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| 14.03.2025 | The Race for AI Supremacy: Pliops and Manus at the Forefront | The world of artificial intelligence is a fast-paced arena, where innovation and competition collide. Recently, two players have emerged, each with a unique approach to enhancing AI capabilities. Pliops, a storage and accelerator solutions ... |
| 10.03.2025 | Manus: у DeepSeek появился конкурент, но эксперты считают его успех необоснованным | Глава отдела продуктов компании Hugging Face назвал Manus самым впечатляющим инструментом ИИ, который он когда-либо пробовал, а исследователь ИИ Дин Болл — самым сложным компьютером, использующим ИИ. Официальный сервер Discord всего за неск... |
| 22.07.2021 | MyJouleBox, a leading West African solar operator, secures EUR 3m Series A round to boost growth in core markets | EDFI ElectriFI invested a total of EUR 1.5m split (under the Benin Country Window funded by the European Union) for EUR 500,000 into equity alongside Gaia Impact Fund and for EUR 1m into convertible notes together with Triodos Investment Ma... |
| 13.07.2021 | Kredent InfoEdge Private Ltd, Operator of India’s StockEdge and Elearmarkets, Secures $1.34M+ from Kotak Securities, Others | Kredent InfoEdge Private Limited (KIPL), an entity that operates the Indian brands StockEdge and Elearnmarkets, has acquired growth capital of INR 10 Crore (appr. $1.35 million) from Kotak Securities Ltd in order to expand their existing pr... |
| 13.07.2021 | Micromobility operator Veo raises $16M to fund US expansion | Shared micromobility operator Veo has raised $16 million in new funding as the company ramps up its expansion plans in the United States. The Series A funding round, which follows permit awards in Santa Monica, San Diego and New York, will ... |
| 08.07.2021 | CMC Capital leads $124m Series E round for Chinese restaurant chain operator Hefu-Noodle | Chinese noodle restaurant chain operator Hefu-Noodle has secured nearly 800 million yuan (about $123.5 million) in a Series E round of financing led by CMC Capital Partners, a private equity (PE) firm founded by Chinese media mogul Li Ruiga... |
| 23.06.2021 | South Korea mobile financial app Toss operator valued at US$7.4 billion in latest funding | SEOUL: The South Korean operator of mobile financial app Toss raised US$410 million in fresh funding, which values the company at US$7.4 billion, operator Viva Republica said on Wednesday.
With new funding, Toss is looking to expand its Sou... |
| 23.06.2021 | S Korea mobile financial app Toss operator valued at US$7.4 billion in latest funding | SEOUL: The South Korean operator of mobile financial app Toss raised US$410 million in fresh funding, which values the company at US$7.4 billion, operator Viva Republica said on Wednesday.
With new funding, Toss is looking to expand its Sou... |
| 23.06.2021 | NAVER : S.Korea mobile financial app Toss operator valued at $7.4 bln in latest funding | SEOUL, June 23 (Reuters) - The South Korean operator of mobile financial app Toss raised $410 million in fresh funding, which values the company at $7.4 billion, operator Viva Republica said on Wednesday.
With new funding, Toss is looking t... |
| 23.06.2021 | NAVER : South Korea mobile financial app Toss operator valued at $7.4 billion in latest funding | With new funding, Toss is looking to expand its Southeast Asian presence beyond Vietnam. It plans to enter another country in the second half of this year and several more starting next year, CEO SG Lee told Reuters.
The $7.4 billion valuat... |
| 22.06.2021 | S.Korea mobile financial app Toss operator valued at $7.4 billion in latest funding | By Joyce Lee
SEOUL (Reuters) - The South Korean operator of mobile financial app Toss raised $410 million in fresh funding, which values the company at $7.4 billion, operator Viva Republica said on Wednesday.
With new funding, Toss is looki... |
| 22.06.2021 | S.Korea mobile financial app Toss operator valued at $7.4 billion in latest funding | By Joyce Lee
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SEOUL (Reuters) - The South Korean operator of mobile financial app Toss raised $410 million in fresh funding, which values the company at $7.4 billion, operator Viva Republica said on Wednesday.
