Zomato launches Xtreme

Zomato has launched intra-city parcel delivery app Xtreme the service will allow merchants to send and receive small parcels within the city packages can weigh up to 10 kgs with the price starting at Rs 35 aim is to leverage Zomato’s existing fleet of 3lakh+ riders for additional revenue it will compete with Swiggy’s Genie, … Read more

microsoft: $69 Billion Deal: Microsoft takes over Call of Duty producer, Activision Blizzard

UK regulators have approved Microsoft’s revised bid for the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, after initially blocking the deal. The revised agreement will see Microsoft cede distribution rights for Activision’s games to Ubisoft, while still retaining control over popular titles like ‘Call of Duty’. After two-year-long effort to secure the gaming industry’s most substantial takeover, the … Read more

Nvidia’s Upcoming Earnings Could Swing the Whole Stock Market Higher

Nividia reports earnings next week, and the chipmaker’s results alone could swing the stock market. That’s according to Deepwater’s Gene Munster, who cited Wall Street’s frenzy over artificial intelligence. “All eyes are on their data center number,” he told CNBC. Nvidia’s earnings report next week could swing the overall stock market higher as Wall Street … Read more

Amazon Is Building a Publisher-Focused Adtech Tool to Compete With Google

Amazon is hiring for a new publisher-focused advertising team called “PubTech.” It is building a tech platform that could compete with Google, Magnite, and Pubmatic. The tech will help publishers sell ads on Amazon, according to job postings. Amazon is staffing up to build new ad products for publishers. The retail giant has 11 job … Read more

VSS buying sizeable chunk from Antfin. Don’t jump.

Paytm has informed that it’s Founder MD & CEO, Vijay Shekhar Sharma (VSS) is acquiring 10.30% stake from Antfin. Stake is being acquired through a 100% foreign entity owned by VSS – Resilient Asset Management B.V. In lieu of the acquisition, Resilient is issuing Optionally Convertible Debentures (OCDs) to Antfin Post transaction – VSS’s shareholding … Read more

AI Can Outperform LPs at Picking Top Private Equity Funds, Study Finds

AI can pick private equity firms to back better than many investors, per an Oxford study. Researchers trained AI to read 400 prospectuses to predict the top-performing funds. However, lead researcher Ludovic Phalippou believes it should still only be used as a sounding board. Artificial intelligence can pick out top-performing private equity (PE) funds better than … Read more

Infosys cuts ties with Synergy360 as Australia probes ‘tainted contracts’ linked to former MP Stuart Robert

IT services company Infosys said on Friday that it was cooperating with an Australian government investigation into ‘tainted contracts’. The software major has also reportedly cut off ties with lobbying firm Synergy 360 – which was reportedly paid $16 million over 5 years to help Infosys grow its business in Australia. An investigation was launched … Read more