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Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Services

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

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

On-demand Services

What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Strong performances across mobility, deliveries, and financial services drove Grab’s better-than-expected first-quarter results.

Grab raises EBITDA outlook as Q1 revenue and user growth beat expectations | KrASIA

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Grab raises EBITDA outlook as Q1 revenue and user growth beat expectations

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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Sudo Lim

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

Deep Tech

What powers digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

Semiconductors

The two companies unveiled processors designed to boost real-time performance, enhance safety, and power more centralized automotive systems.

Axera and Black Sesame roll out chips built for smarter, safer vehicles | KrASIA

Axera and Black Sesame roll out chips built for smarter, safer vehicles

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. 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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What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

Hardware

Once reliant on the US, Chinese brands are pivoting to new markets to blunt the impact of trade tensions.

US tariffs push Chinese hardware startups to redraw global roadmaps | KrASIA

US tariffs push Chinese hardware startups to redraw global roadmaps

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

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GoTo

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

WeChat

Services corral smartphone generation but critics warn of risks to innovation.

Super apps: WeChat, GoJek and rivals battle to do it all in Asia | KrASIA

Super apps: WeChat, GoJek and rivals battle to do it all in Asia

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Q&amp;A

The CEO of Go-Viet explains why Gojek's one-stop platform can also greatly impact Vietnamese users and society.

Christy Trang Le of Go-Viet on bringing a multi-service platform to all Vietnamese | KrASIA

Christy Trang Le of Go-Viet on bringing a multi-service platform to all Vietnamese

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Thu Huong Le

Amazon leads e-commerce, streaming (Prime Video), and AWS cloud infrastructure, redefining retail, media, and data services.

Amazon

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

It could be Amazon's most significant investment in Indonesia.

Amazon holds talks to invest in Gojek | KrASIA

Amazon holds talks to invest in Gojek

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Khamila Mulia

GoFitness allows users to book gym classes using the Gojek app.

Gojek enters wellness sector by launching GoFitness feature | KrASIA

Gojek enters wellness sector by launching GoFitness feature

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

Gojek looks set to make its entry into Malaysia via motorcycle-hailing services, not cars.

Following talks with Gojek, Malaysia says yes to bike-hailing | KrASIA

Following talks with Gojek, Malaysia says yes to bike-hailing

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Zhixin Tan

What revolutionizes mealtimes? Investigate alternative proteins, supply chain tracking, and delivery services fueling the future of food.

Food Tech

Go-Viet has to compete with the likes of GrabFood and Now.vn in Vietnam.

Go-Viet claims it's a leader in Vietnam's online food delivery market | KrASIA

Go-Viet claims it&#8217;s a leader in Vietnam&#8217;s online food delivery market

Singapore and Indonesia say they want to safeguard drivers and riders alike.

Grab and Go-Jek face the new challenge of fare regulators | KrASIA

Grab and Go-Jek face the new challenge of fare regulators

There'll be no minimum and maximum tariffs.

Singapore's new transportation rules allow dynamic pricing for ride-hailing | KrASIA

Singapore&#8217;s new transportation rules allow dynamic pricing for ride-hailing

In their race for the super app throne, both tech giants have fragmented into increasingly complex digital empires.