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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

Grocery Delivery

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On-Demand Services

BigBasket

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

India Tech

The Bengaluru-headquartered startup has filed a complaint with the city's cybercrime police department.

Online grocer BigBasket allegedly suffers security breach compromising 20 million customers' data | KrASIA

Online grocer BigBasket allegedly suffers security breach compromising 20 million customers&#8217; data

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

How Foodpanda weathered the pandemic

Foodpanda

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Food Delivery

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

Q&amp;A

Foodpanda operates across over 300 cities in 12 markets in Asia.

Q&A with APAC CEO Jakob Angele: How Foodpanda weathered the pandemic | KrASIA

Q&#038;A with APAC CEO Jakob Angele: How Foodpanda weathered the pandemic

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Lin Lingyi

Gully Network aims to build a tech-enabled and asset-light network of mid-size grocery stores under the brand “Gullymart”.

Online grocery startup Gully Network raises fresh funds from Venture Catalysts | KrASIA

Online grocery startup Gully Network raises fresh funds from Venture Catalysts

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

Grab

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

Grab has been rolled out new services for consumers and small businesses that position it for a strong rebound from the COVID-19 crisis.

How online deliveries and SME initiatives help Grab recover from the pandemic | KrASIA

How online deliveries and SME initiatives help Grab recover from the pandemic

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Khamila Mulia

There are over 40,000 local eateries in Jakarta generating monthly incomes of USD 3,000 each. Tech firms are tapping the sector.

Indonesia's street-side eateries to become the next sector to digitize | KrASIA

Indonesia&#8217;s street-side eateries to become the next sector to digitize

Sequoia Capital

This is the first time Sequoia Capital India and Flourish Ventures have invested in any Bangladeshi startup.

Bangladeshi startup ShopUp raises Series A from Sequoia, Flourish Ventures | KrASIA

Bangladeshi startup ShopUp raises Series A from Sequoia, Flourish Ventures

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Avanish Tiwary

The initial alliance with Sun Art dates back to 2017, after which Alibaba integrated its online grocery ordering platform Taoxianda with Sun Art's stores, offering home-delivery services.

Alibaba invests USD 3.6 billion to take control of retailer Sun Art | KrASIA

Alibaba invests USD 3.6 billion to take control of retailer Sun Art

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Song Jingli

India's Tata Group prepares for its e-commerce play

Reliance

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Tata said it would roll out a super app to offer grocery, fashion, jewelry, consumer electronics, and financial services, among other things.

After Reliance, India's USD 113 billion Tata Group prepares for the e-commerce challenge | KrASIA

After Reliance, India&#8217;s USD 113 billion Tata Group prepares for the e-commerce challenge

Gojek is a transportation network company and logistics startup company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Gojek

The two Southeast Asian super apps are reportedly engaged in regular calls to discuss a possible combination of their businesses.