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Flexport CEO calls out India’s ‘useless paperwork’, criticises bureaucratic hurdles
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Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen criticized India's regulatory environment, highlighting excessive paperwork as a barrier to business. This comment responded to Prime Minister Modi's GST anniversary post, which claimed eased business compliance. Petersen's view aligns with other executives' concerns over India's bureaucracy, as German businesses reported similar challenges. Despite India's efforts to improve business ease, experts and organizations like the Confederation of Indian Industry emphasize the need for continued reform, particularly in reducing bureaucratic hurdles.
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Ousted Flexport CEO Dave Clark strikes back
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1y ago
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Dave Clark, the former CEO of Flexport, responds to recent reporting on the company, calling it "deeply concerning." In a social media post, Clark discusses the problems he found when he joined Flexport, including issues with revenue forecasting and a lack of process and financial discipline. Clark's departure from the company was followed by further turmoil, including the rescinding of employment offers and plans to lease out office space to cut costs. Founder Ryan Petersen has criticized Clark's leadership on the grounds of excessive hiring and expansion.
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Can Mohit Joshi catapult Tech Mahindra into the big league of Indian IT?
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1y ago
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Mohit Joshi, the CEO of Tech Mahindra, has outlined his plans to transform the company into one of India’s top IT services providers. The plan includes strategies to improve margins, optimize costs, and expand the company’s business beyond its core telecom domain. The company has been facing challenges, with a decline in net profit and revenue in recent years. Joshi aims to achieve 15% growth in operating profit and higher revenue over the next three years. The market has responded positively to the revamp plan, with an increase in 'buy' calls on the stock.
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BYJU's CEO broke down on calls with investors after ED raids: Report
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2y ago
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According to Bloomberg, Byju Raveendran, the CEO of edtech startup BYJU's, became emotional and teary while defending his company during calls with major investors after the Enforcement Directorate conducted a raid at their Bengaluru premises in late April. The incident reportedly took place while Raveendran was in Dubai, where he was seen restlessly walking in his apartment and consuming black coffee. The raid on BYJU's was carried out under the FEMA Act.
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Seamless visa processes, better infra to help India attract more foreign tourists: Agoda
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2m ago
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Agoda CEO Omri Morgenshtern emphasizes the importance of seamless visa processes and improved infrastructure to enhance India’s appeal as a global tourism destination. Currently, out of 18.9 million international arrivals, only 9.5 million were true foreign tourists. Morgenshtern believes that by making visas more accessible and upgrading infrastructure, India can significantly increase its foreign tourist numbers. Additionally, improving air travel options, especially budget segments, is seen as a way to boost tourism further.
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WhatsApp Beta unveils access button for AI chatbot feature to select users
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1y ago
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WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature with an AI chatbot accessible through a specialized button in its latest beta version. The AI chatbot, powered by Meta AI, was announced by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg earlier this year. The button, located above the new chat icon, allows users to quickly launch the chatbot, enhancing convenience. The feature is still in the experimental phase and may not be available globally at this time. Additionally, WhatsApp has introduced a privacy feature that conceals IP addresses during individual calls.
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Citigroup starts layoff talks after management overhaul: Report
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1y ago
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Citigroup (Citi) is reportedly at risk of laying off technology staff with overlapping functions as part of its restructuring efforts. The bank recently announced plans to strip out a layer of management and cut jobs in its largest reorganization in nearly two decades. CEO Jane Fraser aims to boost profits and the stock price by gaining more direct control over the bank's businesses. Executives overseeing revenue-producing units held calls to explain the changes to their teams, emphasizing a reduction in bureaucracy and a focus on profit-making activities.
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Tech has to lead and regulation has to follow: PhonePe’s Sameer Nigam
Business Today
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1y ago
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At the Global Fintech Festival in Mumbai, WalMart-owned Phone Pe’s Sameer Nigam said India’s path to financial sustainability has come from striking a balance between regulation and technology and that a regulatory framework plays an important role in developing the health of India's Fintech ecosystem. “By definition tech has to lead and regulation has to follow. I found regulators to be extremely approachable. But we need to figure out how to make sure the entire industry doesn’t get hurt. Timing is key when it comes to regulation around fintech start-ups. In payments, we're actually ahead of the curve as a country,” Sameer Nigam, founder and CEO, PhonePe said.
