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Flipkart acquires majority stake in AI startup Minivet AI

Flipkart acquires majority stake in AI startup Minivet AI

19 Dec 2025, 14:04 PM

The acquisition is part of a strategic move to build and invest in core GenAI capabilities to enhance the shopping experience at Flipkart.

ONDC confused me for years — now AGI is confusing everyone

ONDC confused me for years — now AGI is confusing everyone

29 Nov 2025, 10:07 AM

In this edition, we write about ONDC, an experiment still thriving mostly inside Bengaluru's walls; and AGI timeline shifts.

From social-commerce darling to e-commerce challenger: Inside Meesho’s IPO

From social-commerce darling to e-commerce challenger: Inside Meesho’s IPO

06 Nov 2025, 13:25 PM

Like every tech IPOs that we are seeing this year, Meesho's public offer is going to a big event for the exit starved venture capital investors.

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Fintech Highlights

  1. Kissht raises Rs 278 crore from anchor investors

  2. Go Digit Q4 net premium income flat, profit up 28%

  3. Novio nets Series A funding led by Cornerstone Ventures

  4. Sahi raises $33 million in Series B funding led by Accel Growth

  5. Seed funding sinks 65% as late-stage lifts fintech in Q1 2026
  6. Read more news...

AI/Emerging Tech

  1. Exfinity Venture Partners books 13x returns with partial exit from CloudSEK

  2. OpenAI breaks free from Microsoft cloud exclusivity

  3. Google to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic

  4. LightFury Games bags $11 million from Blume, MS Dhoni, others

  5. OpenAI and Infosys partner to scale AI across enterprises
  6. Read more news...

IPO Tales

  1. Turtlemint IPO: Behind its 8x revenue jump, an internal deal does the heavy lifting

  2. Shiprocket IPO: A profitable core, costly emerging bets

  3. Fractal IPO: A bountiful harvest for PE investors, now comes the real AI test

  4. Boat IPO: A second shot amid management shake-up, flat revenues, eager to exit investor
  5. Read more news...

Money & Machines

  1. 'Guilty, until proven innocent'; The ARR illusion

  2. Rishi Gupta is out on bail. What next?; The cost of frivolous AI use

  3. Fintechs' Dubai Dream; Founders' AI Second Act

  4. A CEO arrested, hearing delayed; Sarvam's AI pitch
  5. Previous editions...

PE/VC Tales

  1. Micro VCs: Fueling India's startup pipeline or distorting it?

  2. Inside the fintech and financial services bets of Peak XV, Accel, Elevation

  3. Enterprise bets pay off as Arali Ventures eyes ‘larger’ third fund

  4. TDV Partners bullish on consumer over AI, plans bigger fund
  5. Read more news...

Editor's Pick

  1. Exclusive: Reserve Bank of India cracks down on misuse of education payments

  2. Inside Rebel Foods, Droom backer Lightbox's post-exodus reset

  3. The LAP rush and MSME mirage: Is fintech lending building its next risk? [Part-3]