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

Consumer Economy

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

Hardware

China

Its scanners count the US Congress among their users.

This Shenzhen-based company turned scanners into a big business and is eyeing broader office tech expansion

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Agibot

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

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

East Asia

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

Deep Tech

Embodied Intelligence

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

Malaysia

Southeast Asia

The Chinese robotics company is deploying its technology at Malaysia’s i-City, marking the first step in a regional rollout across Southeast Asia.

Agibot kicks off APAC expansion with Malaysia launch event

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AI Infrastructure

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

Artificial Intelligence

The data center rush is fueling massive demand for power equipment and cooling systems.

Chinese suppliers set to gain from global AI boom despite trade tensions

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

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How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

Indonesia

It's a golden age for e-commerce in Indonesia. Many platforms have seen massive growth since last year, when COVID-19 forced people to shop online. The e-commerce gross merchandise value (GMV) reached USD 40.1 billion in 2020, according to a recent study by market research firm Momentum Works.

Shopee pulls ahead of Tokopedia in Indonesia as e-commerce thrives

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Ursula Florene

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

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

Venture Capital

Singapore

Startups in Southeast Asia managed to raise USD 8.2 billion in 2020, per the Exit Landscape 2.0 Report on startup exits that VC Golden Gate Ventures released on Thursday in collaboration with business school INSEAD.

5 takeaways on startup exits from Golden Gate Ventures' latest report

5 takeaways on startup exits from Golden Gate Ventures&#8217; latest report

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Business equipment startup iMin Technology secured 7-figure pre-Series A financing from investors. It makes commercial IoT hardware, like POS terminals and QR code scanners. 

iMin Technology nabs 7-figure funds to develop IoT hardware

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

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

License comes after months of pressure against Jack Ma's fintech company. Ant will shift consumer lending operations to the new consumer finance unit and is expected to provide half the new company's total capital of USD 1.25 billion.

Ant Group receives Chinese approval for consumer finance spinoff

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

Creative

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

Gaming

According to a report by The Business Times, global lifestyle and gaming firm Razer is “carefully evaluating” a potential entry into cryptocurrency. Min-Liang Tan, CEO of the Hong Kong-listed firm said in a presentation this week that there is a nascent opportunity for Razer in the digital money space, given the wide reach of its Razer Fintech unit.

Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan says firm is exploring entry into cryptocurrency space

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Regulators are making changes to Indonesia's finance systems to keep up with the times.

In a fast-changing financial landscape, Indonesia ponders creation of a digital rupiah

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Khamila Mulia

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

India

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

Investment

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

Logistics

Locus plans to use the funds for improving geographical reach as well as building its research and development team to expand its product line.

Tiger-backed Indian logistics tech startup Locus raises USD 50 million

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

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Huawei, a global telecom and smartphone vendor, delivers networking equipment, 5G solutions, and consumer devices integrating cutting-edge tech.

What fits the world in your pocket? Track device innovation, OS ecosystems, and connectivity shaping smartphone usage.

Smartphones

Embattled Chinese company aims to update 200 million handsets with Google replacement. Huawei aims to have 200 million existing handsets switch from Google's Android operating system to its own HarmonyOS by the end of the year.

Huawei to bring in-house HarmonyOS to smartphones

What revolutionizes mealtimes? Investigate alternative proteins, supply chain tracking, and delivery services fueling the future of food.

Food Tech

Good Startup, a Singapore-based venture capital firm that invests in companies that aim to eliminate animals agriculture from the food system, raised USD 25 million for its Good Protein Fund I.