Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMeta fires 8,000 on a record quarter. Unacademy sells for 90% less than its peak
Episode 755
On Wednesday, Meta began firing 8,000 people.This makes up 10% of its global workforce. The cuts started at 4am on 20 May, rolling across time zones.…
5 months ago
Adani’s big plan to own Indian aviation: invest in everything but an airline
Episode 754
Adani Group has spent the last decade building India's largest private airport empire. But owning nine airports turned out to be only the beginning.
F…
5 months ago
Meta x Oakley and an ad starring Virat Kohli say “Athletic Intelligence is here”. Is it?
Episode 753
Virat Kohli's new Meta Oakley ad has 40 million views in two weeks — more than every other athlete in the global campaign, including the one that air…
5 months ago
How one merger left FIFA with no game to play in India
Episode 752
Three weeks before the FIFA World Cup kicks off in the US, India still does not have a broadcaster for the tournament. JioStar offered $20 million. F…
5 months ago
What does Zoho offer as India’s new official email provider: security or Indianness?
Episode 751
The Indian government just moved two million email accounts off NIC's servers onto Zoho's cloud.
The reason the government decided to leave behind a …
5 months ago
Bollywood invented the studio model, then abandoned it. Reliance brought it back — on steroids
Episode 750
Jio Studios is now the largest production house in India by revenue, catalogue, and box-office share. It got there fast. Stree 2, Laapataa Ladies, Dh…
5 months, 1 week ago
AI did what it promised. And that's a problem for Gen Z
Episode 749
Gen Z was supposed to be AI's most enthusiastic adopters. For a while, they were. Then the hiring froze, the jobs disappeared, and the tools got good…
5 months, 1 week ago
The jet fuel crisis is only the most convenient explanation for what’s happening to Air India
Episode 748
Air India’s board met in Mumbai last week to discuss cost cuts, CEO succession, and whether to start charging business class passengers separately fo…
5 months, 1 week ago
Meta to get the world’s longest internet cable to India. It’s 100% exposed
Episode 747
On a Wednesday morning in April, The Ken's Mrunmayee Kulkarni went to Rushikonda beach in Visakhapatnam looking for a manhole. She found it — a concr…
5 months, 1 week ago
Maruti, Tata are caught between conflict, EV delays, and emission rules. They found an unlikely fix
Episode 746
India's carmakers are staring down a deadline.
In less than a year, new emission norms will require them to dramatically cut their carbon output — or…
5 months, 1 week ago