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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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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

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

This investment will give Qudian a 28.9% stake in Secoo.

CHINA BRIEF | Consumer finance platform Qudian invests USD 100 million in luxury e-commerce firm Secoo

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Song Jingli

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

According to the company's first earning report since being listed in Nasdaq, gross margin also climbed to 5.1%.

CHINA BRIEF | Kingsoft Cloud books USD 1.2 billion in Q1 revenue

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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Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

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

Payments

Grab and Mastercard partner to play into Southeast Asia’s increasing adoption of cashless payments and support the region’s underbanked and unbanked individuals.

Grab launches digital payments card in the Philippines

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Tech in Asia

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

Japan's M3 to offer diagnostic systems to hospitals to supplement testing.

Alibaba's AI helps detect coronavirus pneumonia within a minute

Alibaba&#8217;s AI helps detect coronavirus pneumonia within a minute

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

Venture Capital

Orbit aims to invest between USD 200,000 to USD 3 million in Indonesian tech startups.

Kejora Capital and SBI Holdings launch USD 30 million fund

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Khamila Mulia

Intelllex plans to expand its service across EU and APAC and will accelerate the development of new product offerings.

Singaporean legal tech startup Intelllex bags USD 2.1 million in Quest Ventures-led round

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Ursula Florene

Following monetization struggles in the Indian market, UC News is set to withdraw from the country.

Alibaba-backed UC News to cease operations, report says

Smove had grown to be one of the biggest car-sharing services in Singapore, alongside players like BlueSG and Tribecar.

Singapore startup Smove exits car-sharing market, now under liquidation

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Vulcan Post

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

Reliance

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

Grocery Delivery

Facebook and Reliance have filed an application to CCI for an approval.

Facebook sets up new entity to acquire stake in Reliance's Jio Platform

Facebook sets up new entity to acquire stake in Reliance&#8217;s Jio Platform

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

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