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Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

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.

Deep Tech

Artificial intelligence

As open-source models and high costs squeeze the market, leading Chinese AI firms consider dropping pre-trained models for a clearer path to profitability.

Two of China’s "AI tigers" abandon pre-trained models to pursue app-driven growth | KrASIA

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Two of China’s &#8220;AI tigers&#8221; abandon pre-trained models to pursue app-driven growth

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

KrASIA

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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36Kr English

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

Digital Banks

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

Efforts with Saudi Arabia, Thailand and more pave way for cheaper transfers.

China explores cross-border uses for digital yuan in new trial | KrASIA

China explores cross-border uses for digital yuan in new trial

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

GITEX Global 2024 wraps up with over 200,000 participants in Dubai and gears up for its Asia debut in Singapore in 2025.

GITEX Global 2024: AI at the center of global innovation | KrASIA

GITEX Global 2024: AI at the center of global innovation

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KrASIA Writers

KrASIA | Insights Archives

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

India Tech

Agriculture

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

Enterprise Services

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

Sectors like agritech, D2C, logistics, and SaaS companies that digitize SMEs are going to be the hot themes next year.

Top 4 trends VCs in India would bet on in 2021 | KrASIA Year in Review | KrASIA

Top 4 trends VCs in India would bet on in 2021 | KrASIA Year in Review

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

co-working

COVID-19

Greenhouse

platform

Services

Greenhouse was a co-working startup that was hammered by the pandemic. To survive, its founders had to cut deeply and quickly.

He laid off 60% of his staff during the pandemic, and here's what he wants you to know | KrASIA

He laid off 60% of his staff during the pandemic, and here&#8217;s what he wants you to know

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Lin Lingyi

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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COVID-19 accelerated a wave of digitalization in China's economy that is set to persist in areas like enterprise services, entertainment, education, and logistics.

Chinese tech companies build upon COVID-19's digital legacy | KrASIA Year in Review | KrASIA

Chinese tech companies build upon COVID-19&#8217;s digital legacy | KrASIA Year in Review

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Song Jingli

Bjyu's

Dream11

Reliance

Sequoia Capital

Unacademy

Edtech

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

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

India

The investors who KrASIA spoke with said, in the hindsight, there has never been a better year for tech startups than 2020.

Top five sectors that took center stage in India this year | KrASIA Year in Review | KrASIA

Top five sectors that took center stage in India this year | KrASIA Year in Review

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Insurance

Igloo already counts Lazada, Shopee, and RedDoorz as partners.

This firm wants your insurance coverage to be a few taps away: Startup Stories | KrASIA

This firm wants your insurance coverage to be a few taps away: Startup Stories

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Stephanie Li

Can internet companies overcome challenges in the hardware industry?

Periscope Volume 7 | This industry may spawn the next Xiaomi (Part 2 of 2) | KrASIA

Periscope Volume 7 | This industry may spawn the next Xiaomi (Part 2 of 2)

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KrASIA Periscope

Baidu

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

Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Google

JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

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

Microsoft

Creative

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

Retail

Smartphones

The area is the hometown of Chinese unicorns like ByteDance, Xiaomi, Didi, and Meituan.

How Zhongguancun became the innovation hub powering China's tech aspirations | KrASIA

How Zhongguancun became the innovation hub powering China&#8217;s tech aspirations

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Wency Chen

The automotive aftermarket is the secondary market of the automotive industry, concerned with the manufacturing, remanufacturing, distribution, retailing, and installation of all vehicle parts, chemicals, equipment, and accessories, after the sale of the automobile by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to the consumer. 

Automotive Aftermarket

Mobility

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

On-Demand Services

The platform matches car owners with recommended automobile repair shops at standardized prices.

Otoklix connects you with the right 'doctor' for your car: Startup Stories | KrASIA

Otoklix connects you with the right &#8216;doctor&#8217; for your car: Startup Stories

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Ursula Florene

Social Impact

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

2021 will show us how big bets and new regs will reshape Southeast Asia’s tech scene.

Insights

Top 4 trends VCs in India would bet on in 2021 | KrASIA Year in Review

He laid off 60% of his staff during the pandemic, and here’s what he wants you to know

Chinese tech companies build upon COVID-19’s digital legacy | KrASIA Year in Review

Top five sectors that took center stage in India this year | KrASIA Year in Review

This firm wants your insurance coverage to be a few taps away: Startup Stories

Periscope Volume 7 | This industry may spawn the next Xiaomi (Part 2 of 2)

How Zhongguancun became the innovation hub powering China’s tech aspirations

Otoklix connects you with the right ‘doctor’ for your car: Startup Stories

In Southeast Asia, tech leads through the pandemic and beyond | KrASIA Year in Review

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