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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The youngest of all quick-commerce startups is going all out to lure customers with its standout yet cash-guzzling offerings. But is the strategy sustainable?
By now, Zepto, the quick-commerce company founded by Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra, should have crashed and burnt.
In its four-year-long life, the startup has spent the last two in the worst tech funding winter known to this Silicon Valley of the South. Its competitors are all well-funded companies that had a significant head start over it. Swiggy Instamart, Blinkit, Dunzo and Big Basket were all ahead of Zepto, both in years of experience and the ability to outdo any new entrant. Because, after all, the business of instant commerce is nothing but stacking venture capital dollars in a messy, …
India’s grocery and food delivery platforms are increasingly displaying misleading images of food using artificial intelligence, defeating the very purpose of buying online.
Parent AceVector is headed for a public market debut next week. As much as 97% of its revenue comes from two businesses. One is already a listed entity, the other a missed opportunity.
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.
