The peculiar state of China’s deep tech startups
Many of China’s deep tech startups are having a deeply tough time. Many of these companies, founded by industry-leading researchers and funded by expectant...
[New Report] Transforming Ecommerce with AI: Sell Smarter, Shop Better
AI is reshaping ecommerce in Southeast Asia — but most sellers aren’t ready.
A new report from Momentum Works and Lazada estimates that high adoption...
[Press Release] Generative AI could unlock US$131 billion annual value in...
Singapore, 19 June 2025 — High adoption of generative AI could unlock US$131 billion annual value in Southeast Asia’s ecommerce ecosystem, according to a...
Will Vietnam continue to lead ecommerce growth in Southeast Asia?
Last Friday (28 Mar 2025), over 200 ecommerce ecosystem players gathered in Ho Chi Minh City for the Global Ecommerce & Digital Trade Summit,...
On the ground in Ho Chi Minh City: retail, ecommerce and...
Yesterday I just came back from a month-long business trip, covering 2 expos, 3 summits, 3 Momentum Works immersions, 6 flights and 7 cities....
“AI will make the Metaverse feasible.”: conversation with a Chinese AI...
This interview was extracted from an interview with Jensen Wu during the Impulso Podcast E112 “How AI humans are killing marketing.”
You spent 13 years...
How AI humans are killing marketing | Impulso E112
AI is taking over the world by storm, and AI generated humans are becoming more popular. What does this mean for the ecosystem?
In this...
No Bullshit takeaways from China’s AI trenches: Why DeepSeek scares and...
Note: the title of this article is generated by DeepSeek R1. The article itself, though, is written by a real human.
Chinese gen AI startup...
Why big techs didn’t use the DeepSeek approach
This article, originally published in Chinese, was excerpted from the notes of a discussion that took place in Beijing on Sunday 26 Jan 2025....
What Rocket Internet and Prosus can teach Chinese companies expanding globally?
Friends of Momentum Works might already be familiar with the book Seeing the unseen: behind Chinese tech giants’ global venturing. The book, co-authored by...
