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18 Mar 2026

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E-Commerce & Retail

JD.com's Joybuy Is in Europe — and It's Targeting Amazon, Not Temu

JD.com launched Joybuy across six European markets on March 17, promising same-day delivery from local warehouses to more than 15 million households. This is not a race to the bottom on price — it is a direct assault on the fulfilment infrastructure that Amazon spent a decade building. European retailers, logistics operators, and investors need a different playbook to respond.

AI & Foundation Models

Alibaba Rewired Itself Around Tokens — European Enterprises Should Pay Attention

Alibaba didn't just reorganise its AI teams. It reoriented its entire business logic around a new unit that controls everything from foundation models to enterprise AI agents. The Wukong B2B platform is already shipping. European founders building on or competing with Chinese AI infrastructure need to understand what this restructuring actually means.

aihardware

AeroBand Raises $14M to Make AI-Powered Instruments a Mass Market

Smart instrument maker AeroBand has closed a nearly $14 million Series A led by Matrix Partners China to accelerate global expansion of its AI-powered digital instruments. The round signals growing institutional conviction that music hardware, reimagined through AI, is a scalable consumer category.

airobotics

D-Robotics Raises $120M to Build Robotics Computing Infrastructure

D-Robotics has closed a $120 million B1 round, bringing total funding to $220 million, to accelerate its full-stack embodied AI and robotics computing platform. The raise signals that robotics infrastructure — chips, algorithms, and system software combined — is becoming a serious capital destination in China.