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

China

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

East Asia

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

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

Tencent's first-quarter results soared past expectations, thanks to AI-enhanced ads and games.

Tencent says chip stockpile can power AI training for "generations" despite US ban

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Tencent says chip stockpile can power AI training for &#8220;generations&#8221; despite US ban

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

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Nikkei Asia

How do connected devices shape daily life? Examine IoT sensors, data platforms, and security protocols integrating smart tech into homes and cities.

Internet of Things

The company’s sensors weave into textiles and surfaces, offering a scalable haptics solution for robots, vehicles, and smart environments.

With fresh funding, JQ Industries bets on fiber sensors to give machines a sense of touch

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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Image of the YU7, a pure electric SUV by Xiaomi. It is scheduled for release in mid-2025.

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

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

With the YU7, Xiaomi seeks not only redemption, but a shot at surpassing Tesla.

After SU7 setback, Xiaomi reboots EV push with safer, smarter YU7

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

Lending

Lending | KrASIA

Amazon leads e-commerce, streaming (Prime Video), and AWS cloud infrastructure, redefining retail, media, and data services.

Amazon

Google dominates online search, digital ads, and cloud solutions, powering discovery, analytics, and smartphone operating systems.

Google

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

India

Meta oversees social networks (like Facebook and Instagram), messaging apps, VR platforms, and digital ads, connecting billions across continents.

Digital Banks

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

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

Payments

Google, Amazon, and Facebook's messaging platform WhatsApp, have been making strides to position themselves among the top players in India’s fintech market.

Reserve Bank of India worried about big tech's deeper involvement in India's financial sector

Reserve Bank of India worried about big tech&#8217;s deeper involvement in India&#8217;s financial sector

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Avanish Tiwary

Three Wheels United is putting more electric rickshaws on India's roads by facilitating loans for drivers. Some ferry passengers and others deliver cargo.

Three Wheels United is putting more electric rickshaws on India's roads | Startup Stories

Three Wheels United is putting more electric rickshaws on India&#8217;s roads | Startup Stories

Progcap competes with SoftBank and Alibaba-backed Paytm, Walmart-owned PhonePe, and Coatue Management-backed BharatPe.

Tiger Global and Sequoia India lead USD 25 million round in lending startup Progcap

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

Southeast Asia

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

Insurance

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

Investment

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

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

Amazon Pay app opened on the backdrop of Indian currency

Amazon Pay has signed up close to five million merchants, it said last month.

Amazon injects USD 30 million into its Indian payment arm for further expansion

BharatPe was valued at USD 900 million earlier this year when it raised USD 108 million in Series D round.

Tiger Global to mint another unicorn in India with USD 250 million lead investment in BharatPe

Singapore

The company has disbursed over SGD 850 million in loans for SMEs across Southeast Asia so far.

Fintech lender Validus raises SGD 30 million for SME loans in Singapore

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Khamila Mulia

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

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

Enterprise Services

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

Health Tech

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

Medtech

India added 12 unicorns from January to April. Four of these firms operate in the B2B sector, and more will follow.

Lending

Reserve Bank of India worried about big tech’s deeper involvement in India’s financial sector

Three Wheels United is putting more electric rickshaws on India’s roads | Startup Stories

Tiger Global and Sequoia India lead USD 25 million round in lending startup Progcap

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

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

Amazon injects USD 30 million into its Indian payment arm for further expansion

Tiger Global to mint another unicorn in India with USD 250 million lead investment in BharatPe

Fintech lender Validus raises SGD 30 million for SME loans in Singapore

Billions pour into Indian B2B companies, creating more and more unicorns | KrASIA Spotlight

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