Unleash the power of Southeast Asia's tech boom. Download our latest report to discover the region's hottest trends, top investors, and emerging opportunities.
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The All-In Summit 2024 was a bold mix of tech insights and political debate, with leaders like Elon Musk tackling AI and U.S.-China tensions. It was also a savvy brand-building event, where attendees discovered they were part of the spectacle.
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Malaysia has a goal of becoming a top tech hub in Southeast Asia, but it faces challenges like a talent gap and lack of funding. The government has launched numerous initiatives, but will they be enough to close the gap with regional leader Singapore? Will Malaysia finally be able to produce more unicorns?
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This month, we delve into Malaysia's tech sector and the government's plans to create a competitive tech hub. While some doubt their success, we're optimistic! Read our analysis on Malaysia's potential to rival Singapore's tech dominance.
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Data centres in Asia Pacific are experiencing explosive growth thanks to a combination of factors: rising populations, increasing digital adoption, and the accelerant effect of artificial intelligence. We explores this trend and the question of sustainable growth in our latest report.
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Forget traditional shopping! Live commerce, where you purchase directly from social media videos, is exploding in Asia, spearheaded by the unstoppable force that is TikTok. Buckle up for a wild ride as we explore this trillion-dollar "shoppertainment" trend and how TikTok seems to have cracked the code in Southeast Asia.
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Forget traditional shopping! Live commerce, where you buy directly from social media videos, is exploding. TikTok, in particular, is leading the charge in Asia, with sales reaching an estimated US$20 billion in 2023. Experts predict this "shoppertainment" trend could unlock a trillion dollars for brands globally.
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In October 2022 we reported on the work being done in the Deep South of New Zealand to help build out the tech community around Queenstown.
This stunning alpine retreat has lakes, fields and mountains to die for. It’s a year-round playground for skiers, hikers and mountain bikers. And yet despite all the fun, beauty and adventure to be had, there’s a dark side to Queenstown - its reliance on tourism, clocking in at around 60% of GDP, making the district vulnerable to economic shocks.
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Scale, maturity, regulation, environmental factors and … more scale … are the major factors driving the insurance sector today.
They are certainly the common threads that unite the conversations we have had with industry leaders and experts from Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, and New Zealand over the last month as we sought to better understand the key thematics of a sector that while hundreds of years old, finds itself amid an era of rapid transformation and disruption.
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SXSW in Texas is billed as the world’s most influential innovation and creativity expo, drawing the leading lights from the technology, film, music and gaming worlds. This year SXSW headed to the other end of the world – Sydney – to see how well the idea translates in a different geography. We test drove the event.
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SXSW in Texas is billed as the world’s most influential – and biggest – innovation and creativity expo, drawing the leading lights from the worlds of technology, film, music, and increasingly gaming. We test drove the Sydney event.
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This month we bring out the crystal ball and ask, ‘where are travel and travel tech going within the Asia Pacific region?’ Covid may have presented an existential threat, but travel is back. Big time. Read about it in this month’s Tech Round-up.
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A new dawn for software company Iress.
Image by Midjourney - the sun rising over Barangaroo.
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ChatGPT is already transforming the world. In this month’s newsletter we explore the duality - the yin and yang - of generative AI, while asking if it is ushering in the next tech bubble.
(Image by Dall-E 2: “a painting in the style of Picasso depicting the rise of generative AI”).
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As always, the shape of recovery in travel remains a complex story, with each of its constituent sub-sectors showing different recovery patterns.
What do some of the best minds in the business think happens next?
Presenting living proof that software is indeed eating the world, today we report on five disruptive companies, each bringing their own brand of ingenuity to the world stage.
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Electric vehicles have been commercially available in one form or another for well over a decade, so why does Australia appear to lag behind comparable countries in the overall number of EVs on the road?
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It’s our pleasure to offer you a music playlist to accompany the Tech Round-up Electric Edition.
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Roger Sharp examines the revolutionary fusion of software, mobility and energy that is underway around the globe.
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Gamestop, Set and Match
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