Tech in Asia

PhonePe is also expanding into digital commerce and app store platforms.

Founded in 2018, Navina's platform is used by over 10,000 healthcare professionals across 1,300 clinics.

Taobao is ramping up its cross-border offerings in Southeast Asia. Will the move complement or cannibalize Lazada’s position?

The change will be implemented in April, though J&T Cargo - a separate offering - will still be present on the marketplace.

Infinite Reality plans to incorporate Napster into its initiatives focused on the metaverse.

Founded in 2022, Apna Mart delivers groceries and essentials within 15 minutes in Tier II and III cities.

Founded in 2016, Unitree specializes in quadruped robots for industrial, research, and entertainment use.

Charm Security targets social engineering fraud using AI to analyze human vulnerability patterns, intervene in real time.

Tars, known as Tashi Zhihang in Chinese, aims to enhance embodied AI with $120 million in new funding.

The Otter Meeting Agent is available on Zoom and will soon expand to Microsoft Teams and Google Meet.

The new AI engine will debut in BMW's Neue Klasse series, launching in China in 2026.

Seven Samsung's executives face additional fines totaling US$81 million.

The new entity, XLSmart, will serve over 94.3 million subscribers and generate US$2.76 billion in revenue.

Grow Indigo will use the funding to enhance its sustainability programs and expand its carbon farming initiatives.

The Secure AI Factory architecture features Cisco Hypershield and Cisco AI Defense for enhanced security.

The GPT-4o model can also render text within images, supporting tasks like logos and educational diagrams.

The funding round is led by Greenoaks and follows a previous US$20 million seed round.

Despite this, Dell remains committed to diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunities.

Firefly Diamonds plans to expand from its current stores in four cities to over 20 in two years.

The Ministry of Manpower will investigate the issue before the Eid al-Fitr holiday.