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Deals in brief: Habitto raises Series A funding, OpenAI tender offer to boost SoftBank’s stake, Deutsche Bank backs Partior, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: Habitto raises Series A funding, OpenAI tender offer to boost SoftBank’s stake, Deutsche Bank backs Partior, and more

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Serta aims to solve one of the final challenges of smart living by reimagining what a bed can do.

For Serta, the new era of smart living begins with sleep | KrASIA

For Serta, the new era of smart living begins with sleep

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Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

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Japan, Korea, and the West

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.

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To keep users engaged, AI tools may need to be as simple and intuitive as they are powerful.

What NotebookLM’s success says about the future of AI tools | KrASIA

What NotebookLM’s success says about the future of AI tools

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

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KrASIA | Tencent Archives

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

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

E-Commerce

Although the two companies started their business widely differently, they are now quite into each other's space, influencing the country’s internet economy.

10 fields where Alibaba and Tencent compete head to head | KrASIA

10 fields where Alibaba and Tencent compete head to head

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Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The education industry is fast-reforming nowadays. 

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The edtech startup, valued at USD 2.8 billion, has been struggling to attract fresh capital flow.

Tencent drops USD 150 million investment plan on Chinese edtech unicorn VIPKid | KrASIA

Tencent drops USD 150 million investment plan on Chinese edtech unicorn VIPKid

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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The AI avatar will handle customers inquiries via an app.

Sogou unveils AI financial assistant for Ping An, after creating AI news anchors for Xinhua and planning novel readers for Zhangyue | KrASIA

Sogou unveils AI financial assistant for Ping An, after creating AI news anchors for Xinhua and planning novel readers for Zhangyue

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

It is the most popular app among those born in the 2000s, according to a research firm.

Tencent invests USD 125 million in Chinese online comic platform Kuaikan | KrASIA

Tencent invests USD 125 million in Chinese online comic platform Kuaikan

It is deeply rooted within WeChat's ecosystem and is backed by Tencent.

Webuy, founded by former Alibaba executive, raises USD 100 million | KrASIA

Webuy, founded by former Alibaba executive, raises USD 100 million

ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

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The fate of a company, especially an internet company, might be closely related with its ability to hire talented, young people.

Top 10 most attractive workplaces in China for young programers | KrASIA

Top 10 most attractive workplaces in China for young programers

Tencent unveiled its cloud gaming platform "START" earlier this month.

Tencent allies with Razer to set up cloud gaming standards, cooperating on hardware and software | KrASIA

Tencent allies with Razer to set up cloud gaming standards, cooperating on hardware and software

Bricks-and-mortar supermarket chain meets marketing and sales prediction startup.

Tencent-backed Yonghui Superstores sets up JV with AI unicorn 4Paradigm to prepare for new retail era | KrASIA

Tencent-backed Yonghui Superstores sets up JV with AI unicorn 4Paradigm to prepare for new retail era

Sequoia Capital China and Reinsurance Group of America are its investors too.