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

Artificial Intelligence

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

Deep Tech

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

China

The 22-year-old founder isn’t looking to make marketers more efficient. She wants Head AI to make them obsolete.

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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AI Now! is a global AI community of Chinese developers, professionals, and founders.

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AI Now!

How do virtual worlds expand reality? Discover AR/VR tools, content creation, and platforms layering digital information onto everyday life.

Augmented and Virtual Reality

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

Hardware

The Leion Hey2 pushes smart glasses closer to making seamless multilingual conversations a reality.

Break the language barrier: Leion Hey2 brings live translation to eyewear

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

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

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

JD.com

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

Consumer Economy

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

E-commerce

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

Food Delivery

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

Logistics

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

On-demand Services

What drives global exploration? Discover evolving tourism trends, hospitality services, and the shift toward personalized travel experiences.

Travel

In a candid address, JD.com’s founder maps a future grounded in core principles and innovation.

Richard Liu and 20 things he wants you to know about JD.com’s future

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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.

Southeast Asia

The management announced on Instagram that an unnamed investor embezzled the clients' funds, then disappeared.

Grab is taking legal action against shady e-commerce platform

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Ursula Florene

Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

Where do style and commerce meet? Examine supply chains, sustainable sourcing, and digital trends influencing global fashion markets.

Fashion

Farfetch claims to be the No. 1 global online luxury fashion platform with more than 1,200 sellers.

Farfetch shuts store on JD.com, turning to Alibaba's Tmall

Farfetch shuts store on JD.com, turning to Alibaba&#8217;s Tmall

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Song Jingli

Pinduoduo revolutionizes e-commerce with social group buying, connecting budget-conscious shoppers to discounts on a broad range of products.

Although widely criticized in the country, the "996 working culture" is still prevalent in the tech industry.

Pinduoduo is being investigated after death of 22-year-old employee

Gojek-Tokopedia merger could value the company at USD 18 billion

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

Tokopedia, an Indonesian online marketplace, empowers entrepreneurs, brands, and SMEs to reach digital-savvy consumers.

Tokopedia

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

Merger &amp; Acquisition

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

Ride-hailing

Merger discussions between Gojek and Singapore-based rival Grab have stalled.

KEY STAT | Indonesia's Gojek and Tokopedia could create national e-commerce champion

KEY STAT | Indonesia&#8217;s Gojek and Tokopedia could create national e-commerce champion

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Julianna Wu

Q&amp;A

Carro aims to triple its revenues and fundraise in 2021. The company is considering an IPO in the next two or three years.

Carro hits profitability in 2020, may opt for IPO soon: Q&A with CFO Ernest Chew

Carro hits profitability in 2020, may opt for IPO soon: Q&#038;A with CFO Ernest Chew

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Khamila Mulia

Singapore

Two serial entrepreneurs discuss launching a startup in the height of the pandemic.

Solving problems and embracing change: Q&A with Boxaroo

Solving problems and embracing change: Q&#038;A with Boxaroo

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Taro Ishida

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Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

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

Retail

New battleground for internet giants threatens small businesses.

China's community group-buying fever meets Beijing's snub

China&#8217;s community group-buying fever meets Beijing&#8217;s snub

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

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

Alibaba and its affiliate Ant Group are now in the crosshairs of China's antitrust initiative targeting tech giants. But media are reading the trustbusting, faithfully, wrong.

What (almost) every media misread about the Alibaba antitrust probe

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Kevin Xu

SEA to offer $400m convertible notes after losses tripled in Q1

Sea Group operates digital entertainment (Garena), e-commerce (Shopee), and fintech (SeaMoney) platforms across Southeast Asia.

Sea Group

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

Electric Vehicles

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

Transportation

TSMC joins global top 20 in market cap, as analysts say market rally still has legs.

E-commerce

Grab is taking legal action against shady e-commerce platform

Farfetch shuts store on JD.com, turning to Alibaba’s Tmall

Pinduoduo is being investigated after death of 22-year-old employee

KEY STAT | Indonesia’s Gojek and Tokopedia could create national e-commerce champion

Carro hits profitability in 2020, may opt for IPO soon: Q&A with CFO Ernest Chew

Solving problems and embracing change: Q&A with Boxaroo

China’s community group-buying fever meets Beijing’s snub

What (almost) every media misread about the Alibaba antitrust probe

Sea and BYD biggest winners among major Asia stocks in 2020

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