P2P companies log revenue jump, thanks to business partnerships

After years of slow growth and a fledgling business model, some P2P platforms have shown a strong uptick in business volumes mainly through their affiliate programmes, but will regulatory action make this short lived?

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Amazon's AWS appeals to corporate customers with new chatbot, AI safety measures

The new chatbot, called Q, is designed to help with productivity by helping workers summarize important documents and support tickets and chat via communication apps such as Slack, the company announced at its annual cloud computing conference Tuesday in Las Vegas.

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US Thanksgiving weekend sales hit record on big discounts, online boost

Online consumer spending jumped 7.8% during Cyber Week, or the five days from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, according to data from Adobe Analytics, outstripping initial expectations for a  5.4% rise.

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Space-tech startup Agnikul to flight test 3D-printed engine by year-end

If successful, the startup incubated on the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras campus, will become India’s second private company to make a small satellite launch vehicle. The first one was Skyroot Aersospace, which launched the Vikram S in November 2022.

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Neeraj Chopra invests in OTT platform Stage

“My investment in Stage represents more than just a desire to rekindle the flames of our diverse regional dialects. We will embark on a journey together to reawaken dormant languages and empower every voice, ensuring that our cultural heritage thrives in its true form through this platform," Chopra said at a press meet held at his ancestral village of Khandra in Panipat.

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Sorin’s Sanjay Nayar teams up with Peak Ventures for cleantech play

Nayar is partnering with Peak Ventures – an early-stage firm focused on cleantech areas such as new energy, food systems, clean water and climate. Under the new arrangement, Nayar would become a general partner at the Mumbai-based firm.

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Elon Musk to meet Israeli leaders on Monday: report

During Musk's visit, before the war, about 200 people protested efforts by Netanyahu's right-wing government to curb the powers of Israeli courts. They gathered outside Tesla's California factory, where the meeting took place.

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