AI is not increasing productivity or leading to job losses, finds a studyA recent study indicates that AI's impact on employee pay and hours has been minimal, despite its rapid adoption. While some companies like...
20 May, 2025, 04.24 PM IST
Company replaces 700 employees with AI, two years later, it's rehiring humans as AI falls shortKlarna, the buy-now-pay-later firm, will increase human hires after AI customer service fell short of expectations. Despite cost savings fr...
19 May, 2025, 01.11 PM IST
SoftBank Group seen booking modest fourth quarter loss as Vision Fund suffersNew venture capital investment concentrated in large established players over the quarter, while investment in earlier stage firms - such a...
12 May, 2025, 09.53 AM IST
Startups rethink IPOs; US visa dilemma for studentsHappy Tuesday! The global market rout may push Indian startups to reconsider IPO plans. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
08 Apr, 2025, 07.50 AM IST
Ant, Alibaba plan for less intertwined future after China crackdownIn moves that would have been inconceivable two years ago, the affiliates have started to restrict access to each other's services, compete...
22 Jun, 2022, 08.58 AM IST
Mobility startup Swvl to fire over 400 employeesSwvl has over 1,330 employees and laying off 32% of its workforce means that over 400 people will lose their jobs.
31 May, 2022, 11.48 AM IST
Zomato wavers on 10-min food delivery; new VPN rules not for companiesThe company is reviewing its ambitious plan and may settle for longer delivery times.
13 May, 2022, 07.08 AM IST
NCLAT to hear Amazon next week; Zomato’s Goyal invests in Park+Amazon will ask the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) next Monday to stay the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) order s...
07 Feb, 2022, 08.31 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Loadshare, Headout, Jar raise fundsLogistics platform Loadshare, online experiences marketplace for travellers Headout were among the startups that raised funding this week.
04 Feb, 2022, 04.11 PM IST
Buy now, pay later loans may soon play bigger role in credit scoresThe credit-rating companies argue that reporting of on-time payments can help shoppers build a credit history. But consumer experts note th...
02 Jan, 2022, 10.59 AM IST
Citrus co-founders turn super angelsSato, who started two companies in Japan and exited them, enquired how much they planned to invest in startups. Not more than 5%, they repl...
02 Jun, 2019, 11.20 AM IST
Cash rules everything around Germany in world that's using cardsIndia and China are both driving hard toward a cashless future, for different reasons. But, none of these novel methods is widely accepted ...
06 Feb, 2018, 11.48 PM IST
San Francisco-based payments company Stripe hires first India employeeSources privy to the development said that Anand Balaji, an ex-Amazon executive, has come on board Stripe and is currently mapping the Indi...
25 Jul, 2016, 12.03 PM IST