Tencent
Founded in 1998, Tencent is one of the largest social media and entertainment companies in the world.
After initial success with its QQ social network in the PC era, Tencent has a mobile-era smash-hit with WeChat.
Tencent unveils AI model it says outperforms Z.ai, Moonshot
Tencent demonstrated Hy4 Preview for game creation, 3D web design, and accounting compliance.
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Xpeng’s robotics arm raises over $900m series A
The company said the funding will go to hardware and software R&D, physical AI training, smart manufacturing infrastructure, and global expansion.
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TenPay Global, ShopeePay launch China QR payments
It uses TenPay Global’s cross-border payment infrastructure and Weixin Pay’s merchant network.
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Chinese tech is coming to Central Asia. Can SEA compete?
China has set a foothold in Central Asia, but its tech titans are just getting started. That leaves a narrow window for SEA’s players to move first.
Alec Tseung · · 6 min readAlipay launches agentic commerce platform for merchants
Alipay said its Ah Bao assistant offers more than 10,000 AI-powered services.
Naomi Li Gan · · 1 min readTencent expands global access to open-source Hy3 AI
Tencent said the model is for reasoning, agent workflows, coding, and other productivity tasks.
Grace Priscilla Teo · · 1 min readDeepSeek pauses funding round after viral posts
DeepSeek’s R1 reasoning model topped the US free iOS app charts within a week of launch.
Diya Lal · · 1 min readTencent expands AI push with global ADP 4.0 launch
Tencent said ADP 4.0 supports integrations with Line, Telegram, and Google Workspace.
Aiko Gao Ishida · · 1 min readDeepSeek in talks to raise $1.5b at $71b valuation
DeepSeek’s cloud service reportedly runs on chips made by Huawei Technologies.
Naomi Li Gan · · 1 min readIndia gaming industry launches studio incubator
GDAI said partners include Tencent, PhonePe’s Indus Appstore, 1312 Interactive, and Sanchi Connect.
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