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MapMyIndia accuses Ola Electric of copying data; sends legal notice

EntrackrEntrackr · 11m ago
MapMyIndia accuses Ola Electric of copying data; sends legal notice
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CE Info Systems, the parent company of MapMyIndia, has sent a legal notice to Ola Electric for allegedly copying the former’s data as the Bhavish Aggarwal-led firm launched its own mapping service in India. In the legal notice, MapMyIndia claimed that Ola Electric breached the license agreement. In 2022, Ola Electric onboarded MapMyIndia to offer navigation services for its S1 Pro electric scooter. As per MapMyIndia, Ola was prohibited from co-mingling the licensed product with another similar competing product and indulging in any reverse engineering or making any attempt to extract/ copy the source code from any API of the licensed product or any related software. Ola Maps cached, saved our data which is a violation of the licensing agreement signed in 2021, asserts MapMyIndia in the notice. The Delhi-based firm also added that it will initiate appropriate legal action, both civil as well as criminal, against Ola Electric. Entrackr has reviewed the notice and reached out to Ola and MapMyIndia for comments. Forbes India reported the development first. Earlier this month, the Bengaluru-based firm launched Ola Maps as an alternative to Google Maps. The firm also shifted its operations to its in-house mapping service by transitioning from Google Maps. As per Aggarwal, this measure is expected to save Rs 100 crore a year his company. In response to Ola Maps’ free offerings, Google also slashed the pricing of Google Maps platform for developers in India by as much as 70%. The tech giant also said that it will give a 90% discount to developers working with the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC). MapMyIndia was listed on the stock exchange in December 2021. The company reported a 35% surge in its net profit to Rs 38.2 crore in the last quarter of FY24 with an operating revenue of Rs 106 crore. Ola Electric is also set for the stock market debut on August 2.

‘Opportunistic’, Bhavish Aggarwal on MapMyIndia’s legal notice

EntrackrEntrackr · 11m ago
‘Opportunistic’, Bhavish Aggarwal on MapMyIndia’s legal notice
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Ola Electric founder Bhavish Aggarwal has responded to the recent controversies surrounding its mapping solution, and the legal notice from MapMyIndia. “It is opportunistic of MapMyIndia; there are opportunistic players everywhere. We will respond to them at the right time,” Aggarwal is quoted as saying by MoneyControl. Earlier this month, the Bengaluru-based firm launched Ola Maps as an alternative to Google Maps. The firm also shifted its operations to its in-house mapping service by transitioning from Google Maps. CE Info Systems, the parent company of MapMyIndia, sent a legal notice to Ola Electric for allegedly copying the former’s data. In the legal notice, MapMyIndia claimed that Ola Electric breached the license agreement. In 2022, Ola Electric onboarded MapMyIndia to offer navigation services for its S1 Pro electric scooter. As per MapMyIndia, Ola was prohibited from co-mingling the licensed product with another similar competing product and indulging in any reverse engineering or making any attempt to extract/ copy the source code from any API of the licensed product or any related software. MapMyIndia alleged that Ola Maps cached, saved its data which is a violation of the licensing agreement signed in 2021. The Delhi-based firm also added that it will initiate appropriate legal action, both civil as well as criminal, against Ola Electric. Ola, however, refuted the allegations made by MapMyIndia. “…We would like to state unequivocally that these allegations are false, malicious and misleading. Ola Electric stands by the integrity of its business practices. We will suitably respond to the notice shortly,” an Ola Electric spokesperson had said. Separately, Ola Electric is also set for the stock market debut on August 2. On the upcoming IPO, Aggarwal said, “We wanted to ensure that the pricing was set at a level that would generate significant excitement among investors.” Last week, media reports suggested that Ola is going to drop down its plan for car production. However, Aggarwal clarified that the firm did not confirm or deny plans to pause car production.

Over 1.5 million developers use Gemini globally, India one of the largest user bases: Google Deepmind executive

Economic TimesEconomic Times · 12m ago
Over 1.5 million developers use Gemini globally, India one of the largest user bases: Google Deepmind executive
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Gemini, Google's suite of multimodal AI models, has gained popularity among developers, with over 1.5 million users worldwide. India specifically has one of the largest developer bases on Google AI Studio. Gemini 1.5 Pro now offers a two million token context window, allowing for more comprehensive results. Google has also released Gemma2, the next generation of open models for AI innovation. The team at Google DeepMind India has been focused on enabling open-source resources to help developers build language solutions for India. They have completed phase 1 of Project Vaani, which involves capturing spoken languages, and are moving on to phase 2. A benchmark called IndicGenBench has been introduced for Indian languages, along with the CALM framework that allows developers to combine their specialized language models with Gemma models. The Agricultural Landscape Understanding (ALU) Research API has also been announced to make agricultural practices more data-driven and efficient. Google Wallet APIs and India-specific pricing for Google Maps Platform are being introduced to simplify integration and lower costs for developers. Collaboration with the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is offering discounts on select Google Maps Platform APIs for ONDC developers.

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