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Lenskart, Ola’s Q4 scorecards; Visa maze for laid-off techiesLenskart has posted a sharp jump in its March-quarter revenue even as profit dipped marginally. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
Sunil Bharti Mittal announces succession plan: Meet the GenNextAirtel founder Sunil Bharti Mittal is preparing for a leadership change over the next ten years. His three children, Kavin, Shravin, and Ei...
Eternal Q4 pops; Snabbit's new war chestZomato and Blinkit parent Eternal reported strong numbers for the March quarter. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
China's DeepSeek releases new AI model a year after viral riseChinese AI firm DeepSeek unveiled a new model with significantly lower costs and a massive one million word context. This development promi...
China’s Netflix expects AI to create bulk of shows in five yearsIQiyi Inc. is set to transform its operations, anticipating AI will generate most films and shows within five years. The company is launchi...
Tencent seizes momentum in China’s AI race against AlibabaTencent in just the past week introduced several signature products aimed at tapping a national enthusiasm for AI agents like OpenClaw — au...
AI upstart Manus starts text-to-video service to take on OpenAIManus, an AI upstart known for its human-like AI agent, has launched a text-to-video generation feature, challenging established players li...
ShareChat dials up China's Tencent to raise $200 million in fundingTwitter-backed ShareChat, which operates TikTok's Indian rival Moj, may choose to route the funding via a Europe-based entity to avoid the ...
After Jio, Google sets sights on stake in Policybazaar, might spend $150 million for 10%Alphabet Inc-owned Google announced its India investment plan last month. Chief executive officer Sundar Pichai told ET that the company wa...
Hike eyes acquisitions to 'unbundle' main appIn the messaging space, Hike’s biggest competitor in India is Facebook owned WhatsApp that has an enormous base of over 200 million.
Naspers is said to eye fintech deals in $1 billion India pushNaspers is the largest shareholder has around $9 billion in cash after trimming its stake last year and selling Indian e-commerce startup F...
Indonesia’s Go-Jek in talks to invest $30M in e-sports startup Mobile Premier LeagueThe company’s earlier fundraise was led by Sequoia Capital, which is also an early backer of Go-Jek.
How a "nationalist" government lets India be digitally colonisedJust as Chambal dacoits looted central India in the 1970s/80s, Shenzhen and Silicon Valley dacoits are savaging our digital landscape in th...
- Tencent leads in Gaana’s $115 million funding round
Tencent is the majority shareholder in Tencent Music Entertainment, China’s largest music streaming business, and also operates JOOX, a lea...
Chinese tech, media companies back desi news sitesOne of the top news apps in India on the Google Play Store, News-Dog, just like UCWeb, which is backed by Tencent’s rival Alibaba, aggregat...
Alibaba, Tencent, SoftBank corner Amazon and Uber to become the biggest allies of India’s digital entrepreneursThe moves undertaken by local and global internet players clearly indicate that the strong are getting stronger in the Indian internet ecos...
Tencent in talks with CarDekho owner to lead $40 million investmentCarDekho currently clocks an annual loan rate of $35 million for its used car financing business even as it sells over 2,500 monthly polici...
Practo acquires Qikwell to smoothen hospital appointmentsThe buyout makes Practo the world's largest appointment booking platform with nearly 40 million appointments managed every year, it said.
Rs 573 crore investment round lead by Tencent, Sofina values online healthcare service Practo at Rs 3,300 croreTencent is the second major Chinese company to back an Indian startup after consumer Internet group Alibaba bought a stake in Paytm.
- China's Tencent aims to battle US web firms like Google, Facebook in India
Tencent launched its mobile chat service called WeChat in India to compete with What's App and Blackberry messenger.