During this hiring season, Samsung plans to hire around 1,000 engineers in India for its three R&D centres. These young engineers will work on cutting-edge topics like AI, Machine Learning, IoT, Deep Learning, Networks, Image Processing, Cloud, Data Analysis, OnDevice AI, and camera technologies. Samsung will hire around 260 engineers from IIT campuses in Delhi, … Read more
Outbrain Inc. (Nasdaq: OB), a leading recommendation platform for the open web, announced today that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire video intelligence AG, a Swiss-based contextual video technology platform for digital and Connected TV media owners. vi’s contextual and machine learning technology enables media owners to enhance user engagement and monetization by … Read more
Providing a commercially viable solution to the food industry to dispose of its used cooking oils (UCO), Uranus Oil Corp, a Chennai-based startup in renewable energy and waste management solutions, collects UCO for a price and supplies them to manufacture biodiesel, a cleaner and greener form of diesel. Uranus has recently set a record by collecting … Read more
Bounce, India’s first smart mobility solution company, is all set to launch its first consumer electric scooter, Bounce Infinity, on 02 December 2021. The event will live-stream from 01:30 pm onwards on the brand’s YouTube channel. Bookings for purchase begins the same day and deliveries are slated for early next year. This advanced ‘Made in … Read more
Haber, based in Pune, has completed its Series B round, bringing its total capital raised to $27 million. Ascent Capital led the investment, which also included Accel, Elevation Capital, Beenext, Temasek partner Mukul Chawla, and GreyOrange founders SamayKohli and Akash Gupta. Their Series A fundraising, which took place in 2019, was spearheaded by Accel. Haber … Read more
PrimeSoft, a leading IT solutions provider based out of Columbia, Maryland, United States, announced the acquisition of Tejora Private Limited, a Mumbai-based IT services company. Tejora’s innovative financial technology products and solutions such as Saffron Pay and Saffron Square have been adopted by major banks and financial institutions in India and South East Asia. Currently, … Read more
India’s largest social gaming platform, WinZO is launching an investment initiative, ‘Gaming Lab’, jointly with Kalaari Capital, to encourage and support India’s gaming ecosystem. ‘Gaming Lab’ will invest across all forms of interactive entertainment apps in India with a flexible corpus starting at over half a million dollars. Association with WinZO, which hosts 80+ games … Read more
realme, the fastest-growing technology brand, achieved a new milestone during realme Festive Days, garnering 9.3 million in sales for smartphones, AIOT and Techlife products across all online and mainline channels, with 40% year-on-year growth. During the period of 2nd October to 8th November, the combined sales also contributed to sales revenue worth INR 9000+ crore, … Read more
Zepto, a Mumbai-based grocery delivery firm, announced on Monday that it has raised $60 million in an early-stage fundraising round, valued at $225 million, to expand its 10-minute grocery delivery nationwide. Zepto, founded in June 2021 by two 19-year-olds Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra, claims to deliver food and supplies in 10 minutes with its … Read more
KukuFM, a regional language podcasting network, is in early talks to fund its Series B round, according to two people familiar with the situation. According to one of the two sources, the future round could be worth anywhere between $15 million and $20 million, with existing investors such as India Quotient and Vertex Ventures expected … Read more
Reliance Industries on Friday announced that the smartphone its Jio telecom arm and Google co-created will be available in stores from Diwali for as low as Rs 1,999. While the upfront cost of the JioPhone Next, which comes with a 13 MP rear and 8 MP front camera, 2 GB RAM, 32 GB internal storage … Read more
SHAREit Group, a global technology company, today announced that its file sharing, content streaming and gaming app SHAREit, has been recognised amongst the Top 10 fastest growing apps globally due to a high volume of downloads during Q3 2021. The rankings of the Top Breakout Apps in Q3 are provided by App Annie, which is … Read more
Light Information Systems, based in Pune and known for its artificial intelligence-based E42 solutions, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $5.4 million (about Rs 40.4 crore) in a Series A investment led by Pavestone Ventures. Light Information System developed E42, a natural language processing-based AI platform. The platform may be used to build AI … Read more
