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

Consumer Services

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

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

On-demand Services

As shopper bases mature and grow savvier, platforms focus on retaining super users through premium membership perks.

In China’s e-commerce battle, memberships are the new loyalty currency | KrASIA

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In China’s e-commerce battle, memberships are the new loyalty currency

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

KrASIA

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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Saudi Arabia

KEZAD is opening doors for Chinese businesses as Gulf nations push for economic diversification.

Why are Chinese companies flocking to the Middle East (again)? | KrASIA

Why are Chinese companies flocking to the Middle East (again)?

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

Retail

Once a trailblazer, Roidmi’s closure underscores how a single misstep can unravel an early advantage in a fiercely competitive industry.

Roidmi bows out: Xiaomi-backed brand succumbs to market pressures | KrASIA

Roidmi bows out: Xiaomi-backed brand succumbs to market pressures

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

Deep Tech | KrASIA Archives

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

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

Semiconductors

Chinese semiconductor giant SMIC beat market expectations for the second quarter of 2021 and raised its revenue and profit margin targets for the full year.

SMIC raises revenue expectations after beating Q2 earnings target | KrASIA

SMIC raises revenue expectations after beating Q2 earnings target

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AJ Cortese

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

Robotics

Unitree Robotics nabs Series A investment led by Shunwei Capital for consumer- and enterprise-focused robot dogs after successful CNY Gala appearance.

Unitree Robotics nabs Series A investment led by Shunwei Capital | KrASIA

Unitree Robotics nabs Series A investment led by Shunwei Capital

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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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

Cross-border SaaS provider Keyouyun bags exclusive angel investment from Hangzhou Raycloud/ It works with merchants on Shopee, Lazada, Amazon, and more.

Cross-border SaaS provider Keyouyun bags exclusive angel investment from Hangzhou Raycloud | KrASIA

Cross-border SaaS provider Keyouyun bags exclusive angel investment from Hangzhou Raycloud

Chip designer Yusur completes Series A financing to hone DPU tech for low-latency, decentralized processing across cloud networks.

Chip designer Yusur completes Series A financing to hone DPU tech | KrASIA

Chip designer Yusur completes Series A financing to hone DPU tech

Amazon leads e-commerce, streaming (Prime Video), and AWS cloud infrastructure, redefining retail, media, and data services.

Amazon

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

Amazon Web Services maps out new strategy for China. AWS is already the frontrunner in cloud computing. Its annual revenue could reach USD 54 billion

Amazon Web Services maps out new strategy for China | KrASIA

Amazon Web Services maps out new strategy for China

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

Artificial Intelligence

Big data engine LineZone Data nets investment to empower the fast fashion sector's operational efficiency and optimize supply chains in China.

Big data engine LineZone Data nets investment to empower fast fashion in China | KrASIA

Big data engine LineZone Data nets investment to empower fast fashion in China

How do machines identify faces? Examine security measures, privacy debates, and tech frameworks driving facial recognition adoption.

Facial Recognition

Cloudwalk to be the first of China’s 4 "AI dragons" to go public. The others—Yitu, SenseTime, and Megvii—are in varying stages of their IPO processes.

Cloudwalk to be the first of China’s 4 ‘AI dragons’ to go public | KrASIA

Cloudwalk to be the first of China’s 4 ‘AI dragons’ to go public

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Brady Ng

Database services provider PingCAP’s valuation surpasses USD 3 billion after financing led by Sequoia Capital and GIC.

Database services provider PingCAP’s valuation surpasses USD 3 billion after financing led by Sequoia Capital and GIC | KrASIA

Database services provider PingCAP’s valuation surpasses USD 3 billion after financing led by Sequoia Capital and GIC

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

Zoominfo to acquire conversation intelligence platform Chorus.ai for USD 575 million. Together, they will enable customers to make data-driven decisions.

Zoominfo to acquire conversation intelligence platform Chorus.ai for USD 575 million | KrASIA

Zoominfo to acquire conversation intelligence platform Chorus.ai for USD 575 million

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