Microsoft makes big AI inroads in China by selling OpenAI modelsMicrosoft is significantly growing its AI business in China, with ByteDance reportedly spending over $1 billion annually on its cloud and A...
Alibaba bids $1.5 billion for China grocer Pupu in Meituan fightAlibaba is reportedly offering $1.5 billion for Chinese grocery delivery firm Pupu, initiating a bidding war to gain market share from riva...
China’s Moonshot AI seeks $30 billion value in new funding talksThe developer of the Kimi chatbot has held early talks with prospective investors to raise more than $1 billion, people familiar with the m...
Kimi chatbot maker Moonshot AI valued at $20 billion in Meituan-led roundMoonshot AI has secured approximately $2 billion in its latest funding round, propelling its valuation to over $20 billion. This significan...
China hits food delivery platforms with 3.6 bln yuan fine for 'ghost' deliveriesChina has imposed hefty fines on seven major e-commerce platforms for serious food safety breaches. Companies like Taobao, Meituan, Pinduod...
Chinese food delivery giants surge as regulator, state media call end to price warShares of delivery platform Meituan surged on Wednesday after Chinese state media and the regulator urged the industry to end a bleeding ...
China probes competition among food delivery platforms to curb price warChina will investigate cutthroat competition among food delivery platforms operated by tech firms such as Meituan and Alibaba, aiming to r...
Chinese food delivery company Meituan's profit slides as competition intensifiesMeituan has nearly 70% of China's delivery market but the company warned that the defence of its customer base will prove expensive in the ...
Chinese food delivery giant Meituan beats quarterly revenue estimatesMeituan, which has an app that provides services as varied as bike-sharing, ticket-booking and maps, reported revenue in the three months t...
Chinese food delivery giant Meituan beats revenue estimatesMeituan, which has an app that provides services as varied as bike-sharing, ticket-booking and maps, reported revenue in the three months t...
China's Meituan to buy artificial intelligence firm Light Year from cofounderThe deal comes at a time when AI has captivated investor interest across the globe, prompting a flurry of investments or acquisitions by bu...
Tencent plans to divest $24 billion Meituan stake: sourcesTencent, which owns 17% of Meituan, has been engaging with financial advisers in recent months to work out how to execute a potentially lar...
China launches antitrust probe into food delivery giant MeituanThe State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said in a statement that its investigaton is focused on the practice whereby a compan...
China delivery giant Meituan raises $10 billion to build a warchest for drones, self-driving carsThe robust demand comes as Chinese regulators crack down on technology giants for a range of violations from monopolistic behaviour to flou...
How a newcomer is dishing out a tough time for AlibabaA gruelling fight between market leaders Meituan and Alibaba is reshaping life for billions of shoppers in China’s busiest cities
This little-known Chinese startup just hit a valuation of $30 billionWang started Meituan.com in 2010 as a group-buying site similar to Groupon Inc., where people can get discounts by buying electronics or re...
Why biggest China internet deal between Dianping and Meituan didn’t need two sets of bankersBoutique investment bank China Renaissance Partners advised both discount site Meituan.com and restaurant-review service Dianping.com on th...