Google shortlisted four startups from India for its fifth mentorship program Launchpad Accelerator that will begin on January 29, 2018, at the Google Developers Launchpad Space in San Francisco. Launchpad Accelerator is a six-month program from Google that includes an intensive two-week bootcamp in San Francisco and mentoring from more...
Google Invests $12 million in Indian Startup
Having picked up a significant minority stake in Bangalore, India-based Dunzo, a hyper-local concierge and delivery player, Google made its first direct investment of $12 million in an Indian startup. With a chat-based interface, the Dunzo app facilitates daily tasks management -- individuals can create ‘to-do lists’ and collaborate with...
Google Cloud Platform Launched in India
Google announced that its first Google Cloud Platform region in Mumbai, India, is now live. It offers several services including computing, big data, storage, and networking. Customers will be able to pay in Indian currency for the services. The launch marks Google's entry into this domain in India where it trails...
U.S., India, China, Lead in Artificial Intelligence
Malcolm Frank, head of strategy at IT firm Cognizant, headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, told CNNMoney that the United States, India, and China are far ahead of anyone else in artificial intelligence. In America, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Tesla are investing billions of dollars to substitute for people in sectors such...
Investor Outlines Macro Trends in India
Macro thinker and author of the institutional newsletter, Global Macro Investor, Raoul Pal, identifies big trends ahead of time and has 24,000 Twitter followers. He enunciates that the next big macro idea is India. Pal says, "India has built the world’s first national digital infrastructure, leaping at least two generations...
Google Acquires India-Based Halli Labs
Halli Labs, where Halli (pronounced Hull - Lee) means 'village' in Kannada, the language of the southern state of Karnataka in India, is the latest AI startup acquired by Google. Based in Bangalore, the four-month-old startup's focus is building deep learning and machine learning systems to address what it describes as...