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

Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud

Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Vietnam

The Chinese tech group is renting server space from state-owned partners in the meantime.

Alibaba to build Vietnam data center to follow local storage law | KrASIA

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Alibaba to build Vietnam data center to follow local storage law

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

KrASIA

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

ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

Douyin

Tiktok

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Content

Creative

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

Video

The automatic labeling of AI-generated content on TikTok is a small step in an uphill battle against the misuse of AI.

Will TikTok’s new content labels really combat AI misinformation? | KrASIA

Will TikTok’s new content labels really combat AI misinformation?

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Jeff Chay

Photo of Victor Lysenko, founder and CEO of Osome.

Angel Investing

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Private Equity

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Cambodia

India

Singapore

Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Osome extends Series B round, Kasagi Labo lands pre-Series A funding, Husk bags USD 5 million from Mekong Capital, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Osome extends Series B round, Kasagi Labo lands pre-Series A funding, Husk bags USD 5 million from Mekong Capital, and more

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Tencent's gaming revenue year-on-year growth, Q3 2020

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.

Tencent

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

The success of Tencent's blockbuster mobile game Honor of Kings has been a highlight of the quarter.

KEY STAT | Tencent’s gaming revenue grows as fast as during its peak in 2017 | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Tencent’s gaming revenue grows as fast as during its peak in 2017

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Julianna Wu

Razer

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

CEO Min-Liang Tan calls 2020 a "banner year" for Razer.

Razer expects a profit for fiscal year 2020 | KrASIA

Razer expects a profit for fiscal year 2020

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Ursula Florene

TikTok & Douyin's global revenue, October 2020: USD 115 million

Kuaishou (Chinese: 快手) is a platform for recording with millions of original fresh videos everyday.

Kuaishou

Live Streaming

Approximately 86% of TikTok’s revenue came from Douyin in China.

KEY STAT | Tiktok and Douyin are the top-grossing apps worldwide for the seventh month | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Tiktok and Douyin are the top-grossing apps worldwide for the seventh month

Daily average active users of Honor of Kings, 2020: 100 million

The Tencent blockbuster mobile game is also the top-grossing title in the world.

KEY STAT | Honor of Kings sets new world record with 100 million daily average players | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Honor of Kings sets new world record with 100 million daily average players

ClanConnect takes guess work out of influencer marketing

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

India Tech

ClanConnect provides brands with the real-time data about posts made by influencers for marketing campaigns.

ClanConnect takes guess work out of influencer marketing | Startup Stories | KrASIA

ClanConnect takes guess work out of influencer marketing | Startup Stories

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Avanish Tiwary

China, Japan, and the US were the top three markets for player spending.

Genshin Impact rakes in USD 250 million in its first month, outpacing Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile | KrASIA

Genshin Impact rakes in USD 250 million in its first month, outpacing Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Wency Chen

Pomelo's e-commerce sales grew 250% since the pandemic

Fashion

Q&amp;A

Producing inspiring content and building a community are the next big trends in the fashion retail sector, says Pomelo's CEO.

'Our e-commerce business grew 250% from the lockdown': Q&A with Pomelo CEO David Jou | KrASIA

&#8216;Our e-commerce business grew 250% from the lockdown&#8217;: Q&#038;A with Pomelo CEO David Jou

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Stephanie Li

Paronym closes USD 6.5 million Series B round

Read the stories about Augmented reality (AR), Virtual reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR), know about the trendings and the future of VR/AR/MR industry. 

AR/VR

Paronym offers a SaaS platform named TIG, which allows users to tag info onto objects in videos.

Japanese startup Paronym closes USD 6.5 million Series B round to expand presence in Thailand | KrASIA

Japanese startup Paronym closes USD 6.5 million Series B round to expand presence in Thailand

Events will be mostly hybrid, says GlobalSign.in CEO

The events industry has been slow to adopt technology, but the pandemic has changed everything.

The event industry is moving toward a hybrid future: Q&A with GlobalSign.in CEO Veemal Gungadin | KrASIA

The event industry is moving toward a hybrid future: Q&#038;A with GlobalSign.in CEO Veemal Gungadin

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