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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
It isn’t everyday that I get a subject that drops right into Things Change, so I’ll get straight to it.
Early this week, fantasy gaming startup Dream11 won the title rights to the Indian Premier League, one of the largest carnivals in our cricket-crazy nation. From The Economic Times:
India’s leading fantasy gaming company Dream11 will be the title sponsor of the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which is scheduled to kick off on September 19th in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Dream11 won the rights with its bid of Rs 222 crore, Brijesh Patel, chairman …
Believing education is the key to success, Unacademy raised $880 million and reached a $3.4 billion valuation, only to crash 90%. Its co-founder and CEO gets candid about the state of the startup and Indian edtech.
The retired banker wants India’s top companies to invest in AI. But the capital, ambition, and urgency simply aren’t there.
The AI startup’s $100 million ARR claim does not quite add up even as Dream11—forced out of real-money gaming—prepares to take its massive user base into stockbroking.