‘We all live in a heavily Tinderised economy’ – 30 quotes of the week on digital transformation

Launched in 2014, StoryBites is a weekly feature from YS, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week. This special series of quotes focuses on the increasing…

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India observes a sharp increase in AI-relevant patent applications between 2012-2018: CSET Report

The patent activity in any country is considered a core indicator of the prevalent research and innovation ecosystem. Traditionally, India has fared poorly in patent filings due to several factors,…

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The techie behind the first Indian cybersecurity startup to work with US govt

Good morning!Every week, we bring you extraordinary stories tracing the journeys of innovators from the world of tech and product. Today, we bring you Trishneet Arora’s — cybersecurity expert, tech…

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This village boy-turned-entrepreneur is building ‘Bharat Ka Online School’ for vernacular students

Tarun Saini calls himself “a country boy-turned-hustler who made a dent in the Australian education space” and is now building ‘Bharat Ka Online School’. While growing up in a farming family…

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[Startup Bharat] Jaipur-based Kirana King aims to give local kiranas the tech and reach of organised retail

In 1998, Anup Kumar Khandelwal went to Dubai to help set up the agri-commodities business his family had founded in Jaipur, Rajasthan. While in the Middle East he chose to…

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[Product roadmap] The role tech played in the journey of Bharat-focused social media startup ShareChat

Bhanu Pratap Singh, Farid Ahsan, and Ankur Saxena had one goal: to build a strong product and tech company out of India. The IIT Kanpur grads had participated in hackathons, built…

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Coinbase sets direct listing reference price at $250/share, valuing the company at as much as $65B – TechCrunch

Coinbase, the American cryptocurrency trading giant, has set a reference price for its direct listing at $250 per share. According to the company’s most recent SEC filing, it has a…

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