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Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Habitto raises Series A funding, OpenAI tender offer to boost SoftBank’s stake, Deutsche Bank backs Partior, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: Habitto raises Series A funding, OpenAI tender offer to boost SoftBank’s stake, Deutsche Bank backs Partior, and more

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Serta aims to solve one of the final challenges of smart living by reimagining what a bed can do.

For Serta, the new era of smart living begins with sleep | KrASIA

For Serta, the new era of smart living begins with sleep

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

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Japan, Korea, and the West

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

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To keep users engaged, AI tools may need to be as simple and intuitive as they are powerful.

What NotebookLM’s success says about the future of AI tools | KrASIA

What NotebookLM’s success says about the future of AI tools

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Deals in brief: Purpose Venture Capital backs Bioworks, Grab injects SGD 145.1 million into GXS Bank, former Twitter CEO raises funding for AI startup, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Purpose Venture Capital backs Bioworks, Grab injects SGD 145.1 million into GXS Bank, former Twitter CEO raises funding for AI startup, and more

Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals. It was founded by Colin Huang as Shanghai Dream Information Technology Co., Ltd. in September 2015.

Pinduoduo

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

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Efforts to surpass Alibaba at home and chase Amazon abroad come with human cost.

Inside PDD, China's e-commerce titan behind Temu and Pinduoduo | KrASIA

Inside PDD, China&#8217;s e-commerce titan behind Temu and Pinduoduo

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NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

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Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

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Nio's phone business is believed to be making progress, despite the leadership change and ongoing organizational restructuring.

Nio appoints new head of mobile business as restructuring efforts continue into 2024 | KrASIA

Nio appoints new head of mobile business as restructuring efforts continue into 2024

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Indonesia

Deals in brief: BroilerX raises pre-Series A funding, AC Ventures backs skincare brand Gmeelan, 14 other China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: BroilerX raises pre-Series A funding, AC Ventures backs skincare brand Gmeelan, 14 other China and India deals, and more

Deals in brief: FlyOro secure pre-Series A funding, OKX Ventures backs Polyhedra Network, multiple China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: FlyOro secure pre-Series A funding, OKX Ventures backs Polyhedra Network, multiple China and India deals, and more

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

The Chinese unicorn taps AI to optimize its delivery processes.

'Uber for logistics' Lalamove enters driver-starved Japan market | KrASIA

&#8216;Uber for logistics&#8217; Lalamove enters driver-starved Japan market

Vietnam

Deals in brief: Vietnam’s Be Group secures VND 739.5 billion, Zendesk acquires Klaus, multiple China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Vietnam’s Be Group secures VND 739.5 billion, Zendesk acquires Klaus, multiple China and India deals, and more

A recent study predicts that the city-state has lost approximately 37% of its species, nearly half of the initial estimate made in 2003.

Biodiversity loss in Singapore may be less severe than initially estimated | KrASIA

Biodiversity loss in Singapore may be less severe than initially estimated

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