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...
I asked DeepSeek to write an article about itself, and it...
Trust that by now, you would already be familiar with DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company spun off a quant fund that has been rocking...
“Those who do not like Pinduoduo have never tried it”: mentor...
You might already know that Duan Yongping, a Chinese business and investment guru, has been a mentor of Pinduoduo founder Colin Huang.
Duan founded consumer...
Mixue overtakes Starbucks as world’s largest F&B chain by store count
Mixue, China’s largest chain of milk tea and ice cream, has become the largest F&B chain globally by store count.
The company filed for a...
[New report] Chinese F&B brands opened 6,100+ outlets in Southeast Asia
More than 60 Chinese F&B brands have established over 6,100 outlets in Southeast Asia as of 31 December 2024.
According to Momentum Works estimates, Southeast...
E106 – The Impulso Podcast – Behind Chinese youth’s love for...
What makes capybaras so irresistibly popular amongst Chinese youth? From their zen-like calm to their unbothered personalities, these gentle rodents have become internet sensations.
Tune...
E105 – The Impulso Podcast – Collapse of a Chinese EV...
Baidu backed Ji Yue Auto, an EV manufacturer, found itself in deep trouble after failing to pay its employees’ social security. One of Jiyue’s...
E104 – The Impulso Podcast – 11.11 Singles’ Day: the backstory
Originally dubbed Singles Day by 4 university students, 11.11 has transformed into one of the world’s largest shopping festivals.
In 2009, Alibaba launched the first...
