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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

Foundation and Large Models

China

It’s price and performance, not geography, that now dictates AI adoption.

Coding tools Cursor and Windsurf found using Chinese AI in latest releases

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

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

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

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BYD, Vinfast are among those that benefit from ties with local groups.

Philippine conglomerates offer inroads for China, Vietnam EV brands

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Xiaomi’s computer mouse probably speaks more languages than you. Courtesy of Xiaomi via Abacus News.

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

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

The Chinese smartphone maker’s new mouse can also be your digital assistant, voice recorder, and translator.

Forget smart speakers like Alexa, Xiaomi has a smart mouse that can talk

Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

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

Consumer Economy

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

E-commerce

Li previously served as the group's president and CEO of Lazada Indonesia.

Lazada appoints Chun Li new group CEO

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Ursula Florene

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

Venture Capital

The VC’s eighth fund will be used to back promising startups emerging from COVID-19.

Indonesia-focused East Ventures aims to raise USD 88 million for post-pandemic fund

Google dominates online search, digital ads, and cloud solutions, powering discovery, analytics, and smartphone operating systems.

Google

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

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

Indian digital lending market was USD 75 billion in size in 2018.

Indian central bank tightens regulations for digital lending startups

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

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Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

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

Gaming

Tencent is converting another world-famous game franchise for smartphones.

Tencent’s Pokémon Unite is like League of Legends with Pikachu for Nintendo Switch and smartphones

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South China Morning Post

Wave Money will focus on an app started in 2018 for paying bills and making online purchases, tapping the expertise of Alipay. Photo by Yuichi Nitta for Nikkei Asian Review.

USD 73 million deal brings Alipay operator on board to expand app services.

Yoma to buy control of Myanmar e-payment venture Wave Money

ZTE woes may steer China’s AI chip development into a different direction

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

Huawei has stockpiled enough 5G base station chips to last until the first half of 2021.

Can China’s fledgling semiconductor industry rescue Huawei from tighter US tech sanctions?

HealthPass by OCBC. Courtesy OCBC via Vulcan Post.

People who do not bank with OCBC can use the service too.

OCBC Bank launches healthcare app for video consultations with doctors in Singapore

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Vulcan Post

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

India

AngelList's Utsav Somani launched a micro-VC fund iSeed to invest in 30 early-stage startups with an average check size of USD 150,000 over the period of two years.

AngelList launches equity tracking platform EquityList for India market

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