With new funding, To... |
| 13.05.2021 | Crypto exchange operator Huobi launches $100 million venture unit for bolt-on deals and NFTs | The recent surge in prices for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has fuelled a global rush of fundraising by companies in the sector, with both traditional venture capital firms and cryptocurrency incumbents competing to snap up the best c... |
| 29.04.2021 | Canadian tour operator Transat secures C$700 million in government funding | (Reuters) -Struggling Canadian tour operator Transat AT said on Thursday it would borrow up to C$700 million ($569.71 million) from the Canadian government and use a portion of the funds to reimburse customers whose travel plans had to be c... |
| 09.04.2021 | Sales commission platform operator secures $46M | CaptivateIQ, the developer of a platform that helps companies automate sales commission tracking, has raised a $46 million Series B from Accel and existing investors Sequoia, Y Combinator, Amity and S28. Last year, CaptivateIQ was valued at... |
| 17.03.2021 | Temasek leads $50m funding in Chinese container truck fleet operator Duckbill | Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Limited has led a $50 million new funding in the Shanghai-based container truck fleet operator Duckbill Inc, according to a company statement on Tuesday.
The fresh funding, which the company claims ... |
| 17.03.2021 | Healthcare network operator raises $150M | Unite Us, the developer of a platform intended to connect health and social service providers, has picked up $150 million. Iconiq Capital led the company's Series C, with other investors like Salesforce Ventures, Laurene Powell Jobs' Emerso... |
| 05.11.2020 | Singapore crypto wallet operator Math Global secures $7.8m in Series A+ | Singapore-based Math Global Foundation, operator of the multi-platform universal crypto wallet MathWallet, has raised $7.8 million in a Series A+ funding round led by Hong Kong’s cryptocurrency trading firm Alameda Research.
Blockchain inve... |
| 30.09.2020 | Chinese data center operator Chindata raises $540 million in U.S. IPO | By Reuters Staff
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(Reuters) - Chinese data center operator Chindata Group Holdings Ltd on Wednesday raised $540 million in its U.S. initial public offering after it shares were priced at the top end of the targeted range.
The firm... |
| 29.09.2020 | Tencent leads over $100m funding in pet clinic operator New Ruipeng | Premium
New Ruipeng Pet Healthcare Group Co., Ltd, a specialist providing medical care services for pets, said on Tuesday that it has pocketed “hundreds of millions of US dollars” in a funding round led by Chinese tech giant Tencent.
Contin... |
| 22.09.2020 | JD.com-backed recycling operator Wanwu Xinsheng nets over $100m | Premium
Wanwu Xinsheng Group, formerly known as Aihuishou, has garnered more than $100 million in its Series E+ round of funding co-led by long-term backer JD.com and new investor Guotai Junan International, according to a company statement... |
| 15.06.2020 | Daiwa PI Partners invests $8m in Vietnamese cinema operator Beta Media | Premium
Japanese private equity firm Daiwa PI Partners has injected $8 million into Vietnamese cinema chain Beta Media in a deal that values the firm at 1 trillion dong ($43 million), per a company statement.
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| 26.05.2020 | Chinese smart convenience store operator Bianlifeng raises $100m in fresh round | Premium
Chinese cashier-free convenience store operator Bianlifeng has secured at least $100 million in a new funding round that brought the total capital raised by the startup to about $1.5 billion, according to a source with direct knowle... |
| 21.05.2020 | Apollo Global invests US$1.75 billion in US supermarket operator Albertsons | REUTERS: Buyout firm Apollo Global Management said on Wednesday it has invested US$1.75 billion in Albertsons Companies Inc, a sign of confidence in the debt-laden U.S. supermarket operator whose fortunes have picked up in the coronavirus o... |
| 02.10.2019 | Hopu set to invest $119m in Chinese airport operator Regal Group | Premium
Chinese private equity firm Hopu Investments is set to invest HK$933 million ($118.97 million) in Regal International Airport Group, the operator of Haikou Meilan International Airport in southern China’s island province of Hainan.
