TOI Startups

Bot Buddies Imagine living with a bunch of virtual friends (AI powered intelligent, conversational bots) you could buddy up and have natural conversations with. toi.in/a5pJyb/a24gk

Making virtual shopping life-like toi.in/8V7khY/a24gk

What to learn to make robots like Amazon’s Astro toi.in/biiH4b47/a24gk

Accenture holds India contest finale on Metaverse toi.in/I4kpnZ/a24gk

How locomotives are being built in India with mixed reality tech toi.in/cXkkaa4/a24gk

EY’s Drone-acharya influences policy, develops platforms toi.in/HTpNlb/a24gk

Meenakshi Das: Hiding in shame to US Hall of Fame toi.in/rXShyY/a24gk

Look for mentors, it may be the shortest route to career success toi.in/o6JWuY/a24gk

Using voice AI for diagnostics toi.in/JoQBcZ15/a24gk

This Startup will build your house in three weeks at half the cost toi.in/XFIW_a60/a24gk

Flipkart allows PhonePe rival Paytm at checkout toi.in/hYoO_Z/a24gk via @TOIBusiness

Urban farming startup Infarm reaps $170 million in funding READ: toi.in/AaL1LY/a24gk

Startup@77: Ashok Soota scores in 2nd innings toi.in/0RwG1b/a24gk via @TOIBusiness

Valuation of ed-tech co Eruditus up 2x at $800m READ: toi.in/89bWiY/a24gk

In a first, Indian space tech company Pixxel gets $5 million READ: toi.in/KkDEea/a24gk

Silicon Valley perks up its ears for buzzy audio chat startup bit.ly/2TKfZoL

Amazon may buy robo-taxi startup Zoox: Report bit.ly/2ZJG4YB

SoftBank-backed Ola Electric buys Dutch scooter company Etergo bit.ly/3guSXfd

Startups step up to help seniors amid lockdown READ: bit.ly/36hCRkp

Amid gloom, Ahmedabad startup raises Rs 319 crore toi.in/iNtGAb/a24gk via @TOIAhmedabad