October 14, 2016
Beyond e-commerce play, Alibaba will leverage AI and machine learning to dominate as a ‘great tech company’
The company is leveraging bleeding-edge technologies like AI and machine...
October 13, 2016
Clear skies ahead as Alibaba makes a push towards cloud computing
In their letter to shareholders, Jack Ma and Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang both...
October 13, 2016
Alibaba backs PlaceIQ, a provider of location tools and data
PlaceIQ has a new, big-name investor — Chinese e-commerce giant...
October 4, 2016
Alibaba leads US$10M investment in fashion e-tailer Grana
The startup ships fashion apparels directly to 12 countries, including...
September 21, 2016
Jack Ma named UN Special Adviser on youth entrepreneurship, small businesses
Recently Ma’s name was proposed for the post of Adviser for...
September 19, 2016
Targeting early-stage startups, Linear Venture closes US$70M fund
Targeting data-driven companies, the dual-currency fund brings Linear’s...
September 14, 2016
Ant Financial steps into US market with acquition of iris scanning company EyeVerify
Ant Financial’s user base, which includes Alipay, will be able to use an...
September 13, 2016
Jack Ma: Alibaba to invest more in the ASEAN region
Indonesia is especially worth mentioning as a target market for Chinese...
September 5, 2016
Indonesia wants Jack Ma in its forthcoming steering committee for e-commerce development
The steering committee is a follow-up on the recently finalised e-commerce...
August 31, 2016
With Alibaba in the horizon, who among Flipkart and Amazon will be the king of India’s e-commerce scene?
Although Amazon clearly has an edge over Flipkart, the Indian e-commerce giant...