ATR Originals

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 • 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

Mar 5 • Jon Russell

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 • Jon Russell

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 • Jon Russell

Grab races after autonomous vehicle tech after making its largest investment bet ever

The Singapore-based ride-hailing company has backed five self-driving car startups since September

Nov 20, 2025 • Jon Russell

US AI companies turn their focus to India and Southeast Asia

Lower-priced products, new offices and carrier deals show the new focus is emerging markets

Nov 13, 2025 • Jon Russell

Startup incubator Antler hits its biggest milestone with first unicorn

Global eSIM startup Airalo becomes first billion-dollar graduate right as Antler pushes US expansion

Jul 11, 2025 • Jon Russell

Grab faces fresh competition in Thailand, Southeast Asia's most fiercely contested on-demand market

A consortium is buying Robinhood in a move that shows corporations still dominate the startup scene in Thailand

Oct 4, 2024 • Jon Russell

South Korea’s crypto comeback leaves Terra-Luna in the dust

Korean Blockchain Week shows signs traders are bullish once again and regulation is inching towards clarity

Sep 19, 2024 • Elaine Ramirez and Jon Russell

FashionValet, early e-commerce pioneer and Malaysian startup poster-child, sold in fire sale

Cut-price deal for 15 year-old company underscores difficulties of a maturing e-commerce market—and the hammer blow Covid dealt offline retail

Aug 29, 2024 • Ka-Kay Lum and Jon Russell

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