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The year 2023 was rather gloomy for the tech industry in Southeast Asia as compared to last year. The global wave of layoffs hitting US tech companies like Meta, Amazon, and Twitter has also come to Southeast Asia amid a so-called “funding winter” for tech startups in the region.
In March, it was reported that e-commerce giant Shopee has laid off around 200 employees in Indonesia, mostly from the customer services team. In the same month, Indonesia’s biggest tech firm PT Goto Gojek Tokopedia announced another round of…