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Coffee

Amid slowing sales, new CEO Brian Niccol is steering Starbucks back to basics, reviving its “third space” community focus.

With Luckin Coffee on the rise, Starbucks scales back discounts and returns to its roots | KrASIA

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With Luckin Coffee on the rise, Starbucks scales back discounts and returns to its roots

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

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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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With innovative approaches and a commitment to cultural and environmental needs, Southeast Asian startups can thrive amid competition and market challenges.

Pioneering innovation: Turning challenges into competitive advantages | KrASIA

Pioneering innovation: Turning challenges into competitive advantages

Michelle Khoo is the leader of the Deloitte Center for The Edge Southeast Asia. With over a decade of experience in advising business and government leaders on long-term strategies, Khoo is passionate about shaping a more sustainable, fairer, and inclusive future in both physical and digital realms. Her work revolves around artificial intelligence, sustainability, metaverse, disruption, and innovation.

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Michelle Khoo

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

China Tech

Japan, Korea, and the West

Li Auto

NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

Tesla

Xpeng

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.

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

Autonomous Vehicles

Deep Tech

Mobility

Li Auto, Xpeng, and Huawei lead a Chinese push to scale up AI compute, aiming to close Tesla’s lead in autonomous driving.

China’s automakers pour billions into AI compute race, chasing Tesla’s lead | KrASIA

China’s automakers pour billions into AI compute race, chasing Tesla’s lead

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Myanmar

The bill requires all online service providers to store personal information of users locally, granting free access to the government on request.

Myanmar’s cybersecurity bill will take us back to the stone age, expert warns | KrASIA

Myanmar’s cybersecurity bill will take us back to the stone age, expert warns

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KrASIA Writers

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

India Tech

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

Xiaomi

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

Lending

India

With this round, KreditBee's parent company Finnov has cut down the shareholding of its existing Chinese backers from 40% to 10%.

Indian lending startup KreditBee bags USD 75 million from PremjiInvest, Mirae Asset Venture | KrASIA

Indian lending startup KreditBee bags USD 75 million from PremjiInvest, Mirae Asset Venture

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Swiggy

Zomato

Food Delivery

Zomato is looking to list itself in India and reportedly plans to raise USD 6 to 8 billion during IPO.

Swiggy to raise around USD 800 million ahead of Zomato's public listing: Report | KrASIA

Swiggy to raise around USD 800 million ahead of Zomato&#8217;s public listing: Report

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Avanish Tiwary

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

E-Commerce

Meesho's revenue revenue in FY 2020 grew to USD 42 million recording almost a four-fold rise from USD 11 million a year earlier.

Social commerce startup Meesho looks to raise USD 250 million from SoftBank Vision Fund | KrASIA

Social commerce startup Meesho looks to raise USD 250 million from SoftBank Vision Fund

Twitter

Earlier this month, Koo raised USD 4 million Series from 3one4 Capital, Accel Partners, Kalaari Capital, Blume Ventures, and Dream Incubator.

Twitter's troubles in India bring fortune for homegrown rival Koo | KrASIA

Twitter&#8217;s troubles in India bring fortune for homegrown rival Koo

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

On-Demand Services

On-demand delivery personnel have become essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Indonesian ride-hailing drivers to receive vaccines in March | KrASIA

Indonesian ride-hailing drivers to receive vaccines in March

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Ursula Florene

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

BharatPe is eyeing another USD 100 million-check after March to beef up its credit offerings.

BharatPe raises USD 108 million Series D round at USD 900 million valuation | KrASIA

BharatPe raises USD 108 million Series D round at USD 900 million valuation

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

Apple

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

Smartphones

IPhone maker works on tech for augmented reality devices at secretive Taiwan lab.

Apple partners with TSMC to develop ultra-advanced displays | KrASIA

Apple partners with TSMC to develop ultra-advanced displays

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

Bilibili

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

Entertainment

Video

Several advertisers have ditched Bilibili following the controversy.

Bilibili faces accusations of promoting inappropriate sexualized content | KrASIA

Bilibili faces accusations of promoting inappropriate sexualized content

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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