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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

Japan

The lawsuit hasn’t slowed Pocketpair’s push into Japan, with the studio’s bold strategy inspiring similar titles like Auroria and Miraibo Go along the way.

Palworld expands to Japan on PS5 despite legal battle with Nintendo, Pokemon | KrASIA

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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.

Deep Tech

Singapore

Artificial intelligence

Singapore is one of several cities where OpenAI will open new offices, aiming to strengthen its connections across APAC and meet growing demand for AI solutions.

ChatGPT maker OpenAI expands into Singapore, targets APAC growth | KrASIA

ChatGPT maker OpenAI expands into Singapore, targets APAC growth

Investment

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

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

Thailand

Vietnam

Venture capital firm Lightspeed urges a recalibration of strategies in Southeast Asia, pointing out critical misjudgments in comparing its growth trajectory with China and India.

Rethinking Southeast Asia: Why it’s not the next China or India | KrASIA

Rethinking Southeast Asia: Why it’s not the next China or India

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Electric Vehicles

Mobility

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

Transportation

Europe

From China to Europe, the Chinese electric motor manufacturer is charting a course to lead the electric boating market.

ePropulsion’s electric motors are making waves in Europe’s boating industry | KrASIA

ePropulsion’s electric motors are making waves in Europe’s boating industry

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

China Tech

Content

Generative tools like Vast’s Tripo AI promise faster workflows for industries reliant on 3D modeling, such as gaming, architecture, and product design.

Vast’s Tripo AI brings generative AI to 3D modeling | KrASIA

Vast’s Tripo AI brings generative AI to 3D modeling

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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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

Months after Kuaishou’s Kling AI launched to much acclaim, ByteDance has followed up with two new AI video generation models.

ByteDance enters AI video race with Doubao’s PixelDance and Seaweed | KrASIA

ByteDance enters AI video race with Doubao’s PixelDance and Seaweed

Biotech

Founder Wu Zhenhua explores the promise of gene therapy and its potential to reshape the future of medicine.

Can gene therapy live up to the hype? A look at China’s Exegenesis Bio | KrASIA

Can gene therapy live up to the hype? A look at China’s Exegenesis Bio

Retail

Japanese consumers—known for their high standards—are lining up for hours to get their hands on Vivaia’s eco-friendly shoes. Why?

The secret behind Vivaia’s success in Japan’s footwear market | KrASIA

The secret behind Vivaia’s success in Japan’s footwear market

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

As China battles CNC technology restrictions, First Automation’s approach could offer the breakthrough the industry needs.

Can First Automation step up to break China’s CNC bottleneck? | KrASIA

Can First Automation step up to break China’s CNC bottleneck?

Space industry refers to economic activities related to manufacturing components that go into Earth's orbit or beyond, delivering them to those regions, and related services. 

Space Tech

Geely’s Geespace breaks new ground as the first Chinese commercial firm to provide satellite communication services on a global scale.

Geesatcom completes third orbital deployment, bringing its satellite network closer to full global coverage | KrASIA

Geesatcom completes third orbital deployment, bringing its satellite network closer to full global coverage

Video

Launched in July, Vidu AI offers compelling text-to-video generation capabilities, focusing on efficiency, consistency across formats, and a specialization in anime-style videos.

Can Shengshu’s Vidu AI text-to-video generator outcompete its rivals? | KrASIA

Can Shengshu’s Vidu AI text-to-video generator outcompete its rivals?

By leveraging DingTalk’s AI tools, Readline has managed to cut the cost of key skincare ingredients.