Asia Tech Review

Asia Tech Review

ATR Daily

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
 • Jon Russell
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
 • Jon Russell
Shopee is still growing like crazy
Sea’s unique business model means its gaming and fintech can continue to fund e-commerce growth
 • Jon Russell
Thailand’s True Money wants to use stablecoins to ease overseas spending and investing
It all makes sense, but getting permission from regulators and banks will not be easy
 • Jon Russell
Singapore fintech Aspire takes aim at the US market
Can it become a major player as integrated banking takes off?
 • Jon Russell
ATR Daily: eFishery founder gets 9-year jail term as Indonesia’s startup reckoning deepens
Indonesia’s major startup fraud trial concludes as Singapore AI startup Formas emerges
 • Jon Russell
ATR Daily: GoTo scores first profitable quarter thanks to fintech growth and TikTok
A growing loan business and Tokopedia alliance with TikTok made the difference
 • Jon Russell
ATR Daily: China wants to unwind Meta-Manus
Employees and products are intertwined and even investors got paid, but China says no
 • Jon Russell
ATR Daily: SK Hynix posts record profits as AI boom drives valuation toward $600B
Insatiable demand helped Korean firm do $35B in revenue in Q1 2026
 • Jon Russell
ATR Daily: Tencent wants to give everyone access to OpenClaw
QClaw is launching for international users after hitting 1M downloads in 10 days
 • Jon Russell
ATR Daily: Payments are boring but they’re getting more exciting in Southeast Asia
Banking, fintech and stablecoins come together at Money2020 and Razorpay is planning a huge IPO in India
 • Jon Russell
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