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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

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

On-Demand Services

KrASIA | On-Demand Services Archives

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

Meituan is making headway in hotel bookings for Chinese tourists.

Thai hotel chain operator Compass Hospitality inks deal with China's Meituan | KrASIA

Thai hotel chain operator Compass Hospitality inks deal with China&#8217;s Meituan

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Song Jingli

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

Gojek

The company has begun sending out invites for one-month free trials

Go-Jek begins roll out of on-demand video platform Go-Play | KrASIA

Go-Jek begins roll out of on-demand video platform Go-Play

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Khamila Mulia

One of a kind: Early Stage | KrASIA

One of a kind: Early Stage

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KrASIA Writers

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

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

Ride-hailing

Grab and Go-Jek became big on the back of ride-hailing and other paid services. But to become profitable, they might need to monetize through ads.

Will ads help Southeast Asia’s “super apps” become profitable? | KrASIA

Will ads help Southeast Asia’s “super apps” become profitable?

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Robin Moh

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

Wechat

A novel idea in 2017, mini programs now account for the vast majority of traffic for some apps.

The MAUs of WeChat, Alipay, and Baidu's mini programs now add up to more than 1 billion | KrASIA

The MAUs of WeChat, Alipay, and Baidu&#8217;s mini programs now add up to more than 1 billion

MyGo is part of Viettel's delivery service provider, Viettel Post.

Vietnamese telco Viettel launches a ride-hailing app to challenge existing players | KrASIA

Vietnamese telco Viettel launches a ride-hailing app to challenge existing players

AirCTO

Go-Jek

Sidu Ponnapa

Go-Jek expands India footprint to boost tech capabilities.

Go-Jek acquired Indian recruitment startup AirCTO and opened a new office in Gurugram | KrASIA

Go-Jek acquired Indian recruitment startup AirCTO and opened a new office in Gurugram

Go-Glam

Houzcall

Two on-demand beauty and personal care platforms in Indonesia manage to coexist.

Beauty on the go: Go-Glam and Houzcall | KrASIA

Beauty on the go: Go-Glam and Houzcall

A blockchain, originally block chain, is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data.

Blockchain

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The education industry is fast-reforming nowadays. 