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

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The brand is betting that home life’s next frontier lies just beyond the back door.

From sofas to prefab spaces, Outer wants to shape the future of backyard living

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

On-demand Services

With cheap phones and scripted content, they gamed the platform’s algorithm to dominate product search and sales.

These middle-aged men know Xiaohongshu better than anyone, and they’re all in Zhengzhou

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

Agent Universe’s latest venture ditches the leaderboard model in favor of community, credibility, and signal over noise in an era of information overload.

Could Watcha be “China’s Product Hunt” for AI products?

AI Now! is a global AI community of Chinese developers, professionals, and founders.

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

Andi Taufan Garuda Putra is the second tech startup CEO to leave the president's staff, following Ruangguru’s CEO Belva Devara.

Another one bites the dust: Amartha’s CEO resigns from presidential staff position amid controversy

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Ursula Florene

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

Autonomous Vehicles

The firm plans to launch passenger test rides with its autonomous driving vehicles in 2021.

CHINA BRIEF | Geely-backed Caocao Chuxing to test driverless ride-hailing service in mid-2020

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Sun Henan

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

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

The short-video platform hit 518 million monthly active users in March.

CHINA BRIEF | Douyin adds video call function supporting beauty filters

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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The startup founded by former Grab chief technology officer Wei Zhu plans to expand further in Southeast Asia. 

Insurtech startup Axinan closes extended Series A round, rebrands to Igloo

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Thu Huong Le

A scientist at the Migal Research Institute's lab, where researchers are working on developing a coronavirus vaccine. March 2020. Courtesy Migal Research Institute via NoCamels.

What medical tools shape care delivery? Assess medical devices, diagnostics, and digital services refining patient treatment.

Medtech

Israeli team developing coronavirus vaccine raises USD 12 million for new startup

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NoCamels

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

Electric Vehicles

The company is struggling to stay afloat amid the impact of the epidemic.

Delayed salaries for Byton workers add to woes for coronavirus-embattled EV maker

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

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

Reliance

On Tuesday, Ambani's net worth had nosedived by USD 14 billion—the biggest such fall of an Asian billionaire—due to the eroding crude oil prices.

Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani replaces Jack Ma as Asia's richest man post Facebook's investment

Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani replaces Jack Ma as Asia&#8217;s richest man post Facebook&#8217;s investment

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Avanish Tiwary

Oyo, an Indian hospitality platform, aggregates affordable accommodations, bringing travelers budget hotels and homestays under one brand.

In April this year, the company reportedly sent thousands of employees globally on leave for up to three months.

SoftBank-backed Oyo cut salaries by 25% in India, furlough employees

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

The entertainment giant demands compensation worth over USD 400,000.