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Airwallex is upping its PR game as links to China persist
Details of Australian fintech’s newest deal leaked hours after another damaging China story
May 29
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Jon Russell
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ByteDance hikes its AI spending to $70 billion in 2026
TikTok owner is keeping pace with US tech rivals and well ahead of Alibaba, Tencent and co
May 28
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Jon Russell
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Southeast Asia is sleepwalking into a data sovereignty crisis
US hyperscalers and Chinese internet giants are investing big, but the region is ceding data ownership
May 26
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Jon Russell
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AI is killing the lower priced smartphone in emerging markets
Transsion, Oppo, Xiaomi and others are struggling as booming memory costs weigh
May 25
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Jon Russell
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Manus founders seek $1B to buy company back from Meta
Investors said to be in discussions to finance deal with plan for Hong Kong IPO
May 22
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Jon Russell
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Singapore fintech Aspire takes aim at the US market
Can it become a major player as integrated banking takes off?
May 1
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Jon Russell
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India is the world’s AI growth market, but China is where OpenClaw is taking off
Internet culture, smartphone dominance and other factors mean India is skipping OpenClaw mania
Mar 19
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Jon Russell
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DayOne: The Singapore flip riding the AI wave to a multi-billion IPO
China’s top data centre company is writing a case study for successful international business spinout
Mar 5
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Jon Russell
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Thailand’s top startups forced to look overseas for IPOs
Negative market sentiment may push Line Man, Bitkub and others to Hong Kong
Feb 12
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Jon Russell
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Y Combinator reaps big rewards in India but its future in Asia is long over
The world’s top startup accelerator programme is no longer a dominant force in Asia
Feb 6
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Jon Russell
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Singapore lands OpenAI, Google and Nvidia as it bids to be global AI hub
US giants will develop and deploy tech as part of Singapore’s ambitious national AI strategy
May 21
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Jon Russell
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Uber eyes Korea's Baemin as Asia ambitions return
Plus Malaysia lands a rare tech IPO and a $240M exit.
May 20
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Jon Russell
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Apple Pay stalls in India as Kalshi and Polymarket test the rules
Banks don’t really need Apple’s payment system, which makes negotiating hard
May 19
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Jon Russell
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India’s Rapido raises $240M more to intensify its fight with Uber
Plus Nvidia restarts China sales, blockbuster funding for India chip startup and more
May 18
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Jon Russell
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Alibaba bets on AI’s future. Tencent is cashing in now
China’s two tech giants have a lot in common, but not when it comes to AI and investor relations
May 14
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Jon Russell
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Shopee is still growing like crazy
Sea’s unique business model means its gaming and fintech can continue to fund e-commerce growth
May 13
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Jon Russell
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Amazon failed in Southeast Asia because it never even tried
The US firm lacked stomach for a disjointed region that lacks infrastructure and requires patience
May 12
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Jon Russell
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China’s Wild West of cheap access to Claude, ChatGPT and more
Plus, a recap of all the major Asia tech news from last week.
May 11
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Jon Russell
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