to accelerate and reshape game development.

AI-powered tools like Tripo could make game development faster, smarter, and more creative | KrASIA

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AI-powered tools like Tripo could make game development faster, smarter, and more creative

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

KrASIA

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

The Chinese tech giant says its latest Ernie model outperforms GPT-4.5 while costing just 1% as much.

Baidu slashes AI costs with Ernie 4.5 and X1, taking on OpenAI and DeepSeek | KrASIA

Baidu slashes AI costs with Ernie 4.5 and X1, taking on OpenAI and DeepSeek

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

Why do firms join forces? Investigate synergy goals, valuation methods, and negotiations driving corporate consolidation.

Merger &amp; Acquisition

What happens after acquisitions close? Examine deal structures, operational improvements, and exit strategies molding corporate outcomes.

Private Equity

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

Hong Kong

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

Deals in brief: Binance secures investment from MGX, Amber International debuts on Nasdaq, latest China deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Binance secures investment from MGX, Amber International debuts on Nasdaq, latest China deals, and more

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KrASIA Writers

ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

ByteDance

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Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

The Wuhan-based firm registered a six-fold increase in new users during the coronavirus outbreak, its CEO says.

CHINA BRIEF | Chinese Google Docs-equivalent Shimo Docs completes Series B+ financing | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Chinese Google Docs-equivalent Shimo Docs completes Series B+ financing

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Sun Henan

Lark, a workplace collaboration platform by ByteDance, integrates messaging, video conferencing, document sharing, and productivity tools.

Lark

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

Tencent

The Chinese super app has been accused of abusing its market-dominant position.

WeChat targets ByteDance's collaboration app Feishu in latest restriction | KrASIA

WeChat targets ByteDance&#8217;s collaboration app Feishu in latest restriction

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Wency Chen

Toutiao Search is now available on Android app stores.

CHINA BRIEF | ByteDance launches standalone search app to take on Baidu | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | ByteDance launches standalone search app to take on Baidu

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Song Jingli

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

Visual Stories

Short video becomes a news channel and live-stream platform amid the coronavirus outbreak.

KEY STAT | TikTok surpasses WhatsApp to become the world's most downloaded app in January | KrASIA

KEY STAT | TikTok surpasses WhatsApp to become the world&#8217;s most downloaded app in January

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Julianna Wu

Apple designs iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers, coupling sleek hardware with robust software ecosystems and service offerings.

Apple

NetEase, a Chinese Internet services firm, offers online gaming, music streaming, and e-commerce platforms, engaging millions of digital users.

NetEase

Apple and TikTok maker ByteDance are asking for developers to show game licenses as China tightens its grip on video game publishing.

Why Apple’s new rules for games in China could spell trouble for indies | KrASIA

Why Apple’s new rules for games in China could spell trouble for indies

While ByteDance's Toutiao was the most downloaded news app during the same period.

CHINA BRIEF | TikTok the world's most downloaded app in January with 104.7 million installs | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | TikTok the world&#8217;s most downloaded app in January with 104.7 million installs

The company says it will give subsidies to customers who have already paid for the platform.

CHINA BRIEF | ByteDance makes workplace collaboration tool Feishu free indefinitely | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | ByteDance makes workplace collaboration tool Feishu free indefinitely

Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

What medical tools shape care delivery? Assess medical devices, diagnostics, and digital services refining patient treatment.

Medtech

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

Mobile games, short-video apps, and online medical services are some sectors who saw growth.

Infographic | Coronavirus-impacted economy brings new opportunities to these tech sectors | KrASIA

Infographic | Coronavirus-impacted economy brings new opportunities to these tech sectors

The virus outbreak has caused a spate of high-profile movies being released online.

ByteDance

CHINA BRIEF | Chinese Google Docs-equivalent Shimo Docs completes Series B+ financing

WeChat targets ByteDance’s collaboration app Feishu in latest restriction

CHINA BRIEF | ByteDance launches standalone search app to take on Baidu

KEY STAT | TikTok surpasses WhatsApp to become the world’s most downloaded app in January

Why Apple’s new rules for games in China could spell trouble for indies

CHINA BRIEF | TikTok the world’s most downloaded app in January with 104.7 million installs

CHINA BRIEF | ByteDance makes workplace collaboration tool Feishu free indefinitely

Infographic | Coronavirus-impacted economy brings new opportunities to these tech sectors

Movie theaters face threat as short-video platforms enter coronavirus-disrupted market

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Baidu slashes AI costs with Ernie 4.5 and X1, taking on OpenAI and DeepSeek

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