Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy Swiggy wants to stay out of the Flipkart-Amazon spending war
Episode 762
Swiggy CEO Sriharsha Majety told Bloomberg in an interview last week that his company would stay out of the spending war being waged by Amazon, Flipk…
2 weeks ago
Inside foreign universities’ desperate attempts to woo indifferent Indians
Episode 761
Seventeen foreign universities have set up campuses in India in two years. Most can't fill their seats. And a Rs 1,000 crore scholarship push launche…
2 weeks ago
India spent $33 billion trying to fix BSNL. It forgot the most important part
Episode 760
India has pumped over $33 billion into BSNL since 2019. But the person running the company finds out every three months if they still have the job.Mu…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Why SIPs are not always right
Episode 759
A mutual fund executive told our colleague something shocking: "SIPs are a problem."
Part of the shock came from the fact that it was coming from som…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Microsoft called Copilot "entertainment only." Then killed it on Xbox
Episode 758
In 1998, a Metal Gear Solid villain named Psycho Mantis read your memory card out loud and made your controller vibrate on its own. Players were stun…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
India's "family" problem
Episode 757
From airports to cricket broadcasts, India's family conglomerates keep turning up everywhere. According to the 2024 Barclays-Hurun report, one family…
3 weeks ago
District isn’t even 2% of Eternal’s business. But it’s enough to rattle Bookmyshow
Episode 756
Bookmyshow has spent two decades building India's live events business. It organised Coldplay's India tour, controls 70% of online movie ticketing, a…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Meta 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.…
3 weeks, 3 days 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…
3 weeks, 4 days 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…
3 weeks, 5 days ago