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Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud

Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Vietnam

The Chinese tech group is renting server space from state-owned partners in the meantime.

Alibaba to build Vietnam data center to follow local storage law | KrASIA

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Alibaba to build Vietnam data center to follow local storage law

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

Douyin

Tiktok

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.

Content

Creative

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

Video

The automatic labeling of AI-generated content on TikTok is a small step in an uphill battle against the misuse of AI.

Will TikTok’s new content labels really combat AI misinformation? | KrASIA

Will TikTok’s new content labels really combat AI misinformation?

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Jeff Chay

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Angel Investing

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Private Equity

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Cambodia

India

Singapore

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

Deals in brief: Osome extends Series B round, Kasagi Labo lands pre-Series A funding, Husk bags USD 5 million from Mekong Capital, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Osome extends Series B round, Kasagi Labo lands pre-Series A funding, Husk bags USD 5 million from Mekong Capital, and more

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

India Tech

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Dunzo

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

On-Demand Services

Dunzo claimed to have a 350% surge in medicine orders on its app since January 2021. Google-backed Dunzo is one of the few companies that got approval from the director general of civil aviation last year to test beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS) drones for deliveries.

Google-backed Dunzo to deliver medicines and COVID-19 vaccines via drones in India | KrASIA

Google-backed Dunzo to deliver medicines and COVID-19 vaccines via drones in India

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Avanish Tiwary

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

E-Commerce

Live Streaming

RedSeer projects the Indian social commerce sector to become a USD 7 billion opportunity by 2025, contributing up to 5% to the total e-commerce market.

Indian adtech unicorn InMobi in talks to acquire social commerce startup Shop101 | KrASIA

Indian adtech unicorn InMobi in talks to acquire social commerce startup Shop101

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Prop Tech

InfraMarket connects real estate builders with manufacturers of construction materials such as paint, cement, and iron. This is the first acquisition by InfraMarket that became a unicorn in February this year.

Indian B2B unicorn InfraMarket acquires Equiphunt for USD 10 million | KrASIA

Indian B2B unicorn InfraMarket acquires Equiphunt for USD 10 million

Netflix, Inc. is an American media-services provider headquartered in Los Gatos, California, founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California.

Netflix

A report by IAMAI and Nielsen said rural India had 227 million active internet users, while urban India accounted for 205 million users.

Indian video streaming companies battle global giants for foothold in smaller cities | Tales from India's Towns | KrASIA

Indian video streaming companies battle global giants for foothold in smaller cities | Tales from India&#8217;s Towns

FDI equity inflow grew by 19% in the FY 2020-21 to reach USD 59.64 billion, compared to USD 49.98 billion a year ago.

India attracted USD 81.72 billion in FDI in FY 2021 driven by tech sector | KrASIA

India attracted USD 81.72 billion in FDI in FY 2021 driven by tech sector

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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Twitter

India's IT rules intend to hold social media companies accountable for the content posted on their platform. The new IT rules direct social media companies like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and others to set up a grievance redressal mechanism and appoint a chief compliance officer who should be available round the clock to address government concerns, including post takedowns within 72 hours of the request.

Social media giants WhatsApp and Twitter take Indian government to court over new IT rules | KrASIA

Social media giants WhatsApp and Twitter take Indian government to court over new IT rules

Startups in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Delhi have witnessed dozens of its employees, key leaders, as well as founders falling prey to the virus. The second wave of coronavirus cases in India has affected daily operations of Indian tech startups as delivery partners, senior executives, and founders contract the deadly virus.

Second wave of the pandemic sends Indian startups back to the drawing board | KrASIA

Second wave of the pandemic sends Indian startups back to the drawing board

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Nidhi Rai

Retail

The 153-year-old conglomerate has been acquiring new-age internet companies that align with its vision of creating an online retail empire.

Indian conglomerate Tata in talks to buy Temasek-backed local fitness startup Cult.fit | KrASIA

Indian conglomerate Tata in talks to buy Temasek-backed local fitness startup Cult.fit

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