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04 Aug

Biggest AI Acquisitions For The Year 2020, So Far

Although the year 2020 started with a crisis, the technology landscape has drastically gained its momentum, and artificial intelligence has played a crucial role amid this pandemic. And that’s why the majority of companies are trying to get their hands on this technology, either by hiring AI and analytics experts or by acqui-hiring AI startups.…

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24 Jun

How CodeChef’s Acquisition Puts Focus On The Importance Of Developers In India

In recent news, it has been announced that Mumbai-based non-profit competitive programming platform, CodeChef has been acquired by a Bangalore-based ed-tech startup Unacademy.  Established in 2009 by serial entrepreneur, Bhavin Turakhia as part of Directi, CodeChef platform has been designed to help developers and programmers to enhance their skills by practising coding and participating in…

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08 Apr

Accenture Acquires Revolutionary Security To Expand Its Cybersecurity Practice

Accenture has recently announced that the company is acquiring a cybersecurity startup — Revolutionary Security in order to expand its cybersecurity practice.  The portfolio of Revolutionary Security startup includes cybersecurity services like risk assessment, breach and attack simulation testing, and designing and building security programs. The company leverages proprietary technology and methods to help in…

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14 Aug

Ola Acqui-Hires Bengaluru-Based AI Startup Pickup.AI

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Indian ride-hailing company Ola has acquired Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence startup Pickup.ai at an undisclosed amount. Founded by Inder Singh and Ritwik Saikia, Pickup.ai uses autonomous technologies like AI, computer vision and sensor fusion to provides seamless AI-powered solutions for businesses. With this deal, sources say that the Pickup.ai team will be joining Ola as a…

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14 Aug

Ola Acqui-Hires Bengaluru-Based AI Startup Pickup.AI

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Indian ride-hailing company Ola has acquired Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence startup Pickup.ai at an undisclosed amount. Founded by Inder Singh and Ritwik Saikia, Pickup.ai uses autonomous technologies like AI, computer vision and sensor fusion to provides seamless AI-powered solutions for businesses. With this deal, sources say that the Pickup.ai team will be joining Ola as a…

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05 Aug

Razorpay Acquires Fraud Analytics Startup Thirdwatch

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  In an all-money deal, digital payments startup Razorpay has acquired Gurugram-based fraud analytics startup Thirdwatch. Razorpay did not reveal the exact details of the arrangement but rather said it is utilising the recently- raised funds to help finance the deal.  Thirdwatch, an early stage startup with around 10 employees will act as a subsidiary…

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10 Jul

L&T Acquires Mindtree: What It Means For Their Respective Analytics Units

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In a dramatic and not totally unexpected turn of events, construction giant Larsen & Toubro (L&T) this week completed the hostile takeover of the Bengaluru-based IT company Mindtree. This move has been long and coming for many months, as Mindtree fought tooth-and-nail against this move. This event marks the first ever hostile takeover in the…

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