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

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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

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

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The ODM plans to deploy IPO proceeds to parlay its capabilities into emerging categories, including smart glasses.

Chinese smart device maker Longcheer joins wave of Hong Kong listings

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T. K. Lin

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

Pop Mart, a Chinese company, designs and sells toys, figurines, and collectibles, primarily in a blind box format.

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

Consumer Economy

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

Retail

The move aims to stabilize investor sentiment amid a broader correction in China’s collectibles market.

Pop Mart launches share buyback as Labubu craze fades

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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Cheng Zi

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Anker

ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

Lark, a workplace collaboration platform by ByteDance, integrates messaging, video conferencing, document sharing, and productivity tools.

Lark

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

The platform is testing a bean-shaped device that uses Doubao to capture meetings, generate real-time summaries, and support enterprise workflows.

Lark steps into hardware, developing an AI-powered recorder with Anker

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

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

India

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

Gaming

Mumbai-based gaming and sports media company, Nazara Technologies, made a bumper debut on Indian public markets, National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Tuesday.The shares of the country's leading gaming company, which made the initial public offer of INR 583 crore (USD 80 million) between March 17 and 19 and was subscribed 175.6 times, were listed at around 8o% premium over the issue price on the two stock exchanges.

Indian online gaming firm Nazara Technologies lists shares at over 80% premium

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

CEO of Airasia, Tony Fernandes, announced that it will be diving into the ride-hailing scene, reported The Edge. While the launch date of the service is yet to be confirmed, Fernandes seems to be confident, telling Malay Mail that he is unfazed by ride-hailing giants like Grab.

Unfazed by Grab, AirAsia will soon join the ride-hailing race in Malaysia

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Byju’s, a former edtech unicorn, merges video lessons, quizzes, and personalized learning paths to help students excel academically.

Byju's

According to the Hurun Global and India Rich List 2021, India, home to the third-largest base of billionaires in the world after China and the US, saw 55 new billionaires last year, which took the number of ultra-rich up to 177. When Indian-origin, overseas billionaires are tallied in, the total count stands at 207.

India added at least one billionaire a week in 2020: Hurun Report

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

E-commerce

Where do style and commerce meet? Examine supply chains, sustainable sourcing, and digital trends influencing global fashion markets.

Fashion

SoftBank-backed Indian baby care products omnichannel retailer FirstCry, which reportedly looks to get listed in the next 18-24 months, has just raised USD 315 million from private equity investors including TPG Capital, ChrysCapital, and Premji Invest.

Indian baby care startup FirstCry valued at nearly USD 2 billion

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Avanish Tiwary

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

Logistics

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

On-demand Services

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

Private Equity

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

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Beijing-based logistics startup FlashEx, also known as Shansong, said on Tuesday that it closed its Series D2 round raising USD 125 million from investors including Shunwei Capital, Susquehanna International Group (SIG), and N5 Capital.

Chinese delivery firm FlashEx scores USD 125 million from Shunwei, SIG

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Song Jingli

Valuation of Didi's self-driving unit: USD 6 billion

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

How are driverless systems redefining mobility? Uncover sensor technologies, regulatory frameworks, and AI driving cars without human intervention.

Autonomous Vehicles

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

Mobility

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing is in the process of raising up to USD 500 million for its self-driving unit, Didi Woya, at a valuation of USD 6 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing an anonymous source.

KEY STAT | Didi seeks new cash for its self-driving unit ahead of IPO

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Julianna Wu

Meta oversees social networks (like Facebook and Instagram), messaging apps, VR platforms, and digital ads, connecting billions across continents.

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India's new restrictions designed to control public discourse on social platforms, including WhatsApp and Twitter, have sparked a backlash as concerns grow about the government scrutiny of online speech.

India's attempt to police WhatsApp and Twitter sparks pushback

India&#8217;s attempt to police WhatsApp and Twitter sparks pushback

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Nikkei Asia

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

Southeast Asia

Singapore

Singapore-based tech giant Sea said it has given a corporate gift of SGD 50 million (USD 37.1 million) to the National University of Singapore (NUS) to support initiatives by the university’s School of Computing.

Sea donates USD 37.1 million corporate gift to NUS School of Computing

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Tech in Asia

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

Enterprise Services

There are those that always take a little longer. The construction sector is often regarded as conservative, holding on to a traditional way of doing things. Lin Shijing, a tech entrepreneur and former CEO of Singapore-based Swat Mobility, is on a mission to change that. On Friday, he presented the Hubble platform, his latest venture, in front of business leaders and government representatives.

They aren't eliminating humans quite yet, but construction is changing

They aren&#8217;t eliminating humans quite yet, but construction is changing

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