Southeast Asia’s superapp battle, explained Two of Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing apps -- Grab and GoJek -- are making plays to take on Sea Limited, the region’s consumer internet giant. By: Trung T. Phan | @TrungTPhan January 7, 2021 Eleven nations make up Southeast Asia (SEA): Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Timor-Leste, Thailand, and (this writer’s country of heritage) Vietnam! While this market is not nearly as big as China or India, its relatively young combined population of 650m+ people is nothing to sneeze at. And this week, 2 of SEA’s biggest ride hailing and delivery apps — Grab and Gojek — made big plays to win the prize.