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2025.09.22

17:10

WeRide and Grab partner to launch Ai.R autonomous driving project

WeRide announced that it has partnered with Grab, the Southeast Asian ride-hailing and food delivery platform, to launch Grab's first consumer-facing autonomous ride-hailing service in Singapore. Ai.R (Autonomously Intelligent Ride) was selected by Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) to serve residents along two designated routes in Punggol, initially with a fleet of 11 autonomous vehicles.

2025.09.20

13:31

WeRide and Pony.ai will launch autonomous driving services in Singapore, each partnering with local companies.

Southeast Asian ride-hailing giant Grab announced on September 20th its plan to launch a self-driving car service in Singapore in partnership with WeRide. Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has designated Grab to operate WeRide's self-driving vehicles on two fixed routes in the Punggol area. The service will initially include 11 vehicles, a mix of five-seater GXRs and eight-seater Robobuses. Pony.ai also announced its entry into the Singapore market on the same day, partnering with ComfortDelGro to launch a fixed-route self-driving ride service in the Punggol area. Subject to regulatory approval, the service is expected to launch in the coming months.

12:06

Online ride-hailing operator Grab: It will cooperate with WeRide to launch driverless vehicle-related services in Singapore next year.

2025.09.06

09:58

Hesai Group launches global offering, with Hong Kong offering price reaching HK$228 per share

On September 6, Hesai Technology launched a global offering of 17 million Class B shares, with a dual primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol 2525. The Hong Kong offering price was capped at HK$228 per share, or US$29.04. The company has signed cornerstone investment agreements with HHLR Advisors (a subsidiary of Hillhouse Group), Taikang Life Insurance, WT Asset Management, Grab, Hongda Group, and Commando Global Fund.

2025.06.29

21:06

According to The Information: OpenAI has reached customized AI cooperation agreements with the US Department of Defense, the Indian government, and Grab. OpenAI charges at least $10 million for its AI customization and consulting services.

2025.03.26

14:43

Grab seeks $2 billion loan for possible GoTo acquisition

Grab seeks $2 billion loan for possible acquisition of GoTo.

2025.03.18

13:49

Southeast Asian ride-hailing platform Grab reportedly advancing talks to acquire Goto

Southeast Asian ride-hailing platform Grab is advancing talks to acquire Goto, according to Bloomberg.

2025.01.20

09:24

Didi launches overseas aggregated travel services, and its international online car-hailing business is already profitable

According to media reports, Didi is currently promoting two new actions overseas. The first is to launch overseas aggregated travel services on the domestic App. Didi aggregates and distributes orders by opening up access to transportation service providers and Didi's international business. Chinese users in eight countries, including South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam, can also use Didi to call local online ride-hailing cars such as Grab and Kakao T. The second is to continue to deepen the Latin American market and expand instant delivery business. In addition to supermarkets and grocery merchants in markets such as Brazil, it will also deliver goods to local e-commerce merchants in the future. Didi International currently covers three major businesses: overseas online ride-hailing business is profitable, with an average daily order volume of nearly 10 million orders; food delivery business has become the first in Mexico, with a market share of more than 50%; financial business issues hundreds of millions of dollars in loans each year, ranking in the first echelon of consumer finance in Latin America.

2025.01.15

18:06

BYD, Grab enter partnership to offer EV rental deals to drivers

BYD on Wednesday announced a partnership with Southeast Asian mobility company Grab, which will allow Grab drivers to use up to 50,000 BYD electric vehicles in Southeast Asia.

2024.05.30

09:10

Grab, ChatGPT owner announce AI partnership

Asia Tech Wire (May 30) -- Southeast Asian tech company Grab and ChatGPT owner OpenAI announced on Thursday that they will collaborate to build and deploy advanced artificial intelligence solutions.

2024.02.23

05:11

Southeast Asia's Grab unveils first share buyback as it posts better-than-expected Q4 revenue

Asia Tech Wire (Feb 23) -- Southeast Asia's leading ride-hailing firm Grab Holdings Ltd. (GRAB) on Thursday reported better-than-expected revenue for the fourth quarter of 2023 and announced its first share buyback program.

2022.02.28

13:00

Indonesia tycoon partners with e-commerce company Bukalapak on online grocery business

Asian Tech Press (Feb 28) -- Indonesian tycoon Chairul Tanjung's CT Corp. is partnering with e-commerce company Bukalapak on an online grocery business.

2021.11.24

06:19

Southeast Asian ride-hailing giant Grab to go public in the U.S. as early as December

Asian Tech Press (Nov 24) -- Grab, the Southeast Asian ride-hailing giant and unicorn will go public in the U.S. as early as December, before it merges with Special Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation (SPAC), which will vote on the merger deal next week.

2021.09.03

08:36

Southeast Asia's Grab Starts Online Supermarket in the Philippines

Asian Tech Press (SEP 03) -- Southeast Asian ride-hailing giant Grab announced that it will launch GrabSupermarket in the Philippines further to expand its business beyond ride-hailing and food delivery to increase revenue.

2021.07.26

08:28

Indonesia's Emtek invests $375 mln in Grab's Indonesia unit

SINGAPORE, July 26 (Reuters) - Indonesian media conglomerate Elang Mahkota Teknologi (Emtek) is investing $375 million in ride-hailing and payment firm Grab's Indonesia unit, the companies said in a statement on Monday, in what they described as a "strategic alliance."

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