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JioHotstar
Media & Entertainment

India’s JioHotstar takes partnership route for Middle East expansion | TechCrunch

JioHotstar, the streaming platform with more than 500 million monthly active users backed by Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries,...

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Social

Facebook tests going Reels-first in India | TechCrunch

Meta has started testing a new Facebook UX in India that sends some users directly into full-screen video...

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Social

WhatsApp gets new chief as Meta taps India’s CRED founder Kunal Shah and invests $900M in startup | TechCrunch

Meta is betting on India for WhatsApp’s next chapter, naming entrepreneur Kunal Shah to lead the messaging app...

Truecaller CEO Rishit Jhunjhunwala
Apps

Truecaller clashes with India’s telecom regulator over anti-spam rules | TechCrunch

Truecaller has opened a public fight with India’s telecom regulator over rules governing caller ID apps, saying the...

Runable co-founders Saksham and Umesh
AI

Runable hits $21M to bet AI agents can go from building businesses to growing them | TechCrunch

As artificial intelligence makes it easier than ever to build websites and apps, Indian startup Runable is betting...

Ringg Founders- Kali CV, Siddharth Tripathi, Utkarsh Shukla
AI

India’s Ringg gets backing from Peak XV as it pushes voice AI past the phone call | TechCrunch

More than 76% of consumers in India prefer talking to businesses over a phone call, according to a...

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AI

Meta executive leaves for OpenAI as the social media giant faces growing scrutiny in India | TechCrunch

Meta’s India and Southeast Asia vice president, Sandhya Devanathan, is leaving the social media giant to join OpenAI,...

JioPC
AI

India’s richest man now wants to turn aging computers into AI-ready PCs | TechCrunch

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio is opening its cloud PC service to any internet user in India, positioning it...

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AI

ServiceNow bets $40 million on Indian banking software specialist to expand its financial services push | TechCrunch

ServiceNow, the U.S. enterprise software company known for automating workflows like IT service management and HR operations, is...

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AI

Adobe acquires Indian market intelligence startup Rilo | TechCrunch

Adobe has acquired India-based marketing intelligence startup Rilo in a deal involving licensing and team acquisition, TechCrunch learned...