... |
| 10.06.2019 | CMC Capital leads $14m in Series B round of Chinese activity centre operator Neobio | Premium
Chinese investment firm CMC Capital has invested Rmb100 million ($14.47 million) in the Series B funding round of Neobio Family Park, a Hangzhou-based operator of parent-child activity centers in China, the firm said in an announcem... |
| 10.05.2019 | Japan’s Global Brain co-invests $20m in crowdfunding platform operator Campfire | Premium
Japanese venture capital firm Global Brain has invested in Tokyo-based crowdfunding platform operator Campfire through its GB-VII Growth Fund Investment Limited Partnership (GB-VII), according to the fund’s announcement.
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| 13.02.2019 | SoftBank Ventures backs $4.4m round for South Korean book club operator Trevari | Premium
South Korean online book club platform operator Trevari has secured a total investment of 5 billion won ($4.44 million) from SoftBank Ventures Asia and Fast Investment, according to a report by The Investor.
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| 01.11.2018 | Cannabis Operator 4Front Raises $31m on Mission to Professionalize the Industry | 4Front Holdings, a cannabis investor-turned-multi-state operator engaging in the cultivation, distribution, and retail of cannabis, has closed a $31m venture round. This brings its total funding to over $50 million. An undisclosed family of... |
| 31.08.2018 | VinaCapital to invest $25m in hospital operator Tam Tri Medical | Premium
VinaCapital’s flagship fund VOF has announced that it will invest $25 million in private hospital operator Tam Tri Medical Joint Stock Company.
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| 06.04.2018 | Singapore: Temasek unit to invest up to $38m in offshore ship operator Ezion | Premium
Singapore’s loss-making Ezion Holdings Ltd, which operates ships used in the oil and gas industry, said it will raise up to S$50 million ($38 million) by issuing new shares and granting options to a subsidiary of state investor Tema... |
| 09.01.2018 | APG invests $175 m more in mall operator VRSA | Virtuous Retail South Asia (VRSA), which operates malls in Surat and Bengaluru, said in a statement it has raised $175 million (roughly ₹1,150 crore) of additional private equity funding from APG Asset Management, one of the founding shareh... |
| 22.12.2017 | China’s co-working space operator UrWork raises $45m, now valued at $1.3b | Premium
China’s largest co-working space operator UrWork has raised RMB300 million ($45 million) in a Series C funding round led by Qianhai Wutong Mergers and Acquisition Funds, an M&A fund backed by regional equity exchange Qianhai Equ... |
| 19.09.2017 | Tour Operator Context Nets $5 Million in Funding for Its Task of Scaling | Context is a scholarly tour business betting that digital marketing will let it replicate its model profitably worldwide. Other experiential tour businesses will watch with a skeptical (but hopeful) eye.
— Sean O'Neill |
| 05.09.2017 | Shubh Loans operator Datasigns Technologies raises $1.5 Mn | Datasigns Technologies, which operates lending platform Shubh Loans, has raised $1.5 million funding in its pre-Series A round from SRI Capital, BeeNext and Pravega Ventures.
