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

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

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Splat is an app that turns arguments into entertainment, where AI judges your roasts and fighting is framed as a form of connection.

This 26-year-old built a social app where fighting is not a bug, but a feature

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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AI Now! is a global AI community of Chinese developers, professionals, and founders.

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AI Now!

How do we operate off Earth? Explore satellites, launch services, and research ventures pioneering new space economies.

Space Tech

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Startups in Southeast Asia are poised to explore new frontiers in the space economy.

Unlocking growth in orbit: How startups can harness opportunities in the booming space economy

Michelle Khoo is the leader of the Deloitte Center for The Edge Southeast Asia. With over a decade of experience in advising business and government leaders on long-term strategies, Khoo is passionate about shaping a more sustainable, fairer, and inclusive future in both physical and digital realms. Her work revolves around artificial intelligence, sustainability, metaverse, disruption, and innovation.

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Michelle Khoo

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

Consumer Economy

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

Creative

Where do style and commerce meet? Examine supply chains, sustainable sourcing, and digital trends influencing global fashion markets.

Fashion

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

Retail

Europe

Known for its “old man’s head” logo and elite gear, the Norwegian brand is relaunching with Topsports in China after a quiet first run.

The “Nordic Arc’teryx” returns to China, but will Norrona finally find its name?

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

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

E-commerce

Orami boasts more than 5 million monthly active users, as well as a large and loyal community and customer base.

E-commerce site Sirclo acquires parenting platform Orami to push social commerce

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Khamila Mulia

How do we store tomorrow’s power? Evaluate battery R&amp;D, manufacturing progress, and recycling strategies fueling energy independence.

Batteries

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

Electric Vehicles

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

Mobility

Oyika is looking to revolutionize the nascent EV market in the region with its battery-swapping technology.

Battery swapping is potential key to overcoming slow EV adoption in Southeast Asia

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Ursula Florene

The US market serves as both the backbone and the driving force behind global technological advancements.

Q&amp;A

Kellie Twigge of MĀIA is using the network to support New Zealand women in Singapore and across the region.

Tuning In | MĀIA network: Connecting and supporting New Zealand women working in Asia

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Taro Ishida

How does technology feed the planet? Explore precision farming, digital supply chains, and sustainability efforts shaping modern agriculture.

Agriculture

Those who have dined in farm-to-table restaurants like The Farm Foodcraft in Bangsar South might have already encountered agritech in the form of hydroponics. While the dining concept is unique, there’s more to agritech than just that.

Malaysian startups provide impetus for country's agritech sector

Malaysian startups provide impetus for country&#8217;s agritech sector

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Meta oversees social networks (like Facebook and Instagram), messaging apps, VR platforms, and digital ads, connecting billions across continents.

Social Impact

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Myanmar coup

Although Facebook has been banned in the country since February 7, a week after Myanmar military seized power, many Burmese users have continued to use the platform to express their support for the anti-coup movement and stay up to date on current events. Now, Facebook has allowed Burmese internet users to add one more safety protocol by securing their accounts, so users who aren't their friends will not be able to access their profiles.

Facebook rolls out new safety feature to protect Myanmar protestors

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KrASIA Writers

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

Enterprise Services

Southeast Asian career platform Glints said it raised USD 22.5 million in an oversubscribed Series C round led by Tokyo-listed human resources firm Persol Holdings. The raise also included participation from existing backers Monk’s Hill Ventures, Fresco Capital, Mindworks Ventures, Wavemaker Partners, and other investors, including Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal and former Goldman Sachs executive Xiaoyin Zhang.

Monk’s Hill Ventures joined career platform Glints’ USD 22.5 million round

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Tech in Asia

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

Entertainment

Facebook is planning to build two new undersea cables with partners to connect Indonesia, Singapore, and the United States and boost internet capacity in Southeast Asia.The social network will work with Google and Indonesian telco XL Axiata on Echo, a cable that is expected to be completed in late 2023. It will team up with Telin, a subsidiary of Indonesia's Telkom, and Singaporean conglomerate Keppel for the development of a separate cable named Bifrost, which will be finalized in 2024.

Facebook is building Southeast Asia's new internet infrastructure

Facebook is building Southeast Asia&#8217;s new internet infrastructure

How do trustless ledgers transform industries? Investigate decentralized databases, smart contracts, and infrastructure powering secure transactions.

Blockchain

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

Blockchain payments firm Ripple, which is known for helping develop digital currency XRP, has acquired a 40% stake in Malaysian cross-border payment startup Tranglo to gear up for its expansion in Southeast Asia, the firm announced on its website on March 30. The investment took place even as Ripple has an ongoing legal fight with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States.

Unimpeded by SEC lawsuit, Ripple is set to supercharge Southeast Asia’s cross-border remittances

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Stephanie Li

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

Gaming

Shn Juay is the head of product and marketing at Storms, where she heads the marketing function and oversees Storms' strategic vision and growth. Previously, she spent over ten years working on various projects in communications, digital marketing, and project management. She later joined Paktor Dating Group as VP of marketing, then became COO and eventually CEO of the company