IT firms demand AI chatbot🤖, Amazon 🤝🏻 ONDC, Glance crosses 30 Mn users📱
Indian IT, BPM firms see high demand for AI chatbot, Amazon to board ONDC, Glance surpasses 30 mn MAU, Funding Deals, Fact and more.
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Indian IT, BPM firms see high demand for AI chatbot pilots🤖
Companies across IT services and BPM solutions are receiving more and more requests for pilot projects to analyse how generative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions like ChatGPT can be used for enterprise applications.
Executives said that India, with its huge workforce, can create a differentiated offering in this space.
Companies like Tech Mahindra, Genpact and Fractal Analytics see high interest in the usage of generative AI for content generation in areas of customer support.
Amazon to board ONDC with logistics, SmartCommerce offerings🚚
Amazon said it will integrate its logistics network (from pickup to delivery) and SmartCommerce services with the government-backed Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).
Amazon said the move aims to provide greater technical support to the seller community and further empower small businesses.
The company also plans to digitise one crore small businesses by 2025 and deliver across 100% of serviceable pin codes.
The government-backed network is currently operational in a beta-testing mode in 15 cities across India. ONDC is targetting 5,000 transactions a day by the end of March from the current 200.
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Glance surpasses 30 million users in Indonesia; to launch Roposo📱
Glance, a Google and Reliance Jio backed Indian social media firm, is planning to expand its services in Indonesia, and launch its live platform Roposo in the upcoming quarter, Piyush Shah, co-founder of InMobi Group and president and COO of Glance, told. Roposo will add creator-driven live content on lock screens, he said.
Glance also plans to offer more gaming and live game streaming, through its gaming platform Nostra.
Nostra aims to expand its games library from 400 games to 1,000 this year through partnerships with gaming studios and developers worldwide.
Glance crossed 30 million monthly active users (MAU) in Indonesia and over the next one year, the MAU is expected to cross 50 million in the next four to six quarters in Indonesia.
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