India’s digital public infrastructure won global praise with Aadhaar and UPI. But its newer platforms are stumbling at scale, exposing gaps in design, delivery and adoption
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Arattai, born out of Zoho’s Chennai headquarters, brings in fresh energy with features like cloud storage, video conferencing, and ad-free usage. But with WhatsApp’s massive network effect and users’ growing concerns over data security, will Arattai stay in the spotlight or become another fleeting hype?
Zepto is in advanced talks to secure $450 million in a new funding round led by US pension fund Calpers, which will push its valuation to $7 billion. Existing investors such as Lightspeed, Nexus Venture Partners, General Catalyst, Avra, and StepStone are also expected to participate
The Indian government’s draft FDI rules allowing foreign e-commerce platforms like Amazon to directly buy from Indian sellers for exports have sparked debate. Proponents argue the move could streamline compliance, reduce operational overhead for brands like Wonderchef and EvoFox, and boost India’s global trade presence
Interview
Cred founder Kunal Shah talks to Deepsekhar Choudhury about survival, scale and institution-building, his focus on India’s most affluent consumers, design and ambition—and why prosperity demands risk-taking. Edited excerpts
Artificial Intelligence
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Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is accelerating demand for outcome-based deals rather than input-based ones. Such deals, which usually emerge during economic downturns, now seem to be becoming the new normal for the industry
One of the dangers of AI is the advent of convincing deepfakes generated by morphing images, voice notes and videos that can hoodwink you into erroneously revealing financial details or making payments to scamsters
