A look at Vidio's push into shoppable streaming and why impulse commerce matters, plus Cortex AI's US$6 million bet on robotics infrastructure. Read from your browser Daily Newsletter Welcome to Tech in Asia's daily newsletter, your essential dose of Asia's tech and startup buzz. Not yet a subscriber? Register here . Got a story tip? Send it to editors@techinasia.com. IN FOCUS Indonesian streaming unicorn Vidio wants to turn viewers to shoppers A Carousell co-founder's robotics firm got new funding to power robot "brains" Anthropic CEO flags rising risks in the AI spending of tech firms Hello Betamax, Over the past year, my mom has often talked about the things she buys on TikTok. She frequently discovers products while swiping through videos, especially household or fashion items, and she purchases them even though she initially had no intention of shopping. This kind of impulse buying has become a new segment in ecommerce since the rise of TikTo...
China already dominates industrial, service, and mobile robots. Next stop: humanoids. Terminator vibes optional. Read from your browser Daily Newsletter Welcome to Tech in Asia's daily newsletter, your essential dose of Asia's tech and startup buzz. Not yet a subscriber? Register here . Got a story tip? Send it to editors@techinasia.com. IN FOCUS The firms establishing China's robotics dominance Why teaching robots how to see is easier said than done The Indonesian trucking platform eyeing Middle East expansion Hello Betamax, Since I was a child, I'd always assumed that the US had the world's leading robotics industry, thanks to famous Hollywood robot movies like The Terminator and Transformers . That belief changed only after I delved into China's robotics industry, which is home to pretty much any kind of robot you can imagine short of a T-1000 . Chinese firms dominate robotics categories domestically, winning over 90% market share in four out of fi...