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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.

KrASIA

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Nikkei Asia

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

Photo of Victor Lysenko, founder and CEO of Osome.

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

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.

KrASIA | Short Video Archives

Kuaishou (Chinese: 快手) is a platform for recording with millions of original fresh videos everyday.

Kuaishou

Live Streaming

Kuaishou restructures business to reboot operations. The short video company’s share price has nosedived by 80% from its peak in February.

Kuaishou restructures business to reboot operations after slowed Q2 | KrASIA

Kuaishou restructures business to reboot operations after slowed Q2

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Mengyuan Ge

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

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

E-Commerce

Major tech companies in China unbrick walled gardens to integrate rival payment services. Alibaba and Tencent are dissolving protectionist features.

Major tech companies in China unbrick walled gardens to integrate rival payment services | KrASIA

Major tech companies in China unbrick walled gardens to integrate rival payment services

ByteDance caps screen time for young Douyin viewers and rolls out a new educational video app, Xiao Qu Xing, which will have a 40-minute view time limit.

ByteDance caps screen time for young Douyin viewers, rolls out new educational video app | KrASIA

ByteDance caps screen time for young Douyin viewers, rolls out new educational video app

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Brady Ng

MENA

Israeli app developer Lightricks secures USD 130 million at USD 1.8 billion valuation. Lightricks' tools include Facetune2, Facetune Video, and Videoleap.

Israeli app developer Lightricks secures USD 130 million at USD 1.8 billion valuation | KrASIA

Israeli app developer Lightricks secures USD 130 million at USD 1.8 billion valuation

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NoCamels

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

9 takeaways about Gen Z consumers from Cyanhill Capital’s 2021 mid-year consumption report. The term “Gen Z” takes on a slightly different meaning in China.

9 takeaways about Gen Z consumers from Cyanhill Capital’s 2021 mid-year consumption report | KrASIA

9 takeaways about Gen Z consumers from Cyanhill Capital’s 2021 mid-year consumption report

NetEase, Inc. is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications and commerce. The company was founded in 1997 by Lebunto. NetEase develops and operates online PC and mobile games, advertising services, email services and e-commerce platforms in China.

NetEase

Music

Here’s how entertainment platforms are responding to China’s curbing of "excessive fan culture." Hits to fandoms will reshape entertainment platforms.

Here’s how entertainment platforms are responding to China’s curbing of ‘excessive fan culture’ | KrASIA

Here’s how entertainment platforms are responding to China’s curbing of ‘excessive fan culture’

Kuaishou is generating more e-commerce conversations as brands flock to the short video platform to sell and market their products.

Kuaishou's stickiness spurs e-commerce in second quarter | KrASIA

Kuaishou&#8217;s stickiness spurs e-commerce in second quarter

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AJ Cortese

Douyin removes 8,000 videos after latest copyright infringement lawsuit from Tencent. The companies have a history of wrangling over intellectual property.

Douyin removes 8,000 videos after latest copyright infringement lawsuit from Tencent | KrASIA

Douyin removes 8,000 videos after latest copyright infringement lawsuit from Tencent

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Jiaxing Li

A Cyberspace Administration of China investment vehicle, as well as two other state agencies, invested USD 308,770 in April for a 1% stake in ByteDance.