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Air taxi hype cools, Servify raises a flat $5m round, and Baidu and AutoGo debut Abu Dhabi's first robotaxi fleet. 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 ​​Why air taxis are still grounded for now Servify, whose customers include Apple, Samsung, and Lenovo, has raised a flat funding round Reread our archived piece on how China took the lead in Indonesia's EV market Hello Betamax, Following the crash of Air India flight 171 last year, conversations about airline safety dominated headlines for months. While one person miraculously survived the tragedy, the crash claimed 260 lives, including 241 passengers and all crew members. I have always been an uneasy flyer, but traveling after the accident pushed my anxiety to another level. Even today, a bit of turbulence is en...

DeepSeek bets on smarter AI training, China pushes ahead in robotics, and Southeast Asia clamps down on Grok. Read from your browser The Prompt Welcome to The Prompt, your Monday dive into the world of AI that puts Asia front and center. From Big Tech's power players to the region's scrappy disruptors, we cover it all. Want full access to all our AI reporting? Subscribe to us here. Hello Betamax, China-based AI company DeepSeek is making a subtle but important argument about the future of AI: The next leap may not come from more GPUs but from learning how to think around constraints. Earlier this month, researchers from DeepSeek and Peking University published a paper introducing Engram, a training method designed to bypass one of modern AI's most stubborn limits: GPU memory. As models grow larger and are pushed to handle longer and more complex inputs, memory has struggled to keep up. The idea behind Engram is simple. Instead of keeping everything in memory at o...