Zomato vs Swiggy: The cutest professional rivalry, ever

New Year brings new beginnings and new life experiences. And, the year 2022 started with a bang for homegrown startups - Zomato and Swiggy.

On New Year's eve, the online food delivery platforms set records for themselves. While Zomato reached 2.5 million orders for the first time in a single day, Swiggy also managed to cross 2 million orders.

Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal, in his tweet, had confirmed that the orders cost around Rs 91 crore. Sriharsha Majety's start-up saw the December 31 night end with a peak of 9,500 orders per minute for food alone.




Majety, who is barely active on the micro-blogging site, said that he decided to step out of his Twitter cave (comfort zone) to share details about Swiggy on New Year's eve.

When Moneycontrol.com's Tech Editor, Chandra R. Srikanth, prompted the two for a 'Zomato vs Swiggy' battle, a modest Majety said that it wasn't a fair competition as he was still learning the ropes.


To which, Goyal immediately replied, "You will do amazing! Come on, let's do this."

Majety concluded the conversation with just one GIF - featuring John Krasinski (who played Jim Halpert) and Craig Robinson (who played Darryl Philbin) in the popular American series 'Office'. The two characters from the TV show were seen fist bumping.


Fans were thrilled to see the two share such a strong bond and healthy competition.

With this short and sweet exchange, the two founders showed what modesty, compassion and entrepreneurial spirit look like.

If this isn't great leadership, what is?