Tag: indian startups
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From Chai to Croissant: How UPI Quietly Conquered the Streets of Paris
Let me paint you a picture. It’s a chilly Tuesday evening in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. A young Indian tourist walks into a tiny boulangerie near the Pantheon. She points at a perfectly golden pain au chocolat. The baker smiles. She pulls out her phone. The baker expects a card, maybe some crumpled euros.…
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Meta Leads ₹8,550 Crore Investment in CRED — Kunal Shah to Lead WhatsApp
Meta Leads ₹8,550 Crore Investment in CRED — Kunal Shah to Lead WhatsApp In what’s being called Meta’s biggest bet on the Indian market yet, the social media giant has led a staggering ₹8,550 crore (~$1B+) investment round in fintech startup CRED. The deal reshapes India’s fintech landscape overnight, but the bigger headline? Kunal Shah,…
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This Startup Pays Workers $1/Hour to Wear Cameras and Train AI — and Honestly, I’m Conflicted
Imagine getting paid a dollar an hour to wear a camera on your head while you fix someone’s AC. That’s the deal Human Archive is offering India’s gig workers. And depending on who you ask, it’s either a smart on-ramp to the AI economy — or something that sounds way too dystopian to ignore. I…
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The AC That Works at 50°C — An Urban Ladder Founder’s Answer to India’s Heat Crisis
Urban Ladder cofounder Ashish Goel is building air conditioners designed for Indian summers — with Accel and Arkam backing him. The startup is called Optimist, and it might finally fix what every AC owner in Delhi knows all too well.