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

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

Retail

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Prada, Wynn, and others are betting on lifestyle experiences to offset slowing retail, but the real shift may be cultural.

As China’s luxury market cools, brands turn to food and wine to stir demand

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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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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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

Nvidia develops GPUs for gaming, AI, and data centers, fueling graphics, machine learning, and compute-intensive workloads.

Nvidia

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

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

What powers digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

Semiconductors

Trump export controls are expected to slash USD 8 billion from H20 chip revenue in Q2.

US wins if DeepSeek runs on American AI chips, Nvidia CEO says

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

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

Lumos is advancing humanoid robots beyond vision and large models, integrating tactile sensing to give machines a new mode of real-world interaction.

Touch-enabled robots inch closer to reality as Lumos Robotics secures new funding

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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

Laiye, China’s leader in intelligent automation, has raised USD 50 million in Series C+ funding.

Laiye closes USD 50 million Series C+ round

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KrASIA Writers

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

India

How do virtual worlds expand reality? Discover AR/VR tools, content creation, and platforms layering digital information onto everyday life.

Augmented and Virtual Reality

How do connected devices shape daily life? Examine IoT sensors, data platforms, and security protocols integrating smart tech into homes and cities.

Internet of Things

What medical tools shape care delivery? Assess medical devices, diagnostics, and digital services refining patient treatment.

Medtech

Q&amp;A

The fund is exploring startups with deep tech capabilities in agritech, fintech, health tech, edtech, and cybersecurity.

'We are looking for deep tech companies with global market potential' | Q&A with Jatin Desai of Inflexor Ventures

&#8216;We are looking for deep tech companies with global market potential&#8217; | Q&#038;A with Jatin Desai of Inflexor Ventures

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Avanish Tiwary

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Veerappan (Veera) Swaminathan is the founder and director of consultancy firm Sustainable Living Lab, currently operating in Singapore, India, and Indonesia. Veera is interested in overcoming sustainability challenges through technology. He is currently working on an artificial intelligence (AI) fluency project to encourage innovation within companies to meet the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals, and to prepare people for an aging society. 

Tuning In | Veerappan Swaminathan on AI fluency and giving back to aging communities

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Emily Fang

The Middle East’s growing tech ecosystem harnesses the enterprising spirit of innovators from its diverse cultural markets.

Middle East

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

Space Tech

Israeli weather intelligence platform ClimaCell announced this week that it has completed a USD 77 million Series C funding round led by private equity firm Stonecourt Capital, with participation from Highline Capital.This brings the company’s total funding to over USD 185 million to date.The company also announced that they are changing the name of the their firm to Tomorrow.io.

Weather platform ClimaCell raises USD 77 million, relaunches as Tomorrow.io

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NoCamels

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

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

What fits the world in your pocket? Track device innovation, OS ecosystems, and connectivity shaping smartphone usage.

Smartphones

CEO Lei Jun also presented Xiaomi's first-ever foldable phone, as well as an in-house developed chipset.

Xiaomi enters EV sector with USD 10 billion of its own cash

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Song Jingli

IPO of IoT cloud platform Tuya raises USD 915 million

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

Tencent-backed internet of things (IoT) cloud platform Tuya Smart (NYSE: TUYA) opened for trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, raising USD 915 million with at an initial offering price of USD 21, higher than its original target of USD 20. The stock finished the session at USD 25, up 19%.

KEY STAT | Stock of Chinese IoT cloud software Tuya rallies in NYSE debut

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Julianna Wu

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

Southeast Asia

The company provides IP management software for global brands, universities, and research institutes. Clients typically need to look through a lot of information such as patents and legal documents, collecting research and journals from different formats. They might need to hire a consulting firm to make sense of all of the data. PatSnap aggregates this information globally, co-founder Guan Dian told KrASIA.

SoftBank and Tencent invest USD 300 million into Singaporean IP management software

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Khamila Mulia

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

Chinese short video giant ByteDance has started to develop cloud AI and server chips based on ARM architecture, Semiinsights.com reported on Tuesday, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. The company, which owns TikTok and Douyin, has been recruiting semiconductor talent to be based in Beijing and Shanghai for about one month, information on recruitment site Liepin shows. ByteDance declined to comment when contacted by KrASIA on Tuesday.

ByteDance to design AI chips amid China’s tech independence drive

Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

Kunlun, the AI chip unit of internet giant Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), has reportedly reached a valuation of USD 2 billion after a new round of funding. CITIC Private Equity Funds Management was leading the fundraising that was joined by a group of investors including IDG Capital and Legend Capital, an unidentified source told Reuters.