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The key for niche players is differentiation from the big daddies of e-commerce, Amazon and Flipkart, which owns fashion portals Myntra and Jabong (Photo: iStock)

Struggle to survive in a market bossed by Amazon and Walmart

3 min read . Updated: 01 Sep 2021

For startups, cutting through the noise at international networking and industry events to get noticed as well as to sharpen their pitch is a challenge. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Meet the desi aunty playing match-maker for Indian startups

3 min read . Updated: 01 Sep 2021

Aruna Schwarz, co-founder and CEO of Stelae Technologies, with Jarom Walcott, programme manager at Raytheon Eagle, in Bengaluru. (Photo: Jithendra M/Mint)

Reimagining the paper trail for the digital age

5 min read . Updated: 01 Sep 2021

(From left) William Bao Bean, SOSV general partner and MD of Chinaccelerator and MOX, with Supplynote co-founders Kushang Kumar and Harshit Mittal.

Why the China model may suit startups targeting Bharat

5 min read . Updated: 01 Sep 2021

(From left) Pocket Aces’ Ashwin Suresh, Anirudh Pandita and Aditi Shrivastava are on a mission to fight boredom with their videos. (Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint)

When Wall Street bankers tell tales for millennials

5 min read . Updated: 01 Sep 2021

Yellow Messenger founders (from left) Rashid Khan, Raghu Ravinutala and Jaya Kishore Reddy are banking on changes in consumer behaviour to push AI chatbots that can help sell products directly to users via WhatApp

Brands use chatbots to find a direct channel to consumers

3 min read . Updated: 27 Aug 2021

Univ.ai is a newly launched platform where professors from the world’s top educational institutions teach AI from the foundational to advanced levels. (istock)

Learning AI from the best profs just got easier

6 min read . Updated: 16 Jun 2021

Locale has targeted hyperlocal delivery, e-com and mobility because these are domains where companies are collecting location data from customers.

SaaS arrives to ferret out insights on location data

5 min read . Updated: 28 Mar 2021

Big Tech’s increased advance into healthcare in the year of the pandemic is creating the infrastructure for efficient digital platforms on a larger scale. (Photo: iStock)

The future of healthcare lies in plug-and-play platforms

3 min read . Updated: 21 Mar 2021

Noida-based startup Arya’s hermetically sealed, on-demand warehouse made of specialty plastics at an FPO site near Samastipur in Bihar. (Photo: Arya)

A warehousing platform straightens out stress points for farmers

4 min read . Updated: 14 Mar 2021

IT Delhi associate professor Manan Suri, who was named in MIT’s list of the world’s top 35 innovators under 35

Making the shift from GPUs to ‘brainier’ computing in edge AI

4 min read . Updated: 01 Mar 2021

Aqgromalin co-founders Bharani C.L. (left) and Prasanna Manogaran in a quail farm.

Shrimp is passé. How about some mud crabs or quail?

4 min read . Updated: 21 Feb 2021

The Israeli Harop drone was among those used by Azerbaijan in the war against Armenia. (Photo: Getty Images)

Drone swarms versus stealth covers are the future of warfare

4 min read . Updated: 15 Feb 2021

KoineArth founder Praphul Chandra (seated right) with his team members.

How blockchain links manufacturers, suppliers and financiers

4 min read . Updated: 08 Feb 2021

Anil Kumble’s stroke gets analysed with an IoT device made by Spektacom, a startup founded by the ace leg-spinner in Bengaluru.

This chip lets the bat do the talkin’ via a mobile app

6 min read . Updated: 01 Feb 2021

Nepra founder Sandeep Patel at his dry waste plant in Indore.

Rising from the ashes to figure out the business of dry waste

4 min read . Updated: 25 Jan 2021

BigBasket’s Ganapathi Subramanyam at a charging station for electric bikes in one of the 5K fulfilment stores.

Last-mile delivery opens doors for adoption of electric vehicles

3 min read . Updated: 18 Jan 2021

Asquared IoT’s sound analytics edge computing device Equilips (seen at top right corner) deployed at a welding station.

Smart factories keep an ear to the ground

5 min read . Updated: 11 Jan 2021

Agritech startups trying to improve farming activities have initially focused on horticulture.

Horticulture farmers lead the way in adoption of precision tech

4 min read . Updated: 04 Jan 2021

A Neobael collaborative learning session in progress. In this model, the teacher is mostly a facilitator or coach for self-learning and collaboration.

Rethinking kids’ education in the year of covid

5 min read . Updated: 28 Dec 2020

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