Asia
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STARTUPS
India’s Darwinbox raises $15M to bring its HR tech platform to more Asian markets
An Indian SaaS startup, which is increasingly courting clients from outside of the country, just raised a significant amount of…
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Manila-based payments processing startup PayMongo raises $2.7 million in seed funding
Manila-based financial tech startup PayMongo has raised $2.7 million in seed funding to give merchants in the Philippines and other…
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Trends
Alibaba unveils Hanguang 800, an AI inference chip it says significantly increases the speed of machine learning tasks
Alibaba Group introduced its first AI inference chip today, a neural processing unit called Hanguang 800 that it says makes…
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India’s ALTBalaji partners with Microsoft to bring online video streaming to offline users
ALTBalaji, a leading video streaming service in India, has partnered with Microsoft and fintech firm Eko as it moves to…
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STARTUPS
Honestbee owes almost $1 million in unpaid salary to employees, according to affidavit filed by its CEO
Honestbee, the Singapore-based grocery delivery startup that has been struggling with financial issues, owes 217 employees a total of almost…
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Trends
Aptiv and Hyundai form new joint venture focused on autonomous driving
Automaker Hyundai is forming a new joint venture with autonomous driving technology company Aptiv, with both parties taking a 50…
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An Indian startup that uses WhatsApp to serve thousands with chronic disease raises $5.5M seed round
Another startup in India is cashing in on the popularity of WhatsApp, the most popular app in the country with…
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Finance
Groww, an investment app for millennials in India, raises $21.4M
Of the 1.3 billion people who live in India, more than 100 million of whom are using digital payment apps…
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Finance
Google chases businesses to maintain its payments lead in India
Google said today it is bringing its mobile payments app — Google Pay — to businesses in India and introducing…
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Trends
Google is bringing Assistant to people without internet access
Over the years, Google has expanded the reach of its digital assistant service to include people who own internet-enabled feature…
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