Leslie D Monte
Stories by Leslie D Monte
How deep tech might be the answer to battle COVID-19 pandemic
Big data, cloud computing, AI, robotics, 3D printing and thermal imaging are complementing traditional methods.
SoftBank Vision Fund says in no hurry to list firms in India portfolio
Globally, it has taken a number of companies public - Uber, Guardant, and Slack to name a few.
Inside Facebook’s plan to disrupt money with digital currency Libra
Facebook is pinning its hopes on positioning Libra more as an asset, or US dollar-backed stablecoin, rather than a Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency.
India: SoftBank-backed tech startup InMobi to invest $100m in new unit TruFactor
TruFactor has been created to provide security, privacy, governance and compliance services to telecom services providers.
India: NSE chief Limaye says to bet big on AI, blockchain to mitigate risks
NSE will sharpen its focus on using machine learning to “identify market patterns, for cognitive automation, enhanced judgement, and enhanced intera
Future of financial services is algorithmic, experience-centric: PayPal CTO Shivananda
Shivananda talks about the dynamic digital payments market and the impact of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain
Former Facebook India head Umang Bedi joins Dailyhunt as president
Dailyhunt has 80 million monthly active users who spend about 6 billion minutes on the service every month.
You can’t create more jobs without startups: Cisco’s John Chambers
Chambers recently picked up a 10% stake in speech recognition solutions company Uniphore Software Systems in his personal capacity.
India: WhatsApp eyes business chat, payments for growth
India is WhatsApp’s biggest market with over 200 million monthly active users.
Why Next Orbit Ventures is keen on investing in wafer fab units in India
PE fund Next Orbit Ventures is determined to invest in setting up semiconductor fabrication units in India.
