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Jofie Yordan

Jofie, based in Jakarta, is a correspondent at Tech in Asia, covering startups and venture capital. While addressing various startup topics, his primary focus lies in the dynamics of the e-commerce sector in South-east Asia.

emailjofie.yordan@techinasia.com
Known as GPT-based or agentic commerce, this new way of shopping allows consumers to search for product information, dig deeper into reviews, and compare products within their conversations on AI tools.

The next retail war in South-east Asia: marketplaces vs GPT prompts

After laying off 12% of its employees in the city-state in August, Ninja Van is reportedly in talks to raise US$80 million.

Is it time for Ninja Van to quit e-commerce logistics?

Many sellers are sticking with Shopee, even though their margins are shrinking, sales volume continues to rise as Shopee reinvests fees into discounts and promotions that drive demand.

Niche players chasing Shopee could lure sellers – but they have to survive first

While other platforms have also raised their fees, Shopee’s rates generally remain the highest.

Shopee tightens grip on South-east Asia’s sellers as take rates climb

As of April 2025, Bluebird had 24,500 taxis in its fleet.

Bluebird’s answer to Grab and Gojek? Not discounts

(FILES) The logo of Japan's Toyota Motor is displayed at a dealership in Tokyo on February 9, 2022. Shares in Japan's biggest car companies fell on March 27, 2025, after US President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on auto imports to take effect next week. The world's top-selling automaker Toyota dropped 3.7 percent as the Tokyo market opened, while Nissan shed 3.2 percent and Honda fell as much as 3.1 percent. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)

Toyota crashes Indonesia’s used-car party with US$120 million bet

Shopee’s office in Jakarta / Photo credit: jafriyalbule / Shutterstock

SEA’s tech giants revel in lending boom, but major test looms

MilikiRumah co-founders (from left) finance director Lau Xin Yuan, president director Marine Novita and CEO Winston Lee.

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Shopee even faced allegations of monopolistic behaviour in the country, being accused of prioritising its logistics service SPX Express over 3PL players on its platform.

Indonesian third-party logistics players say Shopee antitrust fix falls short, urge action

In its early years after launching the app in 2015, Gojek chose to focus on Indonesia first.

Don’t underestimate Singapore: Gojek co-founder on missed chances

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