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They say make hay while the sun shines, and that’s what Sea Group seems to be doing. The firm has reported its strongest revenue quarter on record, and it has a plan for the windfall: cloud services, minus the data centers.
Sea’s revenue stood at US$8.6 billion in Q3 2026, a 43.4% year-on-year jump. Ecommerce arm Shopee delivered its most profitable quarter yet, while fintech arm Monee and gaming unit Garena also reported solid numbers.
Beyond those three core businesses, Sea is looking to venture into cloud services, hoping to turn its AI capabilities into a new source of revenue. Rather than build data centers, the company plans to focus on software and customers, according to chairman and CEO Forrest Li.
In today’s first featured story, we take a closer look at Sea’s financials and how they’ve shifted in the past nine quarters. It’s uncertain how the group’s AI push would affect these numbers, but we’ll be sure to report it when it happens.
We shift the focus in our second featured story to Japan. Guest writer Haruki Yamanishi highlights the key steps founders should take to win enterprise customers in the country.
Samreen Ahmad, journalist
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1️⃣ Sea Group’s financial health in 7 charts
As Southeast Asia’s largest internet company ventures into cloud services, its financial performance remains on the radar of retail investors. Our quarterly charts offer a snapshot of Sea’s financial health, detailing group-level numbers as well as key figures from its core businesses.
2️⃣ The second meeting you’re not in: how Japan deals get approved
With more Southeast Asian companies looking to Japan for growth, understanding how to navigate its enterprise sales culture is important. Meetings often fail to translate into deals, as the people who have to approve them may never be in the room.
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