One Thing Today in Tech
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IPO-bound Pine Labs hits $3.5 billion valuation; and Sameer Sawarkar of Neurosynaptic Communications on its next phase of growth
Pine Labs, which provides digital payments technologies to merchants, has closed a $600 million funding round that values the Noida fintech company at $3.5 billion. Rival PayU may be in talks to acquire BillDesk for as much as $4 billion. And in today's tech conversation, CEO Sameer Sawarkar talks about the next phase of growth at Neurosynaptic Communications
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ByteDance sells short video AI in India; and Pooja Goyal at Avishkaar on how gender bias starts early in STEM
China's ByteDance, which is the parent company of TikTok, has started selling the AI technology of its short video app to other companies, including in India where the app is banned. And in today's tech conversation, Pooja Goyal at Avishkaar talks about the implications of a survey finding that 95 percent of children polled recalled only male role models in STEM fields
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Special Briefing: Indegene CEO Manish Gupta talks about the next phase of digitalisation in pharma
From an ahead-of-its-times outfit to bring technology to 'medico marketing' to a multinational tech company offering AI and NLP platforms to the world's biggest drugmakers, Indegene has come a long way. The Covid-19 pandemic, however, showed that the Bengaluru company was only getting started. In this special briefing, Manish Gupta, co-founder and CEO of Indegene, recalls the early days of Indegene, and talks about what lies ahead
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Many EU countries approve Covishield for Green Passport; FB, Google pledge; and Mihir Shah on early cancer detection tech for women
Various EU countries have approved India's vaccines for arriving travellers. Those vaccinated with Covishield are now eligible for travel to Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Ireland, Spain, Iceland and Switzerland, whereas Estonia has recognised all the vaccines authorised by India. And in today's tech conversation, we talk to Mihir Shah about how his company UE Life Sciences is making early cancer detection for women more affordable and accessible
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Byju's WhiteHat Jr. data exposed; and Partha Narasimhan of Velodyne Lidar on autonomous vehicles
Byju's, India's most valued startup, is discovering the real cost of acquiring WhiteHat Jr. A server that mostly contained data about WhiteHat Junior's students, parents and teachers—including email addresses, phone numbers and account reset information—was left exposed. And in today's tech conversation, Partha Narasimhan of Velodyne Lidar talks about the San Jose company's new India design centre in Bengaluru
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Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in India; and Snigdha Kumar, CEO of Cora Health on personalising nutrition with AI
US drug company Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency use in India and Mumbai-based pharmaceuticals company Cipla is in talks to import it. Also in today's tech conversation, we talk to Snigdha Kumar, a former Flipkart category head for foods. She is now CEO of her own startup—Cora Health in Bengaluru—where she is building an AI-based recommendation engine to personalise healthy food and nutrition options for consumers
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WhatsApp wins in court; Omkar Pandharkame on capturing 'tacit knowledge' with AI at BHyve
WhatsApp got a breather on Monday in India, after the High Court in the southern Indian state of Kerala dismissed a writ petition that had called upon the central government to ban the instant messaging service provider for allegedly not complying with the country's revised IT rules. Also on the programme, a boy puts a hole in his mother's bank account buying 'weapons' in an online battle game; and Omkar Pandharkame talks about harnessing AI to capture employee wisdom in large organisations
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Zydus Covid-19 vaccine for teens soon; UK bans Binance; and Anand Madanagopal on taking heart health checks to the masses
Zydus Cadila is in the advanced stages of trials for its Covid-19 vaccine that can be given to children aged 12 and above says NK Arora, chairman of India's national technical advisory group on immunisation. Also on the programme, cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been banned in the UK; Telegram adds group video chat; and Anand Madanagopal talks about taking sophisticated heart health checks to the masses at Cardiac Design Labs
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JioPhone Next to launch Sep 10; Twitter partners with Razorpay for Tip Jar in India; and Meghna Suryakumar on enabling fintech at Crediwatch
JioPhone Next, a made-for-India Android smartphone that is the result of a collaboration between Reliance Jio Infocomm and Google, will be released on September 10, billionaire Mukesh Ambani announced yesterday. Also on the programme, Disney+ Hotstar has over 250 positions open in India; Razorpay becomes the first payments partner for Twitter's Tip Jar in India; and Meghna Suryakumar discusses plans ahead at her company Crediwatch
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John McAfee found dead; Google's security changes; AI restores a Rembrandt; and Kinner Sacchdev on plans ahead at Knorish
John McAfee, the creator of the eponymous antivirus software, was found dead on Wednesday in prison outside Barcelona. He was 75. TikTok is hoping for an India comeback. Google is tweaking security code that will change Google Drive and YouTube. Also on the programme, AI helps restore a Rembrandt masterpiece; and Kinner N Sacchdev, co-founder and CEO of Knorish talks about enabling the passion economy
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Infosys CEO meets FM on income tax portal glitches; Google under EU lens; and Manoj Gopalkrishnan on his new mass test for Covid-19
Infosys CEO Salil Parekh and COO Pravin Rao were among the IT company's top executives who met virtually with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday to discuss the still unresolved glitches in the new income tax portal developed by the company. Also, Google faces EU investigation over ad-tech and CCI probe over Android smart TVs; and IIT Bombay don Manoj Gopalkrishnan unpacks his Tapestry Pooling tech for mass testing for Covid-19