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Deals in brief: Openspace Ventures leads Series B investment in Fano Labs, Edukita and Happynest bag funding, seven India investment deals, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: Openspace Ventures leads Series B investment in Fano Labs, Edukita and Happynest bag funding, seven India investment deals, and more

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Openspace Ventures led the latest investment in the Hong Kong-based language AI technology company.

Fano Labs secures Series B funding, eyes APAC growth | KrASIA

Fano Labs secures Series B funding, eyes APAC growth

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Deals in brief: IvyCap Ventures announces final close of third fund, Ion Energy raises USD 3 million, 19 China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: IvyCap Ventures announces final close of third fund, Ion Energy raises USD 3 million, 19 China and India deals, and more

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SalesWhale believes AI assistants will become ubiquitous for global enterprises in the near future.

Singaporean YC-alumnus SalesWhale secures USD 5.3 million Series A round | KrASIA

Singaporean YC-alumnus SalesWhale secures USD 5.3 million Series A round

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Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer.

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The tech giant's cloud service is available in 23 geographical regions worldwide

Huawei will launch its cloud and AI business in Singapore | KrASIA

Huawei will launch its cloud and AI business in Singapore

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Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

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Black Sesame Technologies

A sensing/imaging technology provider for self-driving cars.

Chinese AI chip maker Black Sesame raises nearly USD 100 million in Series B round | KrASIA

Chinese AI chip maker Black Sesame raises nearly USD 100 million in Series B round

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

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To take the subway in Jinan, all you need to do is get your face scanned | KrASIA

To take the subway in Jinan, all you need to do is get your face scanned

The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

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Nanjing Big Fish Semiconductor splits from Xiaomi's chip R&D unit Pine Cone.

Xiaomi spins out new IoT chip unit, eyes for new financing | KrASIA

Xiaomi spins out new IoT chip unit, eyes for new financing

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

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Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

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Smart speakers

Xiaomi says it has sold over 10 million units of its flagship Xiao AI smart speaker since July 2017. The Xiao AI Speaker is China's second-best selling

Xiaomi catching up with Alibaba as smart speaker sales top 10 million units | KrASIA

Xiaomi catching up with Alibaba as smart speaker sales top 10 million units

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

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Taobao

China's three tech giants Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent all made "major announcements" on April 1st.

Which Chinese April Fools' joke got you best? | KrASIA

Which Chinese April Fools&#8217; joke got you best?

Tokopedia is an Indonesian technology company, sometimes referred to as a unicorn. It was founded in 2009 by William Tanuwijaya and his Bestfriends from Harvard University, Michael Alexander.

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AI Center

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NVIDIA

The facility is equipped with supercomputer technology from American tech company Nvidia.

Tokopedia teams up with Universitas Indonesia to launch AI research center | KrASIA

Tokopedia teams up with Universitas Indonesia to launch AI research center

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