The Bengaluru-based company plans to use funds to build its techn... |
| 29.08.2017 | Top startups shaping the future of chatbots | Many startups are creating bots to be our personal assistants
When most people think of chatbots, they likely think of the major platforms and big companies making waves in the space, such as Facebook Messenger, Slack, Line, Amazon and Goog... |
| 10.08.2017 | Single-family rental operator Promise Homes launches with $130 million in funding | John Hope Bryant, the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Operation HOPE, a non-profit global provider of financial dignity education and economic empowerment programs, is launching a new venture directed at providing affordab... |
| 07.08.2017 | China: Co-working space operator UrWork raises $179m in pre-Series C funding | Premium
Beijing-based co-working space operator UrWork on Monday announced that it had completed a $179 million (RMB1.2 billion) pre-Series C financing round from a group of Chinese investors to fuel expansion in China and beyond, as per a ... |
| 03.07.2017 | Mobile phone operator Play seeks $1.4 billion in Warsaw IPO | By Reuters Staff
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WARSAW (Reuters) - Play Communications, the owner of Poland’s second biggest mobile network operator Play, plans to raise up to 5.2 billion zlotys ($1.40 billion) in an initial public offering (IPO) in Warsaw, it... |
| 26.05.2017 | Judah vs. the Machines: For when you can’t bring yourself to go shopping | You’d be forgiven if you can’t be bothered to drag yourself to the store to shop for shoes and clothes and things for your bedroom. The internet is there for you, after all. But if you don’t know what you want? Well, I guess there is an app... |
| 19.02.2017 | Want to Be More Productive? Start By Scrapping Your To-Do List. | If you only had one hour per day to work, what would you do?
That is the question that Ari Meisel faced after being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, a chronic condition that affects the digestive tract and causes severe pain and fatigue. Bec... |
| 05.12.2016 | Singapore’s GIC to invest $260m in Indonesian cinema operator NSR | Premium
PT Nusantara Sejahtera Raya (NSR), which operates the Cinema 21, Cinema XXI and The Premiere brands in Indonesia, has entered into a strategic partnership with GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, to further anchor the leadership... |
| 26.09.2016 | US mobile shopping platform Operator gets $15m in GGV Capital-led round for China push | Premium
Operator, a US-based company that allows users to shop with messages, has raised $15 million in Series B funding led by GGV Capital, to fuel global expansion, starting with China.
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| 22.09.2016 | Shopping bot Operator raises $15 million for expansion in China | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Conversational commerce startup Operator announced the close of a $15 million Series B round today. The money will be used to improve O... |
| 22.09.2016 | Shopping bot Operator raises $15 million for expansion in China | Conversational commerce startup Operator announced the close of a $15 million Series B round today. The money will be used to improve Operator‘s offering and fund the company’s expansion in China.
Created in 2011, Operator has raised $25 mi... |
| 22.09.2016 | Operator Raises $15M in Series B Funding | Operator, a San Francisco, CA-based conversational commerce company, raised $15m in Series B funding.
The company intends to use the funds for global expansion – starting with China.
The round was led by new investor GGV Capital, with parti... |
| 22.09.2016 | Operator harnesses chatbots, humans, and $15M to sell US goods to China | With a little personal shopping assistance, Operator thinks Chinese citizens will pounce on American products sold through its conversational shopping app. The promise of becoming the guided commerce layer connecting China with the US has e... |
| 13.09.2016 | Reid Hoffman and Josh Elman on where Greylock is (still) shopping | At Disrupt SF in San Francisco this morning, in front of a packed audience, Greylock investors Reid Hoffman and Josh Elman talked about some of the trends that they’re tracking in the startup universe. Among them: the opportunity to create ... |
| 29.08.2016 | China: Douban launches film production venture,Alibaba invests $15.2m in cinema operator | Premium
Douban is leveraging off its inventory of original content with a film production unit while Alibaba has invested $15.2 million in cinema operator Hangzhou Xingji.
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| 16.08.2016 | Operator fuses bots with humans to build cyborg shopping experts | Big purchases are scary to make online without anyone there to quell your fears and answer questions. Operator’s app wants to give you the same peace of mind, not with mechanical chat bot responses, but through real humans with knowledge ab... |
| 21.07.2016 | Contact Centre Operator Direct Response Secures $4.5M in Debt Financing | Direct Response, a London, UK-based large contact centre operator, has secured $4.5m in debt financing.
BOOST&Co provided the acquisition facility.
The company will use the proceeds to continue to expand its business throughout the sout... |
| 28.06.2016 | Chris Messina, the inventor of the hashtag, just launched his own chatbot | Chris Messina, developer experience lead at Uber and inventor of the hashtag, said back in January that 2016 is “the year of conversational commerce.” Today, he’s launching his own personal assistant chatbot, called MessinaBot.
