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Source: Live Mint In a landmark event on August 15, Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal announced significant advancements in artificial intelligence and technology during the company’s ‘Sankalp 2024’ event in Bengaluru. The event highlighted the integration of Krutrim, an AI startup founded by Aggarwal, into Ola Electric and Ola Consumer (formerly Ola Cabs), along with the…
Source: Live Mint (ANI)- India’s digital payments industry is witnessing a huge surge, with transaction volumes growing by 42 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in FY 2023-24, according to a new report by PwC. The report projects that the industry will experience threefold growth, with transaction volumes set to rise from 159 billion in FY 2023-24…
Source: Live Mint Mumbai-based Hexaware Technologies has filed draft papers with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for an initial public offering (IPO) in which promoters will sell shares worth ₹9,950 crore. If successful, Hexaware’s IPO would be the largest in the country’s information technology services space since Tata Consultancy Services’ ₹4,713-crore initial…
Source: Live Mint New Delhi: If Bhavish Aggarwal, founder of now-listed Ola Electric, is known to dream big, his newest ambition is audacious by even his standards: to build “India’s first AI (artificial intelligence) chips” in four years. Such a plan would thrust Aggarwal, who is likened to Elon Musk for his public persona, into…
Source: Live Mint Starting October 1, 2024, significant changes will be implemented in the taxation of share buybacks, shifting the tax burden from companies to shareholders. Companies are taxed at 23.296 per cent on buyback transactions, covering surcharges and cess, while shareholders face no tax on the buyback proceeds. Under the new rules, buyback proceeds…
Source: Live Mint The S&P 500 was 1.6% lower in midday trading and heading for its worst week since March 2023. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 367 points, or 0.9%, as of 11:55 a.m. Eastern time, after flipping an early gain of 250 points. The Nasdaq composite sank 2.4% as Broadcom, Nvidia and…
Source: Live Mint New Delhi: Sarvam and Adya.ai are two of India’s newest startups targeting the red-hot generative artificial intelligence market, but they are also among a new breed of ventures looking beyond large language models like ChatGPT. The reason: industry-specific applications are easier to monetise and help avoid competition with AI giants. For Sarvam,…
Source: Live Mint Beta measures the volatility, or systemic risk, of a security or portfolio compared to the market. For instance, a company operating in a cyclical industry may carry some specific risks. The company’s stock, therefore, may be more volatile than the overall markets and hence have a high beta. The same may be…
Source: Live Mint Bajaj Housing Finance IPO: Bajaj Housing Finance has raised ₹1,758 crore from anchor investors ahead of its IPO subscription opening for bidding. The non-banking financial company (NBFC)’s initial public offering (IPO) is all set to hit the D-Street for its three-day subscription on Monday, September 9, and will close on September 11….
Source: Live Mint Silicon Valley’s tech bros are having a difficult few weeks. A growing number of investors worry that artificial intelligence (AI) will not deliver the vast profits they seek. Since peaking last month the share prices of Western firms driving the AI revolution have dropped by 15%. A growing number of observers now…
