Amazon unveils plans to hire 55,000 people in corporate, tech, and other roles

Amazon is going on another hiring spree.The company on Wednesday said it plans to hire 55,000 people around the world, with about 40,000 of those roles in the US. The…

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[Jobs Roundup] Land a role at Bengaluru-based D2C fashion startup Bewakoof

Last week, D2C fashion brand Bewakoof announced it raised Rs 60 crore in a funding round led by InvestCorp. Other participants in the round included IvyCap Ventures and Spring Marketing Capital. Till date,…

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[Funding alert] EV startup REVOS raises $4M Series A investment, aims to be ‘Android for EVs’

Union Square Ventures and Prime Venture Partners have jointly backed EV infrastructure startup REVOS with a Series A investment of $4 million to fund the wide expansion of its peer-to-peer…

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A tale of premium salaries, bidding wars, dropouts, and desperation

About two weeks before Ola Electric’s mega launch in August, Founder Bhavish Aggarwal tweeted: “Engineering hiring situation in Bengaluru - thinking of offshoring some work to a lower cost center…

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FarmPay co-founder Sambhav Jain tells how the startup is addressing financial literacy in India

Entrepreneurs Sambhav Jain and Kush Taneja, co-founders of teen-focused fintech startup FamPay, began their journey during their final year at IIT Roorkee.During their final year, the duo chose not to…

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Zerodha gets in-principle approval for mutual fund business

Online brokerage platform Zerodha has received in-principle approval from the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to start its asset management company (AMC) or mutual fund business, founder Nithin Kamath…

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UPI transactions touch 3.5B for August, up 9.5 pc, says NPCI

The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) continues to touch new milestones, with the volume of transactions for August touching 3.5 billion.The total volume of transactions on the digital platform for financial…

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[Funding alert] AI startup Peak secures $75M in Series C round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2

UK-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Peak has raised $75 million in Series C round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from existing investors, including MMC Ventures, Oxx, Praetura…

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