1. Google ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ. Google has launched the AI Edge Gallery app, enabling Android users to download and run AI models - like text generation, image creation, and code writing - directly on their phones without internet connectivity. The availability of the app in India hasn't been spoken about yet. But yes, it will be a pretty cool thing for retail users like ourselves who can then use it on flights, during hikes, and much more.
2. Builder.ai ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐. Builder.ai faked business with Indian firm VerSe to inflate sales, through โround-trippingโ transactions. The company has already filed for bankruptcy after taking a huge amount of funding from Microsoft. This is the same company that came in news when their "Natasha AI" bot was nothing but 700 Indian developers writing code in the backend. Kudos to those developers for the rapidness though.
3. CRED ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต CARS24 & Spinny. CRED has integrated instant car valuation and resale into its Garage feature, letting users check their carโs market value and sell it digitally via CARS24 and Spinny. I'm very curious to understand what's the plan here. Cred has been going over the Garage market for a while now, which doesn't have a lot of synergy with either their Fintech play or their D2C Play. The one logical reasoning I can think of is lending for car loans to their affluent users.
4. Zepto ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ถ. Well, by now you all have read this news - there were some hygiene related issues at their Dharavi warehouse. But honestly, read that line again, does it at all surprise you? Do you think, in our country, all these other warehouses, restaurant kitchens, and even kirana shops are clean? Do you think in Dharavi of all places even half of them would pass these tests? It's a sad state of affairs, but it's not a surprising state. I still don't blame Quick Commerce for this, I have seen how the More Supermarket near my house kept their items, it's not better.
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