AI startup Imbue gets $12 million in follow-on fundingInvestors in the round extension are Amazon.com's Alexa Fund and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. In September, Imbue announced its Series B...
19 Oct, 2023, 07.46 PM IST
Amazon's Black Friday sale of 2022 is here, huge discounts on high-end brandsOne of the most popular Black Friday bargains is now live on Amazon. Bargains are included on high-end brands like Peloton and Savage X Fen...
25 Nov, 2022, 11.24 PM IST
Amazon makes first venture fund bets with $150 mln for underrepresented foundersThe company expects the initiative will lead to a financial return and new product development to benefit its customers, coupled with extra...
05 Oct, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
Amazon plans to invest $1 billion in logistics and robotics companiesAlex Ceballos Encarnacion, vice president of worldwide corporate development, said in an Amazon blog post that target companies may work wi...
22 Apr, 2022, 09.07 AM IST
Soon say ‘Hey Umang’ for government services via voice commandsThe one-stop platform to access pan India e-governance services will be made available through a voice-enabled interface like Apple’s Siri ...
05 Apr, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Aditya Birla Mutual Fund launches voice-based services with Google AssistantAditya Birla Sun Life AMC has launched voice-based services for its investors with Google Assistant, a release from the fund house said. Th...
07 Jul, 2020, 11.26 AM IST
US firms dominate top 10 VC investors list in IoT tech space in 2018: GlobalDataThe investors participated in 52 funding rounds equating to a total proportionate investment value of US$350.2m in 2018.
27 Aug, 2019, 03.32 PM IST
How voice is becoming the fastest way to go online"Talking to a device via voice interface is a very liberating feeling compared to figuring out a vernacular keyboard."
12 Mar, 2019, 01.35 PM IST
Niti Aayog, IIT developing Indian-language botA senior government official told ET that NITI Aayog has collaborated with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Patna, under director ...
10 Dec, 2018, 11.56 PM IST
Paisabazaar ties up with Alexa and Google AssistantOver the next few weeks, various other products from Paisabazaar like direct plans of mutual funds, loans, credit cards etc. will also be a...
12 Oct, 2018, 04.49 PM IST
Amazon comes up with another way to get Alexa into your home. Build housesThe Seattle-based Internet giant is investing in a $6.7 million fundraising round for Plant Prefab, a California company that manufactures ...
26 Sep, 2018, 09.50 AM IST
Essel Group unit leads Rs 300-crore round in ZipGoIn December 2016, the startup had raised $6 million in funding, in a round led by Ventureast and Omidyar Network.
09 Aug, 2018, 08.34 AM IST
Shuttl is on the move with Rs 75 crore in Series-B fundingUrban mobility firm gets funds from Amazon Alexa Fund, Dentsu Ventures & existing investors.
30 Jul, 2018, 08.51 AM IST
Embassy Group to spend Rs 1,000 cr to develop 41-acre Bengaluru mid-income housing projectThe entire project with total 4 million sq ft saleable area and 3,000 apartments will be developed in two phases and the first phase will b...
24 May, 2018, 02.26 PM IST
JPMorgan brings Amazon's Alexa to Wall Street trading floors"Alexa, ask JPMorgan what the price target for Apple is."
30 Mar, 2018, 10.12 AM IST
Amazon joins major Asian backers of Android creator’s new phoneChina’s largest social media company and Foxconn Technology Group took part in a $300-million funding round for Essential alongside Amazon’...
11 Aug, 2017, 12.18 AM IST
What I read this week: A Rs 2 cr home is affordable housing now, and how!Has the FM defeated the very purpose of the measure by defining 'affordable' by size rather than a cap on cost? Has he chewed more than he ...
13 Feb, 2017, 04.13 PM IST