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Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Japan, Korea, and the West

Li Auto

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.

Tesla

Xpeng

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.

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

Deep Tech

Mobility

Li Auto, Xpeng, and Huawei lead a Chinese push to scale up AI compute, aiming to close Tesla’s lead in autonomous driving.

China’s automakers pour billions into AI compute race, chasing Tesla’s lead | KrASIA

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China’s automakers pour billions into AI compute race, chasing Tesla’s lead

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

KrASIA

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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36Kr English

Cotti Coffee

Luckin Coffee

MENA

Coffee

Middle East

Nowwa follows Cotti in expanding to the Middle East, targeting growth in an untapped market for Chinese coffee brands.

Chinese coffee brands set sights on Middle East as next big market | KrASIA

Chinese coffee brands set sights on Middle East as next big market

Angel Investing

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Private Equity

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

Indonesia

Philippines

Singapore

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

Deals in brief: Insider raises USD 500 million, UOB FinLab funds ASEAN green tech pilots, six China deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Insider raises USD 500 million, UOB FinLab funds ASEAN green tech pilots, six China deals, and more

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KrASIA Writers

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

Didi

KrASIA | Didi Archives

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

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

Transportation

Read stories of Travel service providers, platforms or the trending of the travel industry.

Travel

Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-hailing platform, denied a China Business News report that said it will resume its hitchhiking business around June.

Didi denies rumor that its hitchhiking business will resume around June | KrASIA

Didi denies rumor that its hitchhiking business will resume around June

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Song Jingli

Didi looks to drive growth through China's EV tide.

Didi launches JV with automaker BAIC to tap into Beijing's green vehicle push | KrASIA

Didi launches JV with automaker BAIC to tap into Beijing&#8217;s green vehicle push

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Robin Moh

Didi Chuxing

ride-hailing

ride-hailing in China

transportation

The firm says it has no intention to make cars.

Didi Chuxing says it will partner with Chinese car makers, not acquire | KrASIA

Didi Chuxing says it will partner with Chinese car makers, not acquire

Didi announces restructuring to restore the public's confidence on its platform.

Didi restructures to focus on safety and efficiency | KrASIA

Didi restructures to focus on safety and efficiency

ELEME Inc. is a platform that offers online food delivery service. It was founded in 2008 by Mark Zhang and Jack Kang in Minhang Campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Ele.me was acquired by the Alibaba Group in April 2018 and continues to operate independently.

ele.me

Gojek is a transportation network company and logistics startup company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Gojek

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

Grab

Ele.me

Food delivery in Asia

Go-Jek

Meituan

Across China, hundreds of millions of VC dollars are transforming the way people eat. A snapshot.

Inside food delivery in China, and its implications for the SEA market | KrASIA

Inside food delivery in China, and its implications for the SEA market

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Nadine Freischlad

Booking Holdings

Hotel

A report said that the Chinese ride-hailing giant is considering whether it should expand its services to cover hotel booking.

Didi denies report of driving into hotel business citing safety upgrades focus | KrASIA

Didi denies report of driving into hotel business citing safety upgrades focus

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Elaine Huang

SoftBank Group Corp. is a holding company that engages in the management of its group companies which provides information technology and telecommunication services. It operates through the following segments: Mobile Communications, Sprint, Fixed-line Telecommunications, Internet, and Others. 

Softbank

Daiichi Koutsu Sangyo

With mainland China being a top source of tourism for Japan, Didi can be sure to leverage this trend with its new service in Osaka.

Didi launches taxi-hailing in Japan through SoftBank joint venture | KrASIA

Didi launches taxi-hailing in Japan through SoftBank joint venture

Visual Stories

Monkey investors are full of ideas. They are extremely versatile and will find multiple ways to achieve their goals.

The Monkey: Investors behind Didi and ofo | KrASIA

The Monkey: Investors behind Didi and ofo

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DeFang Tang

Didi might be launching food delivery service in Latin America.