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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

Beijing is prioritizing the sector as a major growth engine.

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Can China repeat its EV success in humanoid robots?

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Services

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

With trade tensions rising, companies are turning to offshore structures to stay nimble—and stay in business.

As tariffs bite, exporters explore offshore trade setups | KrASIA

As tariffs bite, exporters explore offshore trade setups

I'm Xiaochun with 36Kr Global [kri’eɪʃə], a newborn digital media with a dedication to help Asia uncover its innovations and to create.

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Xiaochun Zhao

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

Where do style and commerce meet? Examine supply chains, sustainable sourcing, and digital trends influencing global fashion markets.

Fashion

A crop of Chinese handbag brands are skipping the logos and rewriting the luxury playbook, hoping design and storytelling can go where status once ruled.

Can China make its own luxury handbags—and make us believe in them? | KrASIA

Can China make its own luxury handbags—and make us believe in them?

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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On-demand Services | KrASIA Archives

The dark days are far from over for the Singaporean homegrown startup.

Singapore's Honestbee sees chairman resigning and still owes ex-staff USD 1 million salary | KrASIA

Singapore&#8217;s Honestbee sees chairman resigning and still owes ex-staff USD 1 million salary

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Vulcan Post

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

Ctrip's ride-hailing orders overseas increased by 385% year-on-year during the summer.

Ctrip integrates ride-hailing service on Baidu Map to expand globally | KrASIA

Ctrip integrates ride-hailing service on Baidu Map to expand globally

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Song Jingli

With a total of over USD 100 million fund infusion till now, it will have to compete with Ola as well.

Zoomcar raises fresh funds to compete with existing and new players in India | KrASIA

Zoomcar raises fresh funds to compete with existing and new players in India

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Priya Pradeep

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

Gojek and AIA Financial will provide life and health insurance services for users, drivers, and merchant throughout Indonesia.

Gojek adds AIA Financial to its growing list of Series F investors | KrASIA

Gojek adds AIA Financial to its growing list of Series F investors

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Khamila Mulia

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

Education

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

Fintech

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

From financial services for the unbanked to new IoT solutions for the poultry industry, these Indonesian startups provide new technologies to solve some of the nation's problems.

Solutions for social issues in an emerging economy: Early Stage | KrASIA

Solutions for social issues in an emerging economy: Early Stage

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Cindy Silviana

Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

The new recruiting platform is tasked with solving merchants’ staffing issues.

Exclusive | Meituan builds blue-collar jobs recruitment platform | KrASIA

Exclusive | Meituan builds blue-collar jobs recruitment platform

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Wency Chen

Ola, an Indian ride-hailing leader, offers car rentals, electric scooters, and food delivery, bridging mobility gaps across major cities.

Y Combinator accelerates early-stage startups, mentoring founders and providing seed funding for transformative tech ideas.

Y Combinator

India's online car rental space is heating up due to multiple factors that include a change in car ownership.

Ola enters Indian online car rental space as local youths stop buying cars | KrASIA

Ola enters Indian online car rental space as local youths stop buying cars

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Avanish Tiwary

The program, designed in collaboration with startup hub Digitaraya, aims to find the best Indonesian startups with positive impact on society.

Gojek kicks off own accelerator, Gojek Xcelerate | KrASIA

Gojek kicks off own accelerator, Gojek Xcelerate

Swiggy’s Indian delivery network offers food, groceries, and convenience items, catering to busy urban lifestyles.

Swiggy

Swiggy and other food delivery companies got into trouble last month as 25,000 restaurants logged out of their platforms.