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From underground mining to quality inspection, Casbot’s machines target environments where traditional automation falls short.

China’s Casbot bags funding to build humanoid bots for tough industrial work

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Koitake, the IP-driven toy unit under Alibaba’s Hujing business, has been phased out as the tech giant shifts its attention to higher-margin verticals.

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The company didn't say why it chose a new CEO. Peng's tenure might have been intended to be temporary from the start.

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Tokopedia says its next chapter will see it evolve into an 'infrastructure-as-a-service' ecosystem for online and offline commerce.

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Snapshot of Tokopedia&#8217;s company structure and major shareholders

Lazada and KOPIA joined hands to design framework on IPs.

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After the fresh funding, Tokopedia becomes Indonesia’s most valuable unicorns with a US$7 billion price tag.

Tokopedia surges to most valuable unicorn in Indonesia after $1b funding from SoftBank

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Traditional retailer MDS accelerated its digitisation process.

Indonesian Matahari Mall pivoting from everything-store to focus on fashion e-tailing

In this capital market crunch, group buying has been exceptionally vibrant.

Meituan co-founder raises $30m for his community group buying platform SongShuPinPin

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Indonesian online marketplace Tokopedia officially launched on Thursday Mitra Tokopedia, an app that lets everyone especially small business owners, such