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CommerceIQ appoints former Uber’s Varun Srivastava as Vice President, Engineering

CommerceIQ, a retail ecommerce management platform, has announced the appointment of former Walmart Labs engineering leader/ former Uber techie Varun Srivastava as VP Engineering, India. 

In his new role, Srivastava will join the leadership of CommerceIQ’s engineering arm, as well as help develop the company’s products and offerings for its global all-in-one Retail Ecommerce Management Platform.

A technology leader, Srivastava is armed with over 15 years of experience, having worked with Uber, Walmart Labs, and Yahoo previously. In his last role at Uber, he served as the head of business platform where he led the engineering teams for Uber for business vertical. He has worked within diverse domains including ecommerce, ride sharing & delivery, media platforms and network algorithms. 

GoKwik plans to onboard 10K digital-first brands and ecommerce brands

Ecommerce enabler GoKwik said that it expects to onboard over 10,000 digital-first brands and ecommerce players on its platform in 2023 on the back of several innovative solutions implemented by the company. At present, GoKwik helps over 500 brands to attain 10x growth through its innovative solutions. 

The startup has so far helped brands reduce RTO by 30% and improve conversion rates by over 35%. RTO happens due to a failed delivery of goods and directly impacts the revenues and profits of a brand. 

GoKwik is now aiming to bring over 10,000 brands under its network with a vision to create a unified ecommerce ecosystem by supporting small, medium, large and enterprise level brands. GoKwik is specially building efficient models to cater to small merchants. This includes customisable whatsapp commerce, robust address verification systems, easy and insightful dashboard offering uber level analytics, etc. It is also strategically venturing into newer product categories, business segments and partnerships. 

SuperGaming and Google Cloud collaborate to empower game developers

Indian game developer SuperGaming has chosen Google Cloud to bring its best-in-class live-ops engine, SuperPlatform, to game developers across the world. This will empower game developers to make better games with battle-tested cloud infrastructure that currently powers all of SuperGaming’s efforts. This includes PAC-MAN, which has more than one billion downloads across all storefronts, and its multiplayer shooter MaskGun, which has more than 65 million players.

SuperPlatform will run on Google Cloud and will enable game developers to manage live ops, matchmaking, player progression, player data, analytics, monetisation systems, server scaling, sales, and merchandising. It also integrates with popular game development platforms.

In addition to this, upcoming SuperGaming titles such as Indo-Futuristic battle royale, Indus and Tower Conquest Metaverse Edition will also run on Google Cloud.