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

Alibaba Cloud powers scalable cloud computing, data analytics, and cybersecurity solutions, supporting businesses’ digital transformation worldwide.

Alibaba Cloud

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

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From learning tools to ad engines, teams prototyped AI applications aimed at solving practical challenges across industries.

AI in action: Inside the innovations from Alibaba Cloud’s Singapore hackathon

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

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

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

Payments

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With a localized strategy and China-tested tech, Yup is expanding credit access across emerging markets in the region.

Can Yup become Southeast Asia’s answer to Nubank?

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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GoTo, formed by Gojek and Tokopedia, merges ride-hailing, logistics, and retail into a single super-app ecosystem.

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

Lazada, an e-commerce marketplace in Southeast Asia, links shoppers to a wide range of products, deals, and cross-border brands.

Lazada

Sea Group operates digital entertainment (Garena), e-commerce (Shopee), and fintech (SeaMoney) platforms across Southeast Asia.

Sea Group

Shopee, a Southeast Asian online marketplace, features interactive shopping, flash deals, and localized payment options.

Shopee

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

TikTok hosts short-form videos spanning entertainment, education, and branded content, capturing global audiences and driving cultural trends.

TikTok

TikTok Shop, the e-commerce arm of TikTok, enables in-app shopping by connecting users with brands and creators through live commerce and short videos.

TikTok Shop

Tokopedia, an Indonesian online marketplace, empowers entrepreneurs, brands, and SMEs to reach digital-savvy consumers.

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Several contenders exist, but the verdict on the future leader of Southeast Asia's e-commerce market remains pending.

Southeast Asian e-commerce: TikTok disrupts the market, Shopee and Lazada navigate defensive dilemmas

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How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

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What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

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Experts expect Patrick Walujo to utilize his experience in investment and banking.

GoTo stresses profit in CEO choice as rivals' prospects brighten

GoTo stresses profit in CEO choice as rivals&#8217; prospects brighten

SoftBank is a global tech investor fueling startups, telecommunications ventures, and AI-driven innovations across international markets.

SoftBank

October - December earnings show Vision Fund continues to suffer from tough market.

SoftBank Group reports USD 5.9 billion loss amid tech downturn

Electrum president says pricier fuel is helping drive shift to electric vehicles.

Gojek-backed JV plans to deliver 2 million e-motorbikes in Indonesia

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

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

Grocery Delivery

Indonesian double unicorn GoTo posted USD 1.5 billion net loss in 2021. The merged company issued its first earnings report after going public last month.

Indonesian double unicorn GoTo posted USD 1.5 billion net loss in 2021

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

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Indonesia's GoTo to start trading on stock market. The super app follows rivals in listing but questions swirl over investor appetite.

Indonesia's GoTo to start trading on stock market

Indonesia&#8217;s GoTo to start trading on stock market

When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

Indonesia's GoTo set for USD 1.1 billion IPO on April 11. CEO says listing amid market downturn a "testament" to its long-term potential.

Indonesia's GoTo set for USD 1.1 billion IPO on April 11

Indonesia&#8217;s GoTo set for USD 1.1 billion IPO on April 11

Bukalapak, an Indonesian marketplace, empowers small merchants and connects consumers with diverse products online.

Bukalapak

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

Grab

How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

Southeast Asia’s listed tech companies face reckoning due to shaky fundamentals. PropertyGuru and GoTo are the next regional tech firms to go public.

Southeast Asia’s listed tech companies face reckoning due to shaky fundamentals

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Indonesia holds key to GoTo's 'aggressive' IPO valuation. Super apps burn through cash in fight for Southeast Asia's biggest digital market.

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