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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

Foundation and Large Models

China

It’s price and performance, not geography, that now dictates AI adoption.

Coding tools Cursor and Windsurf found using Chinese AI in latest releases

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 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

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Vietnam

BYD, Vinfast are among those that benefit from ties with local groups.

Philippine conglomerates offer inroads for China, Vietnam EV brands

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

How do policies adjust to a data-rich world? Explore usage-based coverage, automated claims, and analytics guiding risk assessment.

Insurance

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

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

Singapore

Voices

The founder and CEO of CXA Group shares her experience as a minority in the United States during the 1960s.

Fight the good fight: A tough childhood shaped Rosaline Koo’s startup journey

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Taro Ishida

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

India

PolicyBazaar compares insurance plans, simplifying policy selection and financial planning for Indian customers.

PolicyBazaar

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

The company plans to utilize the proceeds from the IPO to enhance awareness of its brands, expand its international businesses, and establish an offline presence.

SoftBank-backed Policybazaar files draft prospectus for USD 810 million IPO

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

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The process of buying insurance and claiming settlements can be a frustrating ordeal in India.

Insurtech startups in India are making insurance more accessible in the country

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Monika Ghosh

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

Investment

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

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

Venture Capital

Malaysia

Fintech startup Finology won the Seedstars World Competition, earning USD 500,000 in funding.

Malaysian startup wins Seedstars World Competition, a first for the country

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Vulcan Post

VCs have invested USD 1.2 billion in the Indian insurtech firm so far, as per S&amp;P Global.

India emerges as the second largest insurance technology market in Asia Pacific, report says

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

Payments

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

Private Equity

Q&amp;A

Apis Partners invests between USD 30 million and USD 50 million in capital-efficient businesses in India, Southeast Asia, and African countries.

India’s buy now pay later' companies will move up the e-commerce value chain | Q&A with Udayan Goyal of Apis Partners

India’s buy now pay later&#8217; companies will move up the e-commerce value chain | Q&#038;A with Udayan Goyal of Apis Partners

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Avanish Tiwary

PhonePe, a digital wallet in India, enables UPI payments, money transfers, and merchant transactions through a user-friendly app.

PhonePe

PhonePe plans to become profitable and file for an IPO over the next few years.

How Walmart-owned PhonePe beat Google Pay and became the first app to cross 1 billion UPI transactions

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

In 2024, online marketplaces will account for 9.7% of total sales in life and health insurance in China, according to a study.

Insurtech startup Yuanbao scores USD 155 million to catch up with newly listed Waterdrop

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Song Jingli

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

The firm counted 19.2 million paying customers at the end of 2020.