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

Hardware

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.

China

Hong Kong

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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Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

Baidu

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

Autonomous driving pioneer Baidu has received approval from the Cangzhou government in the Hebei province to charge passengers for robotaxi rides, the company announced in a release on Monday. Baidu will be first in China to experiment with monetization mechanisms for these services, "marking a landmark step on Baidu Apollo’s road to commercialization," it said.

Baidu will be charging robotaxi passengers in Cangzhou on a trial basis

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Song Jingli

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.

Fintech

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Singapore

London-headquartered fintech firm Wise announced the appointment of two new director designates to its board: Tan Hooi Ling, co-founder of Southeast Asian super app Grab, and Clare Gilmartin, former CEO of digital rail ticketing platform Trainlin

Wise appoints Grab co-founder, ex-Trainline CEO to its board

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Tech in Asia

The Middle East’s growing tech ecosystem harnesses the enterprising spirit of innovators from its diverse cultural markets.

Middle East

Across the board, women need more representation in Israel's tech enterprises.

'Glass ceiling hasn't cracked' for women in senior tech roles in Israel

&#8216;Glass ceiling hasn&#8217;t cracked&#8217; for women in senior tech roles in Israel

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NoCamels

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

Indonesia

Food delivery continues to experience significant growth in Indonesia. Esensi Solusi Buana (ESB) has created a cloud-based mobile ordering system that syncs up with a restaurant's point of service and kitchen management. It allows food outlets to launch their own online delivery service, and so save the commission they would pay to Grab or Gojek.

Indonesian SaaS platform ESB helps restaurants deliver food

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Ursula Florene

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

Maple Capital projects the capital inflow in homegrown gaming firms will double to over USD 1 billion in the next 12 to 18 months

Indian gaming startups raised over USD 500 million in the last six months

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Kunlun, the AI chip unit of internet giant Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), has reportedly reached a valuation of USD 2 billion after a new round of funding. CITIC Private Equity Funds Management was leading the fundraising that was joined by a group of investors including IDG Capital and Legend Capital, an unidentified source told Reuters.

KEY STAT | Baidu closes funding round for AI chip segment

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Julianna Wu

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

Myanmar

Myanmar blocked mobile internet services on Monday, a day after 70 people have been killed in the bloodiest crackdown since the military coup on February 1, reported Radio Free Asia.

Myanmar blocks mobile internet after bloodiest night since coup

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

Cybersecurity

Israeli cybersecurity startup Cynet, the world’s first autonomous XDR (cross-layered detection and response) platform, said on Wednesday that it has raised a USD 40 million Series C funding round.

Cynet raises USD 40 million for the first ever autonomous XDR platform

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

How is healthcare going digital? Investigate telemedicine, wearable sensors, and data-driven platforms improving patient experiences.

Health Tech

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.

Venture Capital

A HKD 10 billion (USD 1.3 billion) share repurchase plan pushed up Xiaomi's Hong Kong-listed stock by almost 10% on Friday morning, to later close the session 4.12% higher at HKD 22.75. The smartphone vendor, together with its affiliate Shunwei Capital, also announced that both invested in the Series C round of Shanghai-based company I-Fitness, contributing more than RMB 100 million (USD 15 million).