Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCred’s first profitable quarter comes with a trade-off. No, not Kunal Shah
Episode 794
Cred just reported its first profitable quarter. Meta invested 8,500 crore rupees. And Kunal Shah walked out the door.
Eight years of questions about …
3 months ago
Indian broadcasters are pouring money into reality TV. Netflix's collapsing second seasons show why
Episode 793
Netflix built its empire on one idea: watch what you want, when you want, all at once. Now it's losing viewers to YouTube, struggling to bring audien…
3 months, 1 week ago
Adani made his billions from ports. His new bet is far from the shore
Episode 792
In October last year, a ship owned by Adani Ports slowed to less than one knot near Malta. It held that position for over seven days, directly above …
3 months, 1 week ago
Inside India’s 90-day countdown for CBSE schools to embrace AI
Episode 791
In April, India made AI education mandatory across 28,000 CBSE schools, giving them 90 days to comply. Most had already finalised their academic cale…
3 months, 1 week ago
Miss a smartphone EMI, and your lender can now wirelessly strip the ‘smart’ out of it
Episode 790
Naresh drives for Rapido. When his phone died, so did his income — for seven days, until he could borrow enough to replace it.
Until 2024, India's big…
3 months, 1 week ago
For India's e-rickshaws, price decides what's safe and virality decides if anyone cares
Episode 789
Last week, the government ordered Apple and Google to pull at least three battery management system or BMS apps that were being used to switch off e-…
3 months, 1 week ago
WhatsApp wants businesses to have a username. It hasn't said who's protected from fakes
Episode 788
WhatsApp just announced usernames for Indian users. Two days later, the Indian government told it to stop.
The privacy case for usernames is real — ph…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Optimist wants to reinvent the AC. Daikin and LG don’t need to
Episode 787
Your AC is running longer this year and the machines responsible may have been designed for a different climate entirely. Optimist, a two-year-old Gu…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The world's largest advertising agency made $20 billion last year. You've probably never heard of Accenture Song
Episode 786
In May, L'Oréal ended a 16-year agency relationship. The reason? Simply that a competitor was better prepared with better data and AI capabilities.
Th…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Daybreak Friday: UPI blinks, Google faces a $4.7B fine, LIC to shoulder India's oil bill, and more
Episode 785
When a bill arrives, what do you pay it with? That's the question running underneath this week's Daybreak roundup. The government of India is answeri…
3 months, 2 weeks ago