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What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How are electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft transforming aviation and urban mobility? Explore how air taxis could redefine travel.

eVTOLs

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

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

Transportation

Muyu Sky’s eVTOL designs could enhance cargo transport efficiency with greater range, reliability, and cost savings.

Muyu Sky soars ahead with heavy-lift hybrid eVTOL drones | KrASIA

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Muyu Sky soars ahead with heavy-lift hybrid eVTOL drones

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

ByteDance

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

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, develops large language models and machine learning solutions for enterprise applications and scientific research.

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

East Asia

TikTok hosts short-form videos spanning entertainment, education, and branded content, capturing global audiences and driving cultural trends.

TikTok

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

Deep Tech

Artificial intelligence

Washington calls DeepSeek a national security threat, but Donald Trump disagrees.

Is DeepSeek next in line for a TikTok-like US ban? | KrASIA

Is DeepSeek next in line for a TikTok-like US ban?

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

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

Consumer Services

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

Creative

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

Entertainment

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

The record-smashing animated film has fueled a blind box frenzy, sending Pop Mart’s stock soaring and its merchandise into scarcity.

Ne Zha 2 rewrites history, and Pop Mart cashes in on the craze | KrASIA

Ne Zha 2 rewrites history, and Pop Mart cashes in on the craze

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

Grab

Grab | KrASIA Archives

Grab leverages on global R&D team to pursue its dreams of becoming SEA's super app.

How Grab counts on tech engines to race in the fast lane | KrASIA

How Grab counts on tech engines to race in the fast lane

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Robin Moh

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

On-demand Services

Malaysia

on-demand

ride-hailing

transportation

Grab opens its seventh R&D centre amidst its overseas expansion.

Grab opens new R&D centre in Malaysia | KrASIA

Grab opens new R&#038;D centre in Malaysia

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Khamila Mulia

Grab becomes the first player offers mobile payment services across Southeast Asia's six core markets - Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, and Thailand.

GrabPay expands mobile wallet service in Philippines through SM Investments tie-up | KrASIA

GrabPay expands mobile wallet service in Philippines through SM Investments tie-up

Oyo, an Indian hospitality platform, aggregates affordable accommodations, bringing travelers budget hotels and homestays under one brand.

Grab and OYO tie up to explore Indonesian market.

Grab to make its first investment in India by putting $100m in hotel chain OYO | KrASIA

Grab to make its first investment in India by putting $100m in hotel chain OYO

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Jacques Jimeno

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

Gojek

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

Fintech

Ant Financial

Dana

Emtek

Go-Jek

Go-Pay

mobile wallets in Indonesia

Ovo+Grab+Tokopedia; Go-Pay+Go-Jek+JD.id; Dana+BBM+Bukalapak

Phase three in Indonesia's 'wallet wars': pairing with e-commerce platforms | KrASIA

Phase three in Indonesia&#8217;s &#8216;wallet wars&#8217;: pairing with e-commerce platforms

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Nadine Freischlad

What drives global exploration? Discover evolving tourism trends, hospitality services, and the shift toward personalized travel experiences.

Travel

Expedia

indonesia

online travel

Singapore

Tourism promotion fits snugly into Grab's vision of becoming a single destination for content, commerce, and activities across Southeast Asia.

Wonderful Indonesia tied up with Grab to promote Indonesian tourism in Southeast Asia | KrASIA

Wonderful Indonesia tied up with Grab to promote Indonesian tourism in Southeast Asia

Grab advances in its move to become the super app.

Grab Ventures spotlights first cohort of startups from accelerator program | KrASIA

Grab Ventures spotlights first cohort of startups from accelerator program

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

Ele.me, a Chinese online food delivery platform, partners with local restaurants to provide fast, convenient dining options to urban consumers.

Ele.me

Food delivery in Asia

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

incentive scheme

ride-hailing in Indonesia

Grab drivers now have to earn virtual diamonds to get a bonus. They chose to migrate to the competitor in protest.