MessinaBot r... |
| 28.06.2016 | Chris Messina, the inventor of the hashtag, just launched his own chatbot | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Chris Messina, developer experience lead at Uber ... |
| 27.06.2016 | 5 reasons mobile apps still rule: The Conversational Economy, Part 2 | (This is Part 2 in a series on the Conversational Economy. Read Part 1 here.)
If these powerful forces and players are fueling the rapid rise of the Conversational Economy, why aren’t we there yet?
1. Fragmentation stunts developer ecosyste... |
| 27.06.2016 | 5 reasons mobile apps still rule: The Conversational Economy, Part 2 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
(This is Part 2 in a series on the Conversational Economy. Read Part 1 here.)
If these powerful forces and players are fueling the rapi... |
| 16.06.2016 | The state of bots: 11 examples of conversational commerce in 2016 | Two trends — the exploding popularity of mobile messaging apps and advances in artificial intelligence — are coinciding to enable a new generation of tools that enable brands to communicate with customers in powerful new ways at reduced cos... |
| 11.05.2016 | Beyond Siri: The AI revolution coming from the web | Eric Poindessault Contributor
Eric Poindessault is founder and CEO at Biggerpan.
From HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey to Samantha in Spike Jonze’s Her, for decades we have been obsessed with the idea that artificial intelligence powered-comput... |
| 04.05.2016 | How consolidations will play out in the transportation, food and entertainment industries | Arthur O'Keefe Contributor
Arthur O'Keefe is the CFO at Movile.
Out of the ashes of its predecessor the phoenix is born. People forget that the Hype Cycle exists because rational people with good vision see opportunity. Often the vision is ... |
| 08.02.2016 | And The Winners Of The 9th Annual Crunchies Are… | Silicon Valley is getting dressed up tonight to celebrate startups, their founders and CEOs, VCs and angels, and the products they make during our 9th Annual Crunchies awards show at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House. Tonight’s sho... |
| 07.01.2016 | PE firm Olympus Capital invests $30m in Asian microfinance operator CreditAccess | Premium
Asian microfinance operator CreditAccess Asia has raised $30 million in funding from Hong Kong-based private equity firm Olympus Capital Asia, according to a statement.
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| 02.01.2016 | The 9th Annual Crunchies Finalists announced | The 9th Annual Crunchies Awards Show is round the corner. Let’s meet the finalists.
The 9th edition of the Annual Crunchies Awards also referred to as The Oscars of Startups and Technology, is quickly approaching. On Tuesday, February 8, 2... |
| 28.12.2015 | Announcing The 9th Annual Crunchies Finalists | After a multitude of worthy nominations, TechCrunch is proud to announce the 9th Annual Crunchies Awards finalists. Take a peek below at the full list of finalists for each award category.
There are 12 categories that recognize a variety of... |
| 28.12.2015 | 15 interesting startups to watch in 2016 | As we usher in another year, we brace for the next wave of innovation, disruption, consolidation, and dissolution. What will be the next big thing that everyone talks about? I’ve been asking around and looking at companies, trends, and what... |
| 28.12.2015 | 15 interesting startups to watch in 2016 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
As we usher in another year, we brace for the next wave of innovation, disruption, consolidation, and dissolution. What will be the nex... |
| 16.12.2015 | Operator! Operator! The UberRush Logistics Layer Has Arrived | The real goldmine for Uber is in becoming the transportation backend for tons of other services, not just its own apps. Now this logistics layer strategy is coming to fruition through a partnership with Operator, the chat-based shopping ass... |
| 11.12.2015 | Mezi Is An Intelligent Virtual Assistant That’s Obsessed With Shopping | There is an increasingly large roster of personal assistant apps that use artificial intelligence in an attempt to make users’ lives easier. Mezi is the newest contender and while it has plenty of competition, the service wants to set itsel... |
| 11.11.2015 | No UI Is The New UI | Tony Aube Contributor
Tony Aube is the lead designer at Osmo.
