With more than 270 million people scattered across a vast archipelago, working and living in one of the world's largest, rapidly developing economies, can Indonesia’s entrepreneurs build an SE Asian digital powerhouse.

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In financial markets, the storm is always perfect, and the lessons are always clear. That doesn’t mean that most people will heed them — or even remember them!

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Last year, 65 AI-related companies achieved billion dollar+ valuations. This month we delve into the AI phenomenon, examining how it will complement or replace human decision-making. We also feature three AI startups across the region, each blazing their own trail.

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Annual worldwide spending on the IoT exceeded a trillion dollars in 2020. Double digit growth is set to continue this year.

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Welcome to the Year of the Water Tiger as we investigate Web3.

Some say the metaverse economy will be worth $21tn by 2030 (that’s the size of the US economy today). However, Web3’s debutante party has been gate crashed by a mini meltdown in tech stocks. Read on to piece together where this is all heading.

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The accelerated digitalisation we’ve seen since the pandemic landed has created a booming market for technology skills, with selective talent shortages driving wage inflation across the Asia Pacific region.

There’s a lot of hype about the war for tech talent. In this month’s Tech Round-Up we’ve gone direct to our community of tech founders, investors and boards to understand how real the problem is. We’ve asked how companies are affected, and how you’re responding to stifle resignations and attract new talent.

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Consumers are set to go on an almighty travel binge, which has already fed into the price of global travel stocks. This month we unpack the numbers, reveal the views of some leading travel sector commentators, and hear from travel sector CEOs about staring into the abyss - and surviving. As you might expect, technology will play a pivotal role in this recovery.

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Microsoft took 15 years before it hit a billion dollars in revenue. TikTok took less than four. The growth of the global software industry has been extraordinary, and the pace at which new platform-based businesses are achieving the much sought after unicorn status is putting the exclusivity of the club at risk.

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With the commercial race into space in full swing, expect an old rule to ring true - in a gold rush, it’s often the people selling picks and shovels who get rich.

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