March 2026

Grab gobbles down Foodpanda to expand to Taiwan
Grab crosses $1B in acquisitions in 2026, Sarvam goes after enterprise AI and China gets Manus leverage
 • Jon Russell
PhonePe’s postponed listing may freeze India’s IPO pipeline
Zepto, Razorpay and others lining up for IPO may be impacted by PhonePe’s decision
 • Jon Russell
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
 • Jon Russell
China is obsessed with OpenClaw
Big Tech Companies, consumers and the government are all rushing to try the AI agent platform
 • Jon Russell
A top VC in Thailand stole millions of dollars through a crypto investment scam
Kampanat Vimolnoht, formerly with Thailand’s second largest bank, duped dozens of investors and fled without trace
 • Jon Russell
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
 • Jon Russell
DeepSeek, Minimax and Moonshot once again called out for plagiarising US AI services
US firm takes rare public stance, accusing three of Chinese top AI companies of “distillation”
 • Jon Russell

February 2026

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