GenAI chatbot developers take on the ever-evolving AI-assistants space In an interesting discussion with ex-software engineers and now full-time GenAI based product entrepreneurs  Anmol Rishi  and  Utkarsh Marwaha  revealed their findings of what according them are the top 3 key use cases GenAI assistants :- 1️⃣ First is what they call as AI-servant or labor which is say helping kids do their homework quickly or an AI-bot doing table reservation. Interesting to note that it i

Seeing a host of things happening at  Ola , some seem good to get them back to track, some showcasing recurring problems and some still grey... 👉 Getting them back on track: - Firstly squarely focusing on domestic market and winding up international markets business (UK, Australia and New Zealand) seems a much needed step.  Hemant Bakshi  mentions they have re-assessed the priorities is a great step as every market is different and there is no point in making losses jump (su

Recent happenings in the Engineering R&D services market:- 👉 [ Ericsson  faces the  Nokia  moment] Last year Nokia backed off from its own cloud platforms and partnered with  IBM  Red Hat but as  Light Reading  suggests  Ericsson  will not go this way because their clients are happy with current bundle of cloud, even if it means high SI cost. Seems similar to how Nokia years earlier justified no demand for touch phones! 👉 [Manufacturing Activity picks up across US and China

Doubling AI and data-related skilled workforce in 3 years is talk of whole IT and engineering services arena, but talent strategy is crucial! I have been following the newsrooms of major engineering and IT services providers for quite few weeks with specific regard to generative AI and there is something that Accenture in India is doing discernably different from the rest :- 👉 Firstly they have identified 12 roles across data-engineering, full stack LLM development, BI roles

While tracking GenAI space, I am having continuous conversations (not at a cross-sectional level but at a longitudinal level over last 5 months) with my acquittances and strategists at Microsoft, ZS, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Mastercard, PVR Limited, HDFC Bank, Intel Corporation, BBVA, airtel, The D. E. Shaw Group about GenAI and you know in a matter of couple of months things have significantly changed:- 👉 Around Oct/Nov'23 risks weighed significantly more in the conve

In recent dialogues at ETAuto, Mr. Kishor Patil, Co-Founder, MD & CEO KPIT shared some provocative thoughts on Automotive, Connected, Electric, Shared mobility market. Capturing the essence below :- 👉 L3+ Autonomous to become norm in next 3-4 years (across North America, Europe and most of Asia) 👉 Connected software services market to grow at a highest rate among space 👉 As Connected vehicles keep penetrating the market, vehicle interiors to undergo massive change (Might s

Intelligent Industry is in full motion!!! During my recent visit at Cyient Analyst event, I got privilege to interact and touchbase with key leaders on a plethora of happenings in the digital product engineering world Sharing snippets of some of these discussions for benefit of wider engineering community and my network: - 👉 [Communications space] After RDOF, BEAD is a significant program bound to get in business to the engineering ecosystem as the enterprise funds seem dry

👉 About Fonterra : It ranks among the world's most prominent dairy manufacturers and holds the distinction of being New Zealand's primary dairy product exporter. Furthermore, it holds the top spot as New Zealand's largest company based on revenue 👉 What's happening : Following an unsuccessful attempt to expand its global presence across countries such as Brazil, India, Chile, Australia, and China, Fonterra has opted to divest assets due to unmet profit expectations and the

As reported by moneycontrol.com Chandra R. Srikanth, Wipro observed 9 top level exits in YTD CY'23. Some of these exits with probable reasons :- 👉 Ex-VP, Marketing moved on to become CMO [higher autonomy] at Persistent Systems [higher growth trajectory and strong guidance] 👉 Ex-President, Digital and Consulting moved on to become CEO [strong leadership alignment] at CitiusTech [higher growth trajectory] 👉 Ex-CFO, Americas 2 moved on to become CFO [similar autonomy but newl

As I recently got a chance to attend fireside chat with Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal, I captured their key investment mantras 🎯 Lower TAM (Total Addressable Market): Instead of chasing big categories, they prefer smaller, niche categories at their stage of investment. Their capital infusion can't single-handedly turn around a startup. Mamaearth is a prime example, where they invested when the company was producing mosquito repellents for kids, showcasing their unique foresigh

👉 Fast Company says Silicon Valley doesn't understand fun, thus metaverse faded in West. In an intriguing take, they explain how the tech bubble of 2010 is dominated by everything "for productivity". They quote Zuckerberg (describing his own daily practice of sartorial monotony, “I’m not doing my job if I spend any of my energy on things that are silly or frivolous about my life.”) to drive across the point of lack of fun and a lost spirit of childhood thus even the games th

Morgan Stanley today shared a bullish outlook on the Indian IT and ER&D players. While the article by Bloomberg beautifully captures the essence, here are the key themes that govern the ER&D market for remaining of CY'2023 👉 The deal closure was slow in H1'23, but quicker deal closures are expected in the later half of this year (read "large multi-staged digital transformation deals") 👉 Synergistic benefits from acquisitions for players like Cyient to creep in 👉 Improvemen

🚀 The Power of Network Slicing: The discussions with Amit Sharma highlighted the significance of network slicing in the 5G landscape. Notably, Singtel and Ericsson celebrated their first commercial success in this arena in late 2022 🤝 Transactional Partnerships Challenge: While commercial success is evident, there's a challenge. Many ecosystem players seem focused on transactional partnerships, potentially limiting the benefits for end-users. Collaboration is key as Bhaskar

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The recent article by Angelin Mary GP, titled “Imagine if all trucks were electric” brings back the focus of automotive enthusiasts, service providers and enterprises on the much debated elements of connected and electrification in the trucking industry. In the passenger vehicle (PV), there has been significant success across all the priority spending areas – autonomous, connected, electrification, and shared mobility space (ACES). Automotive enterprises are racing to get the

- Initial Context Network slicing has been a hot topic in the 5G space for quite sometime now, Ericsson explains Network slicing as tech which allows mobile networks to be partitioned into virtual network elements (‘slices’) on top of a common shared physical infrastructure. Each network slice can be customized to meet the specific needs of applications, services, devices, customers, or operators. Think of a network slice as a type of private network, with the appropriate iso

- ET article mentions "In 2021, it was reported that about 12,000 containers with 16 tonnes of shrimps in each (roughly worth Rs 1,200 crore) from India were stranded at Chinese ports" Thus, while India was a leading exporter, it suffered massive losses because "China suspected traces of coronavirus on the packages of frozen shrimps. These exports were coming from 50 Indian companies. In December 2020, China suspended shrimp imports from 110 processing units; 99 were in India