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How is healthcare going digital? Investigate telemedicine, wearable sensors, and data-driven platforms improving patient experiences.

Health Tech

Indonesia

Red tape is delaying the rollout of upscale medical tourism facilities.

Indonesia makes billion-dollar health care bet to keep rich patients at home | KrASIA

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Indonesia makes billion-dollar health care bet to keep rich patients at home

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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

Deep Tech

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

Robotics

Rather than chasing consumer hype, UBTech is doubling down on industrial deployments, putting its robots to work in automotive factories.

UBTech’s humanoid robots ditch the spotlight for car assembly lines | KrASIA

UBTech’s humanoid robots ditch the spotlight for car assembly lines

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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BYD, a Chinese EV maker, produces electric cars, buses, and batteries, accelerating adoption of sustainable transportation worldwide.

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

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

East Asia

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

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

Transportation

Volkswagen, GM, and state-owned partners are struggling amid the rapid EV transition.

BYD takes lead in China automotive market once driven by state-backed players | KrASIA

BYD takes lead in China automotive market once driven by state-backed players

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

Tencent

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

Fintech

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

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Lucy Liu

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Square Peg

Airwallex can now loosen its purse strings, with plans like a Southeast Asian expansion in mind

Deals | (Updated) Tencent and Sequoia-backed cross border payments firm Airwallex closes $80m Series B | KrASIA

Deals | (Updated) Tencent and Sequoia-backed cross border payments firm Airwallex closes $80m Series B

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Rumor: Largest Chinese audio platform Ximalaya to raise $602m from Tencent, eyeing $7.5b HK IPO

Ximalaya FM counts HKEX-listed China Literature, Tencent’s online-literature spin-off, as a backer.

Deals | rumor: Largest Chinese audio platform Ximalaya to raise $602m from Tencent, eyeing $7.5b HK IPO | KrASIA

Deals | rumor: Largest Chinese audio platform Ximalaya to raise $602m from Tencent, eyeing $7.5b HK IPO

I'm Xiaochun with 36Kr Global [kri’eɪʃə], a newborn digital media with a dedication to help Asia uncover its innovations and to create.

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Today’s Tech Headlines: Ofo pulls out of Australia; Malaysia regulates ride-hailing companies

Gobi Partners invests in early-stage startups across Asia, supporting founders in e-commerce, media, and SaaS industries.

Gobi Partners

SenseTime’s AI solutions power facial recognition, image processing, and autonomous driving, serving governments, enterprises, and research institutes.

SenseTime

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

All you need to know about what happened in the tech world today.

Today’s Tech Headlines: Gobi Partners plans micro funds for Thailand & the Philippines;  Sensetime leads $75-million round in Helian Health | KrASIA

Today’s Tech Headlines: Gobi Partners plans micro funds for Thailand &#038; the Philippines;  Sensetime leads $75-million round in Helian Health

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

Enterprise Services

A recent update on its super app WeChat revealed Tencent’s ambition in advertising. On June 20, Tencent changed its WeChat official accounts updates to a feed.

Exclusive: Tencent to step up efforts in advertising, projecting it would contribute up to 40% of total revenue | KrASIA

Exclusive: Tencent to step up efforts in advertising, projecting it would contribute up to 40% of total revenue

How does learning transcend classrooms? Investigate online courses, adaptive learning tools, and global educational platforms.

Education

The round is co-led by Coatue, Tencent, Sequoia Capital China, and Yunfeng Capital.

Deals | Online education platform VIPKID raises $500m Series D+ round; its valuation crosses $2.9b | KrASIA

Deals | Online education platform VIPKID raises $500m Series D+ round; its valuation crosses $2.9b

Tencent deepens partnership with JD.com amidst rising competition.

Tencent integrates ‘shopping search’ to WeChat in response to Taobao Douyin tie-up | KrASIA

Tencent integrates ‘shopping search’ to WeChat in response to Taobao Douyin tie-up

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Robin Moh

US-Listed YY Spins off Game Streaming Unit Huya for IPO to Fuel Expansion

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

Entertainment

Douyu rival Huya listed on New York Stock Exchange in May. 

Tencent-backed Twitch-like Douyu reportedly files for $700m HK IPO | KrASIA

Tencent-backed Twitch-like Douyu reportedly files for $700m HK IPO

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

ByteDance

Toutiao offers the most successful formula for Chinese startups to take off without siding with any one of the Chinese "BAT" triumvirate. But it may forge an alliance with Alibaba as its relationship with Tencent deteriorates.

China’s most valuable independent startup Toutiao was courted by Alibaba amid growing Tencent-Toutiao feud | KrASIA

China’s most valuable independent startup Toutiao was courted by Alibaba amid growing Tencent-Toutiao feud

Both Tencent's music arm and Chinese used-car trading platform, Youxin have jumped on the IPO wagon.