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Dennis Woodside on Freshworks' $1 billion plan and beyond — Part 1

Dennis Woodside on Freshworks' $1 billion plan and beyond — Part 1

Mercedes gets Level-3 certification in California, but can autonomous vehicles navigate Indian roads?

Mercedes gets Level-3 certification in California, but can autonomous vehicles navigate Indian roads?

Prakash Govindan on plans ahead after recent funding that made Gradiant a unicorn

Prakash Govindan on plans ahead after recent funding that made Gradiant a unicorn

Women in IT: Is the return to office hurting their prospects, and what can help?

Women in IT: Is the return to office hurting their prospects, and what can help?

Jayanta Banerjee on how tech is helping Tata Steel as the multinational behemoth's focus shifts to India

Jayanta Banerjee on how tech is helping Tata Steel as the multinational behemoth's focus shifts to India

  • Instagram rumoured to be developing an AI bot with 30 personalities — fancy engaging with one?

    Instagram rumoured to be developing an AI bot with 30 personalities — fancy engaging with one?

    The latest rumour is that Instagram is working on an AI bot that could offer users as many as 30 personalities to engage with, according to screenshots shared by developer and tipster Alessandro Paluzzi. These AI agents or chatbots can "answer questions and give advice". We speculate on what this might mean for Instagram users on a daily basis, and how this impacts the 'social' aspect of the network

  • Can Apple Vision Pro give developers, and so consumers, a whole new canvas?

    Can Apple Vision Pro give developers, and so consumers, a whole new canvas?

    Vivek Goyal, co-founder of PlayShifu, one of India's best-known AR and VR startups, talks about his surprise that Apple started at the top end, with its mixed reality headset, the $3,500 Vision Pro, that was announced yesterday. He walks us through how Apple's approach stands out, starting with how VisionOS, the headset's software allows Apple's existing app ecosystem to show up on the new hardware. Goyal is also looking forward to the time when Apple will release tools and software kits for developers to exploit the potential for 3D rendering within Vision Pro

  • Meet the GE Aerospace engineer who is responsible for more than 30,000 engines

    Meet the GE Aerospace engineer who is responsible for more than 30,000 engines

    In this episode, Mohamed Ali, vice president of engineering at GE Aerospace, talks about his long tryst with India, where he says "All the action is." He talks about the globally integrated role GE Aerospace's 1200 staff in India play in developing the company's next generation of products, including its RISE technologies—GE's bid to develop sustainable aviation of the future. He also talks about what inspires him every day as an engineering leader and some lessons from his career so far

  • Why fewer than 1 in 3 seed-funded Indian startups get Series A funding

    Why fewer than 1 in 3 seed-funded Indian startups get Series A funding

    Arun Natarajan, founder and CEO of Venture Intelligence, talks about the market researcher's latest report that spotlights the state of the Series A startup funding landscape in India. Less than one-third of startups that receive seed funding are able to secure a Series A round, in India, roughly tracking global trends, Venture Intelligence finds. And the number of Series A rounds increased by 8 percent annually from 2017 to 2022—an indication of the maturity of the startup ecosystem in India, Natarajan says. Sequoia Capital tops the list of VC firms that have helped most startups f

  • An era for the right-brained to reimagine the world: Satish HC of Infosys

    An era for the right-brained to reimagine the world: Satish HC of Infosys

    Infosys recently released all its AI tech—including its generative AI knowhow—as a comprehensive suite of services, solutions and platforms under the brand name Topaz

  • Pride Month: How do we make workplaces truly inclusive?

    Pride Month: How do we make workplaces truly inclusive?

    The LGBTQ+ community says significant strides have been made since Section 377 was decriminalised at India's workplaces, but we have a long way to go. Forbes India's Divya Shekhar, who actively tracks diversity and inclusion, joins us on this episode, as we speak with Sahil Patel. Patel identifies as a transman, and works as a consultant for PeriFerry, which facilitates employment for transgender people. He speaks about daily workplace struggles, sensitisation needed and policies that need change

  • Satish HC on how Infosys is pulling together all its AI experience and why everyone is getting an AI twin

    Satish HC on how Infosys is pulling together all its AI experience and why everyone is getting an AI twin

    In this episode, Satish HC, executive vice president and co-head of delivery at Infosys, talks about how the company is bringing all its AI experience and capabilities into one comprehensive suite of services, solutions, and platforms—including its generative AI know-how. The company released this recently under the brand name Infosys Topaz. Satish also talks about how Infosys is using these technologies in-house to raise the bar on its performance, starting with how its recruits are trained, with everyone now getting an AI twin

  • India's surprise Q4 GDP numbers: Making sense of them and what's next

    India's surprise Q4 GDP numbers: Making sense of them and what's next

    Forbes India's Samar Srivastava, our resident specialist on all things economy, offers some pointers to help make sense of the better-than-expected quarterly GDP numbers for India. The important thing to note is that for this to sustain, strong private sector capex needs to kick in. There's only so much the government can do and private industry needs to do the heavy lifting—to "sow the seeds of future growth," Srivastava explains. And while there is some evidence to suggest that that might be beginning, the jury is still out on that, he says

  • Hemant Charaya on how Log9 built its cell tech team and a glimpse into their innovation efforts

    Hemant Charaya on how Log9 built its cell tech team and a glimpse into their innovation efforts

    In this episode, Hemant Charaya, senior vice president for battery cell technology at Log9 Materials, talks about how this Bengaluru venture is attempting something that's never been done before in India. One factor that's helped is that "people stuck around", he says, which helped him build a team of over 40 cell and battery tech specialists. Charaya also attempts some simple descriptions of the cell chemistries, processes, and materials Log9 has selected, as India's first commercial EV cell manufacturer, and the innovations it has developed

  • Byju's latest valuation knockdown, and whither India's edtech sector

    Byju's latest valuation knockdown, and whither India's edtech sector

    In today's ToThePoint, Forbes India's Rajiv Singh offers his perspectives on what ails India's edtech sector in the backdrop of Byju's travails, including the latest—a 62 percent knock-down in the startup's value by Blackrock. Rajiv points out that it's a "season of markdowns" and no sector has been spared. There are also factors such as a lack of transparency, edtech startups playing fast and loose with their advertisements in India and the plain absence of good business sense among some companies that's landed them in a pickle

  • Ola Prime Plus—and what the backlash signifies

    Ola Prime Plus—and what the backlash signifies

    In ToThePoint today, we teamed up with Rajiv Singh, to discuss transportation woes of consumers—a conversation triggered by the many irate comments on social media in responses to the introduction of Ola's Prime Plus service, which promises no cancellations, no operational hassles and clean cars in return for higher fare. Rajiv argues that this is an example of how the 'asset-lite' business model is overrated and why the numbers about large volumes by these businesses belie the problems they are beset with, prime among them being the absence of a great consumer experience