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Delivery firms cut costs by embracing AI tech
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 13/03/2026
» KEX Express (Thailand) and J&T Express Thailand are increasingly deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and route optimisation to reduce their energy waste, improve fleet efficiency and maintain service stability for the rapidly growing e-commerce sector amid volatile fuel prices.
New ride-sharing rules present some roadblocks
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 23/09/2025
» Thailand plans to enforce new regulations for ride-hailing platforms in October, aiming to enhance safety, transparency and reliability for passengers, drivers and platform operators.
Thinking Machines, OpenAI form regional partnership
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 08/09/2025
» Artificial intelligence (AI) consultancy Thinking Machines Data Science has partnered with OpenAI to accelerate enterprise AI adoption across Asia-Pacific.
Singapore's Tada debuts ride-hailing service in Bangkok
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 29/02/2024
» Thailand's ride-hailing market is expected to intensify with the debut of Singapore-based Tada on Wednesday.
Delivery operators home in on tie-ups, customer engagement
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 14/10/2022
» Express delivery operators are emphasising partnership, customer engagement and service speed as key drivers to scale beyond low prices amid the economic headwinds of high fuel costs and tough competition in the segment.
Unlicensed GrabBike drivers facing ban
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 23/06/2022
» Hundreds of thousands of customers who use GrabBike motorcycle taxis could be affected once unregistered motorcycle taxis are removed from the company's services from the middle of next month, following an order by the Department of Land Transport (DLT), according to Grab Thailand.
Thousands of GrabBike taxis to be ordered off the road
Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 22/06/2022
» Hundreds of thousands of regular passengers of GrabBike will be looking for alternative transport after the unregistered motorcycle taxis are removed from service in mid-July by order of the Department of Land Transport (DLT).
The rise of aCommerce
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 07/08/2021
» Buoyed by the flourishing sector, Southeast Asia e-commerce enabler aCommerce plans its initial public offering (IPO) to drive business expansion in the region and invest in new technologies to improve services.
Ride-hailing taxi services welcome new regulations
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 01/06/2021
» The government's approval of a draft ministerial regulation that allows the use of personal cars for ride-hailing taxi services via apps has highlighted the country's readiness for the sharing economy as the move is expected to trigger investment and competition in the segment.
InVent joins Series D funding in Singapore's Ninja Van
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 22/05/2020
» InVent, a venture capital arm of InTouch Holdings Plc, has joined the Series D funding round worth US$279 million (about 8.8 billion baht) in Singapore-based logistics startup Ninja Van to capitalise on e-commerce growth.