Zomaito or Zomaato? CEO Deepinder Goyal asks the Internet to settle the debate

Twitter became the ground zero for a rather intense debate, what was the debate about you may ask? The debate was surrounding how the popular food delivery app Zomato's name is pronounced. According to you, is it Zomaito

Even Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal joined in and shared a poll on Twitter to let the users decide what the right pronunciation of the company's name was.

The conversation surrounding this topic came to be when the company released a new ad.


In the ad, a girl and her brother-in-law are seen arguing over how to pronounce the company's name, which causes an uproar in the house with other family members joining in the debate. The girl is seen pronouncing the company's name as "Zomaito" while her uncle corrects her and instead pronounces it as "Zomaato".




The ad generated numerous responses on Twitter with some leaning towards "Zomaito", while others leaning towards "Zomaato".

Joining in the debate, Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma, stated that those around him pronounce it as "zoMaito".

"Totally agree Albi ! Deepi, I think it is zoMaito for everyone around me," he wrote, while replying to the CEO of blinkit, Albinder Dhindsa.

In other news, app-based e-scooter rental company Yulu announced a tie-up with Zomato to use the Yulu DeX EV for intra-city deliveries.

On 3 April, electric bike-sharing startup Yulu informed that they had joined hands with food delivery platform Zomato for providing 25,000-35,000 units of its purpose-built e-scooter DeX to the latter's delivery partners for last-mile delivery on custom-made rental plans.

“As part of The Climate Group's EV100 initiative, we have committed to transitioning our delivery fleet to 100 per cent electric, and with Yulu's support, we are glad to be on the right path to achieve this target," said Mohit Sardana, COO, Food Delivery at Zomato.

Last month, electric vehicles energy infrastructure and services provider SUN Mobility said it has entered into a partnership with online food delivery platform Zomato to power 50,000 electric two-wheelers of the latter's fleet over the next two years.

Under the partnership, SUN Mobility will provide its battery swap solutions for last-mile deliveries with the initial fleet deployment to start in the National Capital.

The association with Zomato is a significant step towards achieving SUN Mobility's goal to build a sustainable and environmentally friendly ecosystem, SUN Mobility CEO Anant Badjatya said in a statement.

"By deploying 50,000 electric two-wheelers in Zomato's fleet, we are reducing our carbon footprint by 5,000 MT/month and contributing to a cleaner environment," he added.