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Dear readers,

Pop quiz: Do you know who’s our top author last quarter, in terms of readership and driving subscriptions? It’s our dear friend, the TIA Bot.

Last week, a couple of our automated listicles were popular with you. Our Meet the 50 top-funded startups and tech companies in Southeast Asia page offers a great overview of the tech landscape in the region.

Meanwhile, our Venture capital firms that most actively invest in Southeast Asia list provides startups with a handy guide on whom they should raise funding from.

Our lists rely on data that’s constantly updated by our research team, and spare no effort in making sure that the content is updated and useful. That’s how we ensure that our readers get content that isn’t stale – a win for you.

We see automated content as a pillar of our editorial strategy, and subscription plays a key role in funding that endeavor. If you’d like to see more data-driven content, do support us by subscribing.

Not to worry though – our content team’s jobs are safe. We see deep reporting and analysis (check out our take on Southeast Asia’s funding landscape) as the most important part of our strategy, so the humans are here to stay. We’re just automating the boring stuff – who likes writing listicles, anyway?

As usual, here’s the rest of the subscriber exclusives that we produced last week. Happy reading!

• Indonesia is the next big cashless payments battleground
• New $100m fund launches in Singapore to invest in smart cities
• ShopBack saw 250% transaction growth in 2018
• Complete list of tech and startup events in Singapore
• Go-Jek responds after Singapore users charged by no-show drivers
• Top financial institutions are using technology from his AI startup
• Rising SE Asian startups: a good week for fintech players
• 7 cognitive biases that every founder needs to get rid of

Cheers,

Terence
Chief Editor
Tech in Asia