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What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

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

Creative

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

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In Love and Deepspace, female players are falling for AI-driven men who whisper their names, remember their stories, and never argue back.

The women falling in love with AI, and how otome game makers profit from it

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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 digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

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Hong Kong

The Chinese chipmaker has built a vertically integrated GPGPU ecosystem, and now seeks new capital to scale it.

Iluvatar CoreX becomes first Chinese GPGPU firm to gain HKEX listing approval

CHENG Zi is based in China, covering technology and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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

Dreame

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

East Asia

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

Borrowing from the playbook of autonomous vehicles, Dreame uses LiDAR tech to achieve what traditional garden toolmakers couldn’t.

Dreame’s robotic lawn mowers lead the pack with a smart LiDAR edge

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

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Baidu's secondary listing to raise USD 3.1b

Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

Baidu

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

Internet giant and AI developer Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) will be raising about USD 3.1 billion from its secondary listing in Hong Kong, at a share price of HKD 252 (USD 32.5), which is 14.6% lower than the maximum target of HKD 295, according to its filing.

KEY STAT | Baidu kicks off 'homecoming' listing, remains short of its target

KEY STAT | Baidu kicks off &#8216;homecoming&#8217; listing, remains short of its target

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

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How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

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

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

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

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Shanghai-based startup Duckbill has raised USD 50 million in a new financing round led by Temasek and joined by Pavilion Capital, as well as existing investors such as Future Capital and Shunwei Capital, the company told KrASIA on Wednesday.

Chinese logistics startup Duckbill scores USD 50 million from Temasek, others

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The Middle East’s growing tech ecosystem harnesses the enterprising spirit of innovators from its diverse cultural markets.

Middle East

Amman-based early-stage VC Propeller has concluded the first close of its second fund, Propeller Ventures II. The fund has a target size of USD 15 million and aims to achieve the final close next year. Investors in the fund include Jordan’s Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF), Capital Bank of Jordan, Beyond Capital, and multiple individuals including a former Careem executive.

Jordan’s Propeller hits first close for new USD 15 million fund

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

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After spending more than four years at Singapore-based family office RB Investments, Harshavardhan Bothra launched his own VC fund, FounderBank Capital, in January 2020.

Some investors see startups and venture capital as a 'lottery system' | Q&A with Harsh Bothra of FounderBank Capital

Some investors see startups and venture capital as a &#8216;lottery system&#8217; | Q&#038;A with Harsh Bothra of FounderBank Capital

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China Venture Roundup

China Venture Roundup Volume 26 covers China’s investment activity from March 1 - 7, 2021.

The end of the VR financing lull | China Venture Roundup Volume 26

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

What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

Hardware

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

Health Tech

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

A HKD 10 billion (USD 1.3 billion) share repurchase plan pushed up Xiaomi's Hong Kong-listed stock by almost 10% on Friday morning, to later close the session 4.12% higher at HKD 22.75. The smartphone vendor, together with its affiliate Shunwei Capital, also announced that both invested in the Series C round of Shanghai-based company I-Fitness, contributing more than RMB 100 million (USD 15 million).

Xiaomi invests in bodybuilding community to lift IoT products

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

Where does real estate meet innovation? Study IoT building management, digital realty investments, and tech-enabled tenant services.

Prop Tech

Beijing-based startup Julive.com, known as Juli Zhaofangwang in China, has raised RMB 400 million (USD 61.5 million) in its Series C+ round led by Tencent and Oceanpine Capital, the company announced on its official WeChat account on Thursday.

Real estate portal Julive raises USD 61.5 million from Tencent, Oceanpine

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

Nanjing-headquartered Zhongneng United, which offers rental of heavy machinery, announced on Tuesday on its website that it closed its Series C round consisting of equity and debt financing, raising a total of RMB 3 billion (USD 461 million).

Machinery rental platform Zhongneng raises USD 461 million amid infrastructure building boom

Tencent's gains from investments in 2020: USD 120b

In 2020, Chinese internet titan Tencent gained some USD 120 billion through its shareholdings in companies it invested in, said a report by The Information on Tuesday. That's six times more than the firm's own expected net income for the year.