IT総合 Amazon to invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic
Amazon said Monday it has agreed to invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic as the e-commerce group steps up riv...
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IT総合 IT総合 India’s PhonePe launches app store with zero fee in challenge to Google
PhonePe launched the Indus AppStore Developer Platform on Saturday, promising zero platform fee and no commission on in-...
IT総合 Google-backed Indian audio platform Kuku FM raises $25 million
Google-backed audio content platform Kuku FM has raised $25 million in a new funding round as it looks to make deeper in...
IT総合 YC says visa challenges hampering participation of international founders
The most recent cohort from Y Combinator features more than 200 startups. More than a record half of the S23 startups fo...
IT総合 Prosus, Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk abruptly steps down
Bob van Dijk, the chief executive of Dutch e-commerce investor Prosus and its controlling shareholder Naspers, has resig...
IT総合 Koo, India’s Twitter alternative, seeks strategic partner amid funding crunch
Koo, India’s alternative to Twitter, is looking to find a partner with a “distribution strength” as it...
IT総合 Meta says not planning ads on WhatsApp
Meta on Friday disputed a media report that claimed the social giant was exploring bringing ads on the popular messaging...
IT総合 Apple adds support for India’s GPS alternative NavIC to iPhone 15 Pro
Apple has extended support for NavIC to some of the new iPhone 15 models, seemingly complying with New Delhi’s pus...
IT総合 Indian consumers’ rising appetite for premium
Indian consumers, traditionally seen as price-conscious, are showing a growing appetite for premium items across a range...
IT総合 KKR invests $250 million in Reliance Retail at $100 billion valuation
KKR is doubling down on its bet in Reliance Retail, valuing India’s largest retail chain at $100 billion in a fresh $250...
IT総合 India to explore London Stock Exchange for listing local firms
India will explore the possibility of allowing local firms to list on the London Stock Exchange, ministers from both the...
IT総合 Perfios raises $229 million for its real-time credit underwriting solutions
Perfios, an Indian fintech that provides real-time credit underwriting solutions to banks and non-banking financial inst...
IT総合 Coinbase to discontinue services in India later this month
Coinbase plans to cease all exchange services for users in India, it has warned some customers in email, over a year aft...
IT総合 India’s Reliance partners with Nvidia to build large language model
Reliance Industries’s Jio Platforms has partnered with GPU giant Nvidia to work on building a large language model...
IT総合 Dream11-backed NFT startup Rario founders to leave a year after $120M funding
The two founders of Rario, the cricket NFT startup in which India’s Dream11 led a $120 million funding round last ...
IT総合 Senior executives quit SoftBank-backed Oyo amid public listing deliberation
Two senior executives at Oyo have left the budget-hospitality startup, mere months before the company plans to list. Ank...
IT総合 Telecom operators in India want tech companies to pay for network usage
Telecom operators in India are urging internet companies to compensate for using their networks, a recommendation they&#...
IT総合 Hero MotoCorp to increase stake in Ather with fresh $66.5 million investment
Hero MotoCorp, the world’s top two-wheeler maker, said on Monday it plans to invest up to $66.5 million in Ather E...
IT総合 Indian fintechs amplify payments soundbox pitches to woo merchants
Some of India’s biggest fintech startups are making deeper inroads into soundboxes, unveiling new push to the pock...
IT総合 Walmart has spent $3.5 billion this year to increase stake in Flipkart
Walmart spent $3.5 billion this year to acquire shares from certain Flipkart stakeholders and resolve liabilities with s...
IT総合 Y Combinator boots Indian startup over ‘irregularities’
Storied venture firm Y Combinator has terminated its association with Medobed, an Indian startup that promises medicine ...
IT総合 Garena relaunches Free Fire in India a year after ban
Garena is relaunching Free Fire in India, a year and a half after the popular mobile title was banned in the South Asian...
IT総合 Dunzo, backed by Reliance and Google, delays employee salaries again
Dunzo informed its employees on Wednesday that it would not be able to meet the postponed deadline for their monthly wag...
IT総合 PhonePe dives into stock and mutual fund arena
India’s PhonePe is getting into stock and mutual fund investment, the latest in a series of expansion by Walmart-b...
IT総合 Byju’s says restructuring businesses
Three senior executives are leaving Byju’s as part of a restructuring at the edtech group, the most valuable India...
IT総合 Byju’s says restructuring businesses
Three senior executives are leaving Byju’s as part of a restructuring at the edtech group, the most valuable India...
IT総合 Reliance’s financial services unit to offer insurance, merchant lending
Jio Financial Services, the financial services unit of Mukesh Ambani-run Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, plans ...
IT総合 Reliance appoints Ambani’s children to board
Reliance Industries said Monday it has appointed the three children of billionaire Mukesh Ambani — Isha Ambani, Ak...
IT総合 Zepto becomes India’s first 2023 unicorn with $200 million fresh funding
The instant grocery delivery startup Zepto has raised $200 million at a valuation of $1.4 billion at a time when most ot...
IT総合 Zepto becomes India’s first 2023 unicorn with $200 million fresh funding
Instant grocery delivery startup Zepto has raised $200 million in a new funding round at a valuation of $1.4 billion, it...