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Flipkart has acquired Liv.ai whose technology is expected them to build voice-enabled shopping in multiple Indian languages. This is a move by Indian e-commerce major Flipkart to augmented its capability to roll out voice-based shopping on its platform. This will also be competing with Amazon’s Alexa. This acquisition is Flipkart’s first after US retail […]

Flipkart acquires Artificial Intelligent (AI) startup Liv.ai

25 Aug, 2018 in Articles tagged #ArtificialIntellegence / Accelerators / AI / amazon / blackberry / blockchain / business model / consulting / contract management / crowdfunding / crowdfundingexpert / digital / digital innovation / digital technologies / digitization / eCommerce / entrepreneur / incubator / lessons / small business / smartphone / Startup / venture by mydigitalstatrup

Roundup of news and ideas from the world of startups – Week ending 19th Aug 2018 News you can use How This Google-Backed Startup Cracked The Code To Hyper Convenience In India – Hyper-convenience startups in India have not witnessed much success – most of them have either folded or […]

Startup news roundup for week ending 19th Aug 2018

19 Aug, 2018 in WeeklyStartupNews tagged #ArtificialIntellegence / Accelerators / AI / amazon / blackberry / blockchain / business model / consulting / contract management / crowdfunding / crowdfundingexpert / digital / digital innovation / digital technologies / digitization / eCommerce / entrepreneur / incubator / lessons / small business / smartphone / Startup / venture by mydigitalstatrup

The Israeli startup, Treato recently filed for liquidation at the Tel Aviv District Court. Launched in 2011, Treato operated a platform designed to gather and analyze user-generated health-related information and offer insights on medical conditions and medication. The startup was aiming to “help patients and caregivers make more informed healthcare […]

Israeli medical intelligence startup Treato shuts down

16 Aug, 2018 in Articles / failedStartup tagged #ArtificialIntellegence / Accelerators / AI / amazon / blackberry / blockchain / business model / consulting / contract management / crowdfunding / crowdfundingexpert / digital / digital innovation / digital technologies / digitization / eCommerce / entrepreneur / incubator / lessons / small business / smartphone / Startup / venture by mydigitalstatrup

Social media giant Facebook has aqui-hired the team behind the startup Vidpresso. Founder of Vidpresso, Randall Bennett confirmed this in a medium blog post Wow. We’re really excited to share we’re joining Facebook effective today. We will continue to help creators, publishers, and broadcasters create great live experiences, and focus […]

Facebook acquires startup Vidpresso to enhance Interactive Live Video

15 Aug, 2018 in Articles / News tagged #ArtificialIntellegence / Accelerators / AI / amazon / blackberry / blockchain / business model / consulting / contract management / crowdfunding / crowdfundingexpert / digital / digital innovation / digital technologies / digitization / eCommerce / entrepreneur / incubator / lessons / small business / smartphone / Startup / venture by mydigitalstatrup

Roundup of news and ideas from the world of startups – Week ending 12th Aug 2018 News you can use How to Break Into the Minnesota Startup Scene (By People Who’ve Done It) – The strength and longevity of any community is dependent on its people; how it attracts new […]

Startup news roundup for week ending 12th Aug 2018

12 Aug, 2018 in WeeklyStartupNews tagged #ArtificialIntellegence / Accelerators / AI / amazon / blackberry / blockchain / business model / consulting / contract management / crowdfunding / crowdfundingexpert / digital / digital innovation / digital technologies / digitization / eCommerce / entrepreneur / incubator / lessons / small business / smartphone / Startup / venture by mydigitalstatrup

Roundup of news and ideas from the world of startups – Week ending 29thJuly 2018 News you can use Cashing in: Is Southeast Asia ready to go cashless? – Southeast Asia Globe probes how financial technology and the regional startup scene could change the way the Kingdom pays for stuff. […]

Startup news roundup for week ending 5th Aug 2018

5 Aug, 2018 in WeeklyStartupNews tagged #ArtificialIntellegence / Accelerators / AI / amazon / blackberry / blockchain / business model / consulting / contract management / crowdfunding / crowdfundingexpert / digital / digital innovation / digital technologies / digitization / eCommerce / entrepreneur / incubator / lessons / small business / smartphone / Startup / venture by mydigitalstatrup

Troy, Michigan based startup Apprenda is shutting operations an investor says. Venture capital firm Safeguard Scientifics has invested $22.1 million in Apprenda since 2013. It held a 29 percent ownership stake in the startup according to corporate controller Dave Kille. During a recent call, Kille was quoted saying “Apprenda recently […]

Cloud startup Apprenda is shutting down

4 Aug, 2018 in failedStartup tagged #ArtificialIntellegence / Accelerators / AI / amazon / blackberry / blockchain / business model / consulting / contract management / crowdfunding / crowdfundingexpert / digital / digital innovation / digital technologies / digitization / eCommerce / entrepreneur / incubator / lessons / small business / smartphone / Startup / venture by mydigitalstatrup

Here are some of the prominent startups that announced shutdown in July 2018 Mental health startup, Lantern is shutting down its operations – A San Francisco based startup Lantern is folding its commercial operations on August 1 after a few acquisition deals fell through. Lantern’s app allowed users to complete […]

RIP: Startup shutdown in July 2018

31 Jul, 2018 in failedStartup tagged #ArtificialIntellegence / Accelerators / AI / amazon / blackberry / blockchain / business model / consulting / contract management / crowdfunding / crowdfundingexpert / digital / digital innovation / digital technologies / digitization / eCommerce / entrepreneur / incubator / lessons / small business / smartphone / Startup / venture by mydigitalstatrup

This week, founders of the VC-funded cookie startup Doughbies posted a Youtube viedo announcing they were shutting down. “Team Doughbies is moving on. Click here to learn more!” The on-demand cookie delivery startup closed down operations after they failed to generate sufficient returns for investors. Interestingly, the brand was profitable […]