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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

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

Robotics

Singapore

After wrapping its Singapore debut, GITEX will head to Berlin next month for its European edition.

From Dubai to Singapore, GITEX Asia caps a strong start to its regional expansion | KrASIA

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From Dubai to Singapore, GITEX Asia caps a strong start to its regional expansion

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

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T. K. Lin

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

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

Unity sees vehicles as the “fourth screen,” expanding the frontier of user engagement beyond televisions, computers, and smartphones.

Unity China steps up automotive push with digital twins, smart cockpits, and in-car gaming | KrASIA

Unity China steps up automotive push with digital twins, smart cockpits, and in-car gaming

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

Electric Vehicles

How are electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft transforming aviation and urban mobility? Explore how air taxis could redefine travel.

eVTOLs

At Auto Shanghai, Sunwoda rolled out new battery systems for ultrafast EV charging and next-generation air transport.

Sunwoda’s latest batteries could drive new gains in EVs and urban air mobility | KrASIA

Sunwoda’s latest batteries could drive new gains in EVs and urban air mobility

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

Fintech

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Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

Bank of Shanghai hopes to integrate its financial technology and innovation capability into the diversified service scenarios on DiDi’s platform.

DiDi partners with Bank of Shanghai to expand its financial services | KrASIA

DiDi partners with Bank of Shanghai to expand its financial services

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Gozde Celik

Fawry currently offers over 250 electronic payment services through its network of over 105,000 service points across 300 cities in Egypt. Courtesy of Fawry via MENAbytes.

The company offers over 250 electronic payment services, and is the only tech company traded publicly in Egypt.

Egypt’s Fawry is now a billion-dollar company | KrASIA

Egypt’s Fawry is now a billion-dollar company

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MENAbytes

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

Venture Capital

deeptech

Event

Smart Cities

KrASIA and EDB are proud to host an event that aims to facilitate robust discussions on SEA's tech and innovation ecosystem, featuring speakers from Grab, Sea Group, and more.

Reshuffling the cards: What do industry players think about Southeast Asia’s new economy? | KrASIA

Reshuffling the cards: What do industry players think about Southeast Asia’s new economy?

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Lin Lingyi

Wave Money will focus on an app started in 2018 for paying bills and making online purchases, tapping the expertise of Alipay. Photo by Yuichi Nitta for Nikkei Asian Review.

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

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Yoma Group said it will integrate Alibaba’s credit analysis technology into the Wave Money mobile payment app.

Wave Money rolls out new credit scores with Alibaba’s tech | KrASIA

Wave Money rolls out new credit scores with Alibaba’s tech

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Stephanie Li

Around 2,600 merchants have signed up with the payment aggregator.

Clik is cultivating Cambodia's next generation of fintech leaders: Startup Stories | KrASIA

Clik is cultivating Cambodia&#8217;s next generation of fintech leaders: Startup Stories

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Khamila Mulia

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

India

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

Enterprise Services

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

From stock cataloging to POS billing solutions to grocery deliveries, the company has adapted quickly to keep with the times.

Perpule's B2C pivots land it in big-box business: Startup Stories | KrASIA

Perpule&#8217;s B2C pivots land it in big-box business: Startup Stories

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Avanish Tiwary

Online classes were like a band-aid in the beginning because nobody believed that the pandemic would last this long, said Sandeep Aneja.

Sequoia Capital finances transformative companies, guiding them through growth phases and global market entry.

Sequoia Capital

How does learning transcend classrooms? Investigate online courses, adaptive learning tools, and global educational platforms.

Education

The company received an NBFC (non-banking financial company) license from Reserve Bank of India in 2017 that allows it to offer financial products and services to customers.

Sequoia Capital leads USD 5 million round in education loan startup Eduvanz | KrASIA

Sequoia Capital leads USD 5 million round in education loan startup Eduvanz

financial sector and innovation scheme

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Monetary Authority of Singapore

The enhanced Financial Sector Technology and Innovation Scheme aims to drive technology and innovation in the financial sector.

Singapore commits SGD 250 million to develop fintech sector | KrASIA

Singapore commits SGD 250 million to develop fintech sector

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Yin Lin Tan

Paymob's founders. Courtesy of Paymob via MENAbytes.

Cairo-based payment startup Paymob has raised USD 3.5 million investment in a round led by Dubai’s Global Ventures and Dutch Entrepreneurial Development