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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.

Deep Tech

Artificial intelligence

Sora’s launch should excite users not just for its features but also for the strides it marks toward AGI.

OpenAI’s Sora is finally here, with a Turbo version to boot | KrASIA

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OpenAI’s Sora is finally here, with a Turbo version to boot

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

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

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

China Tech

Taobao

Tmall

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Free shipping and localized services push Alibaba’s Taobao ahead in global e-commerce markets.

Taobao’s overseas GMV tops USD 20 billion, free shipping plays key role | KrASIA

Taobao’s overseas GMV tops USD 20 billion, free shipping plays key role

Photo of Robin Zeng, founder and chairman of CATL.

CATL, short for Contemporary Amperex Technology, is a Chinese company specializing in lithium-ion battery production for electric vehicles, energy storage, and battery management systems.

CATL

Battery

Mobility

The world’s leading battery maker restructures to focus on passenger car solutions as it prepares for a surge in demand for new energy vehicles in 2025.

CATL reshuffles leadership as it braces for NEV market surge | KrASIA

CATL reshuffles leadership as it braces for NEV market surge

Snapdeal

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India Tech

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

India

Snapdeal plans to use INR 9 billion (USD 119 million) from the IPO proceeds for organic growth initiatives over the next five financial years.

SoftBank-backed Snapdeal aims to raise USD 165 million from IPO, eyes international expansion | KrASIA

SoftBank-backed Snapdeal aims to raise USD 165 million from IPO, eyes international expansion

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

With its offline foray, Snapdeal has joined a slew of consumer internet companies that are going omnichannel to fuel growth and capture a larger share of the market.

SoftBank-backed Snapdeal to venture into offline retail ahead of IPO | KrASIA

SoftBank-backed Snapdeal to venture into offline retail ahead of IPO

The company has made a comeback by letting go of non-core businesses, focusing on unit economics, and acting on the foresight of targeting non-metro cities

India's Snapdeal staged a comeback by diving into small cities | Tales from India's Towns | KrASIA

India&#8217;s Snapdeal staged a comeback by diving into small cities | Tales from India&#8217;s Towns

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Avanish Tiwary

Amazon India

Flipkart

Live Streaming

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

As more and more Indians consume videos, audio-visual is increasingly becoming a strong tool for e-commerce companies to convince users to shop online.

These video commerce startups are trying to take on Flipkart and Amazon | KrASIA

These video commerce startups are trying to take on Flipkart and Amazon

The company claims to have added over 60,000 sellers on its platform.

Indian e-commerce marketplace Snapdeal to add 5,000 manufacturers in 2020 | KrASIA

Indian e-commerce marketplace Snapdeal to add 5,000 manufacturers in 2020

Accel Partners

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

India also saw a few new funds coming out in the market led by former CEOs, IT czars, and entrepreneurs.

India-focused VC funds that closed new fundraisings in 2019 | KrASIA Year in Review | KrASIA

India-focused VC funds that closed new fundraisings in 2019 | KrASIA Year in Review

Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Amazon is the largest e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization. 

Amazon

Netflix, Inc. is an American media-services provider headquartered in Los Gatos, California, founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California.

Netflix

Zomato

After almost a decade of operations almost all major companies in every sector are still in growth mode.

Profitability still out of reach for internet consumer companies | KrASIA

Profitability still out of reach for internet consumer companies

Paytm

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

Snapdeal is betting big on India’s tier 2 and 3 market to realize greater ambitions.

SoftBank might pour USD 100 million into Indian marketplace Snapdeal | KrASIA

SoftBank might pour USD 100 million into Indian marketplace Snapdeal

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Priya Pradeep

Amid slowdown, the Diwali season gives e-retailers like Amazon and Flipkart a significant boost.