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Pravin Jadhav-led Raise Financials acquires Filter Coffee
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7m ago
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Pravin Jadhav-led Raise Financials acquires Filter Coffee Raise Financial Services has acquired Filter Coffee, a new-age financial media startup. The latter will join the Raise Financial ecosystem, which also includes the upskilling platform Valuationary and the stockbroking app Moneylicious. “We are excited to welcome Filter Coffee and Tanvi to the Raise ecosystem. Filter Coffee is a trusted brand with a unique voice that resonates with India’s emerging investor class. We look forward to supporting their growth journey,” said Pravin Jadhav, founder and CEO of Raise Financial Services. Founded by Tanvi Raut Dessai, Filter Coffee, which boasts a subscriber base of over 20,000, provides business and financial insights. With Raise, Filter Coffee will expand its content across short-form videos and long-form storytelling, delivering fresh perspectives on India’s financial markets. The details of the transaction couldn’t be ascertained. Entrackr has reached out to Raise for more details. Raise Financial’s stockbroking app Dhan recently entered the top 10 list of stockbroking apps in India, surpassing Paytm Money. It’s worth highlighting that Jadhav was the Managing Director and CEO of Paytm Money before resigning in March 2020. As per media reports, Dhan is in talks to raise a large funding round. The company last raised $22 million in January 2022. BEENEXT, Mirae Asset, 3one4 Capital, and Rocketship.vc are its major investors.
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Apna launches AI Calling Agent to cut hiring time by half
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8d ago
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Apna launches AI Calling Agent to cut hiring time by half Jobs and career platform Apna.co has launched multilingual AI Calling Agent, a tool designed to automate interviews and slash hiring timelines by nearly 50%. Built on the company’s proprietary Agentic-AI stack called Blue Machines, the product automatically initiates voice interviews the moment a job is posted and can run over 10,000 conversations in parallel across Hindi, English, and regional languages. Apna claims that the system achieves over 80% connection rates, compared to the 30% seen in manual calling. Recruiters also receive instant transcripts, audio highlights, and AI-generated shortlists on their dashboards. The launch follows Apna’s growing push into AI-driven hiring solutions. Earlier this year, the company introduced AI Job Prep, a candidate-facing mock interview platform that has already clocked 39 lakh minutes of engagement across 7.6 lakh simulated interviews. The tool offers resume-based, role-specific practice sessions using real interview data from more than 3,000 companies, including Google, Swiggy, and Microsoft, and has seen strong adoption among Gen Z users across both metros and tier-II cities. "Recruiters spend countless hours chasing calls instead of meeting qualified candidates. That’s the gap we set out to bridge. By embedding our AI Calling Agent into every job post, we’re putting enterprise-grade automation into the hands of lakhs of MSMEs and enterprises across India.” — Nirmit Parikh, founder and CEO, Apna.co Apna’s AI Calling Agent helps both large firms and small businesses by customizing interviews to job roles, asking questions, scoring answers instantly, and following up across calls, WhatsApp, and email. Together with its AI Job Prep tool, Apna is building a faster, tech-driven hiring system.
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Apna AI Job Prep records 39 lakh minutes across 7.6 lakh interview simulations
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2m ago
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Apna AI Job Prep records 39 lakh minutes across 7.6 lakh interview simulations Apna.co, India’s leading jobs platform for job seekers, has rolled out AI Job Prep, an AI-powered interview preparation tool that aims to address the persistent confidence and readiness gap among job seekers. According to the company’s press release, the platform has already recorded 39 lakh minutes of usage across 7.6 lakh simulated interviews since its launch. Apna’s newly launched AI Job Prep tool personalizes mock interviews based on individual resumes, delivering instant feedback, performance insights, and targeted improvement suggestions. The company claims that the tool caters to over 25,000 job roles and leverages real interview data from more than 3,000 companies, including the likes of Google, Tesla, Swiggy, Microsoft, Jio, and Flipkart. The initial adoption has been strongest in metro cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, while tier I and II cities, including Jaipur, Patna, and Lucknow, are gaining momentum. Gen Z users (aged 18–24) accounted for the largest share of usage at 58%, followed by millennials. Nirmit Parikh, Founder & CEO of Apna, said the tool is designed to turn “nerve-racking interviews into intelligent rehearsals.” “AI job prep is our answer to the confidence gap that quietly stalls millions of careers,” he added. At the same time, COO Karna Chokshi highlighted "AI Job Prep delivers personalised, company and role-specific mock interviews at scale, supporting English, Hindi, and Hinglish, to ensure every candidate from metro professionals to Tier-3 freshers, receives an adaptive and realistic interview experience." Founded in 2019, Apna.co is India’s leading jobs platform, connecting over 6 crore users across 900+ cities with opportunities in 200+ job categories. Covering 40% of India's pincodes, it also offers professional networking and skilling, and is trusted by over 7 lakh employers.
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