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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.

Southeast Asia

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

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Here are 4 takeaways from Boku’s deep dive into Southeast Asia's mobile payments landscape, covering current developments and projections for the future.

4 takeaways from Boku’s deep dive into Southeast Asia's mobile payments landscape

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Stephanie Li

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

Gojek

Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

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

Food Delivery

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

On-demand Services

What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

Grab and Gojek intensify turf war in Southeast Asia through tie-ups with conglomerates. Grab's link-up with Emtek runs parallel with Gojek's with AirAsia.

Gojek and Grab intensify turf war in Southeast Asia through tie-ups with AirAsia, Emtek

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Robo-advisor Endowus steps deeper into Singapore’s crowded wealth management sector, racing with platforms like StashAway, GrabInvest, Syfe, and banks.

Robo-advisor Endowus steps deeper into Singapore’s crowded wealth management sector

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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

Q&amp;A

Aaron Tan, the founder and CEO of auto trading unicorn Carro, speaks to KrASIA about AI applications, regional expansion, and conversion to EVs.

5 thoughts from Aaron Tan, founder and CEO of auto trading unicorn Carro

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Khamila Mulia

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

Creative

How are digital assets protected? Analyze threat detection, encryption standards, and cybersecurity solutions safeguarding data.

Cybersecurity

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

Gaming

The value of the total cryptocurrency market is now at more than USD 1.3 trillion, a leap compared to USD 260 billion last year.

From gaming to ride-hailing: How these 5 Singaporean companies use crypto in their industries

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Vulcan Post

How can businesses drive positive change? Study policies, ESG strategies, and community initiatives fostering global social advancement.

Social Impact

Singapore households will receive free oximeters from the Temasek Foundation. Monitoring blood oxygen levels can help detect early signs of health decline.

Singapore households to receive free oximeters from the Temasek Foundation

Singapore's food delivery firms face many complaints amid rising competition. A glance at their Facebook pages shows angry emojis and negative comments.

High costs, bad service: Singapore's food delivery firms face complaints amid rising competition

High costs, bad service: Singapore&#8217;s food delivery firms face complaints amid rising competition

How does information move at light speed? Review 5G rollouts, fiber networks, and connectivity standards advancing global communication.

Telecommunications

Singtel is betting big on gaming, streaming, and financial services startups. It is "open to taking significant minority stakes.”

Singtel is betting big on gaming, streaming, and financial services startups

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

Investment

Sea reached a USD 148 billion market capitalization as of last week's close, June 18, exceeding that of Japan's SoftBank Group at USD 122 billion.

Sea tops SoftBank in market cap amid Latin America expansion

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 drives digital storytelling? Examine content creation, distribution channels, and media platforms connecting audiences worldwide.

Content

Who thrives in a digitally democratized landscape? Discover how independent creators, influencers, and educators monetize content and expertise.

Creator Economy

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

China

Participants must create at least 70% of their films using Veo 3 or Seedance 1.0 Pro.

iQiyi invites creators to co-direct with AI in global short film contest

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T. K. Lin

By building for overlooked niches in the fitness industry, Aeke now ships hundreds of units each month.

With smart fitness machines, Aeke finds profit where others saw no market

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 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

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

Describing VLA models as “relatively dumb,” he outlined an alternative approach to embodied intelligence.

Unitree’s founder disputes VLA consensus, backs video-trained models for robotics

KrASIA tracks China’s tech and business stories—alongside key developments across the broader Asia Pacific region.