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Context is everything.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Snabbit, Pronto and Insta Help are pulling in users with speed and low prices. We begin by asking the most basic question: who is this service really for?
The woman has shopped like there’s no tomorrow. And that too, just hours before her flight. She could use an extra pair of hands—or even two—to pack it all up and still make it to the airport on time.
There is only one solution. She unlocks her phone and goes straight to the Urban Company app; help should be here in the next few minutes.
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The business press is calling this phenomenon a home services boom. And the Indian startup ecosystem appears just as obsessed with the idea—make house help available within minutes, at any time of the day. …
The instant house help business has become the centre of focus and investment at the home services company. But another fight may be brewing in its core business.
The arrest and charges against an employee of the artificial intelligence company, fewer early-stage VC deals, and other updates.
The EV maker is turning to gig-worker rentals to absorb its scooter output. But questions on cost, competition and execution make its latest pivot uncertain.