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| 16.08.2015 | The Burgeoning Invisible App Market | Omar Bohsali Contributor
Omar Bohsali an engineer/designer building Sudo and who is very curious about the invisible app market.
Today’s “invisible app” market could be classified as a passing trend, but it might also be the beginning of a ... |
| 13.07.2015 | Restaurant chain operator Azure Hospitality raises $10M from Goldman Sachs | Delhi-based Azure Hospitality Pvt Ltd, which runs a pan-Asian casual dining chain under the Mamagoto brand, has secured $10 million (about Rs 64 crore) from global financial services giant Goldman Sachs to fuel its growth plans, according t... |
| 23.04.2015 | Uber Co-Founder Launches Operator, Your Online Personal Shopper | Fergal Gallagher, Tech Times 23 April 2015, 01:04 pm
Online shopping is supposed to be convenient and quick. However, often the sheer volume of products available means that shoppers spend hours browsing multiple sites and reading reviews b... |
| 22.04.2015 | First Look At Uber’s Co-Founder’s Shopping Concierge “Operator” | Operator wants to “unlock the 90% of commerce that’s not on the Internet”, CEO Robin Chan tells me. After two years in stealth, Chan was finally willing to give TechCrunch a peek at his startup, which he sees as the convergence of the bigge... |
| 15.04.2015 | Templeton leads $15m Series C for Vietnam restaurant operator | Premium
Two Hong Kong-based private equity investment firms, led by Templeton Emerging Markets Group, have joined the $15 million series C funding round for Vietnam’s major restaurant chain operator Huy Vietnam Group Limited, according to a... |
| 07.04.2015 | Uber Co-Founder’s Startup ‘Operator’ Will Get You What You Want | Send an instant message asking for something, and they’ll do the grunt work of placing your order and getting it delivered to you. That’s the idea for Uber co-founder Garrett Camp‘s new startup Operator that’s still in stealth, according to... |
| 09.03.2015 | IvyCap-backed dental labs operator & products co Leixir eyes $10M in Series B round | Gurgaon- and US-based Leixir Resources, which manages a small dental labs network in North America where it makes products for dentists, is look to raise its second round of funding to enter the ... TO READ THE FULL STORY
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| 06.01.2015 | Jobs site operator Glassdoor raises $70 million from Google, others | By Reuters Staff
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(Reuters) - Glassdoor Inc, the operator of jobs website Glassdoor.com, said it raised $70 million from Google Capital and existing investors Tiger Global, Battery Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures.
Glassdoor, who... |
| 25.09.2014 | QSR chain operator & processed food maker Nilgai raises funding, eyes $10M more | Nilgai Foods, which operates quick service restaurant (QSR) chain PICO and sells condiments and gourmet processed foods products, has raised its first round of equity investment from an unnamed high net-worth investor (HNI).
The investor ha... |
| 18.12.2012 | Apartment Operator Gets $56M in Refinancing | Apartment investor and operator Universe Holdings Development Co. has obtained refinancing totaling more than $56 million on nine Southern California multifamily properties, including two in La Mesa.
The company obtained 10-year, fixed-rate... |
| 13.07.2010 | Resavacs, Operator of anyresa.com, Raises €2.2M in Second Round of Funding | Resavacs, a Boulogne Billancourt, France-based operator of the holiday accomodation web site anyresa.com, has raised €2.2m in its second funding round.
The investment was led by BNP PARIBAS Private Equity.
The financing, which follows a fir... |
| - | DC BLOX, Leading Data Center Operator, Secures $187 Million | DC BLOX, a leading provider of interconnected multi-tenant data centers that deliver the infrastructure and connectivity essential to power today’s digital business, today announced that it has secured $187 million in long-term financing le... |
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| - | Meet your new digital butler | Ali Ahmed’s newly launched on-demand shopping and delivery app Dispatch is riding the wave of a trend that should continue to pick up steam in 2016.
Call it the rise of the digital butler, in the form of smartphone apps and assistive servic... |
