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

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

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Despite early traction in hardware, the startup is focused on building a full-stack robotics system that unites the “brain” and “body” of machines.

More than a hardware play: Robot Era’s founder sets the record straight on the company’s true ambitions

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What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

Challenges remain, but the NEV maker sees significant upside in expanding its commercial vehicle business beyond China.

As China’s commercial vehicle market slows, Gecko Motors shifts gears abroad for growth

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How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

Why do firms join forces? Investigate synergy goals, valuation methods, and negotiations driving corporate consolidation.

Merger &amp; Acquisition

What happens after acquisitions close? Examine deal structures, operational improvements, and exit strategies molding corporate outcomes.

Private Equity

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

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

Deals in brief: Augmentus raises Series A+ funding, Coda to acquire Recharge, Origgin Capital debuts second fund, and more

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Deep Tech | KrASIA

Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

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

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

Artificial Intelligence

Among the roster of companies that obtained approval for their LLM products are not only tech giants like Baidu and Douyin Group, but also Chinese startups and research institutions.

Baidu’s Ernie Bot among eight Chinese LLM products approved for public launch

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

These women shared an intimate bond with AI-powered chatbots. Then the latter died. Their relationship statuses were complicated to say the least.

What happens when people fall in love with AI?

How is healthcare going digital? Investigate telemedicine, wearable sensors, and data-driven platforms improving patient experiences.

Health Tech

Thailand

This article explores Thailand's ascent in digital health, highlighting its innovations, challenges faced, and its potential as a health tech leader in Southeast Asia.

Transformative health tech: Thailand's bold leap into the future of healthcare

Transformative health tech: Thailand&#8217;s bold leap into the future of healthcare

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Degen Hill

As AI-generated content increases in volume, biases from datasets need to be addressed before they become normalized.

Tackling biases in AI: The need for neutrality in datasets

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Gideon Ng

Japan

The homegrown tool will be used for medicine and material development.

Japan to develop generative AI to speed up scientific discovery

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How does technology feed the planet? Explore precision farming, digital supply chains, and sustainability efforts shaping modern agriculture.

Agriculture

How is power evolving? Review renewable sources, grid innovations, and efficiency measures driving cleaner, more resilient energy systems.

Energy

Solar grazing marries sheep flocks with photovoltaic panels to generate solar power while salvaging livelihoods. But how sustainable are such agrivoltaics practices?

Solar grazing: An exploration of agrivoltaics in the US and China

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

How do businesses grow responsibly? Examine green policies, sustainable materials, and climate commitments guiding corporate strategies.

Sustainability

By addressing challenges in cost, stability, and integration, hydro-floating photovoltaic projects can be a beacon of hope in sustainable power generation.

Are floating solar farms the future source of Asia’s renewable energy?

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

Medtech

The Singapore-based startup has identified an unconventional yet workable remedy for sleep disorders: magnetic fields.

M.I. Cloud uses magnetic fields to help people sleep more soundly

The recent KANSAI Startup Night Vol. 4 event showcased the deep tech startups in Japan's Kansai region amidst the country's ambitious Startup Development Five-year Plan.

Kansai's Deep Tech Startups Lead the Charge in Japan's Startup Development

Kansai&#8217;s Deep Tech Startups Lead the Charge in Japan&#8217;s Startup Development

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