Inside AI-led digital storefronts; Lalit Keshre’s big ET Awards winHappy Monday! Digital platforms and brands are building their own AI storefronts. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
27 Apr, 2026, 07.41 AM IST
Adani eyes partnerships with Meta, Google amid data centre boomIndian billionaire Gautam Adani is in talks with American technology giants including Meta Platforms Inc. and Google for partnerships in hi...
25 Mar, 2026, 05.30 PM IST
You thought Magnificent 7 and tech stocks were the only winners of AI boom? Wait! Here's a sector whose stocks could be an under-the-radar winner, say analystsRetail stores such as Walmart and Target stand to gain from the enormous artificial intelligence investments being made by technology giant...
13 Feb, 2025, 07.17 PM IST
CCI clears Google’s $350 million funding in Flipkart, Temasek’s investment in Rebel FoodsGoogle's $350 million investment in Flipkart is part of a nearly $1 billion funding round that valued the Indian e-commerce giant at $35-36...
27 Nov, 2024, 11.31 PM IST
Flipkart appoints Walmart’s Dan Bartlett to boardKalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO of Flipkart Group, said Bartlett has been closely associated with Flipkart since Walmart’s investment in 2018.
22 Nov, 2024, 12.41 PM IST
Google invests $350 million in Flipkart as part of nearly $1 billion funding roundFlipkart secures $1 billion funding with investments from Google and Walmart. Walmart, which holds an 85% stake, invested $600 million in t...
25 May, 2024, 08.14 AM IST
Walmart buys way into India wealth management to take on AmazonPhonePe will buy WealthDesk for about $50 million and OpenQ for nearly $25 million, two sources directly aware of the matter said on Tuesda...
18 May, 2022, 10.23 AM IST
Walmart looking at up to $25 billion investment in Tata Group's super appThe super app, which is scheduled to be launched in India in December or January, will bring together Tata's consumer business under one ch...
29 Sep, 2020, 11.36 AM IST
Walmart plans to spin off PhonePe from FlipkartThe proposed demerger will coincide with PhonePe's ongoing fund raising plan of about a billion dollar through primary and secondary sale o...
11 Oct, 2019, 07.44 AM IST
Walmart's built a ragtag alliance of tech firms to battle AmazonFear of Jeff Bezos helps explain why Walmart has in recent years forged alliances with Google, Microsoft, China’s JD.com and other tech pla...
08 Aug, 2018, 11.11 AM IST
Flipkart management nixes Google's plan to investFlipkart opposed Google's investment since it reportedly felt Google could turn out to be a potential rival in the future.
16 Jul, 2018, 12.21 PM IST
Google to invest $550 mln in Chinese e-commerce giant JD.comThe investment may give Google access to more consumer data, which can be used to boost usage of Google Shopping.
18 Jun, 2018, 07.18 PM IST
Facebook to hit e-commerce market with B2C offeringThe social media giant will begin testing business-to-consumer transactions on the marketplace this month ahead of a soft launch planned fo...
05 May, 2018, 08.38 AM IST
Flipkart board is said to approve $15 billion deal with WalmartUnder the deal, SoftBank will sell all of the 20-plus per cent stake it holds in Flipkart through an investment fund at a valuation of roug...
04 May, 2018, 08.26 PM IST
Walmart may get Google on its side in fight with Amazon for IndiaWalmart and Alphabet are seen joining forces once again as they seek to take on Amazon’s growing retail clout, this time in a market outsid...
27 Apr, 2018, 08.24 AM IST
Walmart to expand tech centre at Bangalore as it takes on e-commerce rival AmazonThe Bangalore centre which currently employs 400 people, will more than double its headcount by the end of next year, sources said.
11 Dec, 2013, 04.42 AM IST
Meet Anand Rajaraman, helping Walmart change the way it sells to customersRajaraman, an early investors in Facebook, a serial entrepreneur and technologist who sold a company to Amazon for $250 mn at the age of 27.
19 Dec, 2011, 03.34 PM IST