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Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

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

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

Consumer Services

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Strong performances across mobility, deliveries, and financial services drove Grab’s better-than-expected first-quarter results.

Grab raises EBITDA outlook as Q1 revenue and user growth beat expectations | KrASIA

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Grab raises EBITDA outlook as Q1 revenue and user growth beat expectations

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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Sudo Lim

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

The two companies unveiled processors designed to boost real-time performance, enhance safety, and power more centralized automotive systems.

Axera and Black Sesame roll out chips built for smarter, safer vehicles | KrASIA

Axera and Black Sesame roll out chips built for smarter, safer vehicles

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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What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

Hardware

Once reliant on the US, Chinese brands are pivoting to new markets to blunt the impact of trade tensions.

US tariffs push Chinese hardware startups to redraw global roadmaps | KrASIA

US tariffs push Chinese hardware startups to redraw global roadmaps

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence | KrASIA Archives

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

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

SenseTime

Funding

Softbank

The world's largest tech fund Softbank Vision Fund is seeking to invest close to US$1 billion in SenseTime, the most valuable artificial intelligence

Softbank Vision Fund seeks $1 bn investment in SenseTime: report | KrASIA

Softbank Vision Fund seeks $1 bn investment in SenseTime: report

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KrASIA Writers

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

Medtech

Elderly

Healthcare

Lim Meng Hui

SmartPeep

Q&amp;A

The team of 13 has extracted more than 10,000 worth of samples from videos to train the machine to detect falls or signs of distress.

SmartPeep takes a step towards preventing falls with video AI | KrASIA

SmartPeep takes a step towards preventing falls with video AI

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Elaine Huang

JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce leader, ensures trusted transactions, efficient logistics, and a wide product selection for online shoppers.

JD.com

JD seeks to build a drone network and deliver all purchases to anywhere in China within 24 hours.

From four-wheeler to propeller, JD in pursuit of unmanned logistics network | KrASIA

From four-wheeler to propeller, JD in pursuit of unmanned logistics network

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Xiaochun Zhao

The Chinese search giant puts AI at the core of its services.

Baidu CEO Robin Li: We spend 15% of annual revenue on AI | KrASIA

Baidu CEO Robin Li: We spend 15% of annual revenue on AI

Baidu lost its top AI expert LU Qi before it could make a spectacular turnaround (Part 2/2) | KrASIA

Baidu lost its top AI expert LU Qi before it could make a spectacular turnaround (Part 2/2)

Baidu lost its top AI expert LU Qi before it could make a spectacular turnaround (Part 1/2) | KrASIA

Baidu lost its top AI expert LU Qi before it could make a spectacular turnaround (Part 1/2)

Baidu reportedly to be the first overseas-listed Chinese company to relist in China, ahead of Alibaba and JD

LU Qi, the key person behind Baidu’s revival, stepped down last Friday.

Baidu spins off global business unit to sharpen focus on AI | KrASIA

Baidu spins off global business unit to sharpen focus on AI

On May 18, it was announced that Lu Qi stepped down from daily operations “for personal reasons”.

Baidu shakes further, which is good news for AI startups | KrASIA

Baidu shakes further, which is good news for AI startups

Momentum Works builds, scales and manages tech ventures across the emerging world, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia. We combine strategic understanding, execution experience, network of partners, and a great team to make things happen. In addition to building ventures and joint-ventures, we also consult on strategy, venture financing &amp; all areas of operations. Website: www.momentum.asia Our blog: http://thelowdown.momentum.asia/

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