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  • In Bengaluru, Swiggy is Testing a 10-minute Medicine Delivery Service

    In an effort to broaden its selection and provide 10-minute medication delivery, Swiggy, an IPO-bound food and grocery delivery service, has teamed up with PharmEasy. The Bengaluru-based company doesn’t need any more governmental approvals for this venture because it is collaborating with the e-pharmacy company.

    Indeed, Swiggy was already using Instamart, the company’s rapid commerce division, to distribute basic over-the-counter (OTC) medications, including pain reliever sprays and other items. Swiggy will expand into the e-pharmacy market with this new cooperation in order to reach a wider audience.

    Testing its Pilot Project in Bengaluru

    In Bengaluru, where it is first testing this service, Swiggy will transport medications such as painkillers, fever medications, and medications that need a valid prescription. According to a media report, a doctor can create the prescription during a consultation on Pharmeasy, or the patient can upload it.

    In an effort to increase average order values (AOVs) and boost profitability, fast commerce companies are now venturing into new markets.

    How Swiggy Plans to Operate its Medical Delivery Services?

    Through its Instamart service, Swiggy might be able to deliver prescription medications to customers’ doorsteps in ten minutes due to this collaboration. According to reports, Pharmeasy has also opened locations within Swiggy’s dark stores as part of the campaign. Swiggy will begin providing medications that need a legitimate prescription, such as painkillers and fever medications.

    Instamart’s dark stores use a novel “shop-in-shop” architecture that enables Swiggy to deliver prescribed medications—a first for quick commerce. Despite growing revenue, Swiggy is taking this action in an effort to boost average order values and to reduce its growing losses.

    Swiggy’s Financial Report

    According to the company’s latest draft red herring prospectus (DRHP), food tech giant Swiggy’s losses increased by 8% to INR 611 crore in Q1 FY25 from INR 564 crore in the same period last year due to growing expenses. The company’s expenditures for the three months were INR 3,908 crore, a 27% increase over the INR 3,073 crore spent in the previous fiscal year.

    During the April-June period of the current fiscal year, Swiggy’s operational revenue was INR 3,222.2 crore, a 35 percent increase over the INR 2,389.8 crore for the same period the year before. In contrast, Zomato, its publicly traded competitor, made INR 253 crore in Q1 FY25 after generating INR 4,206 crore in revenue (a 74% increase year over year).

    Overall, Swiggy’s sales increased 36% from INR 8,265 crore to INR 11,247 crore in FY24. Thanks to better cost control, their losses during this time decreased by 44% to INR 2,350 crore from INR 4,179 crore.

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  • Swiggy Targets $11.3 Billion Value Goal for IPO to Boost Retail Participation; Issue Opens Nov 6

    Various media reports cited that food delivery giant Swiggy intends to list at a valuation of $11.3 billion for its forthcoming IPO. Listing at a higher valuation of $15 billion or more was the previous goal. However, Swiggy has cut its IPO valuation target in order to increase the participation of individual investors and because of the current volatility in the Indian stock market.

    The most recent private market valuation was $10.3 billion at the time Invesco invested. After November 6, 2024, the Swiggy IPO issue is scheduled to open for subscriptions. The book is anticipated to be anchored by about 30 foreign investors. However, the company has not yet released any official statement on these published media reports.

    Swiggy’s Listed Competitors in the Midst of Volatile Markets

    Zomato and Swiggy are rivals in India’s online restaurant and cafe meal delivery market. Both have placed significant wagers on the recent “quick commerce boom,” which promises 10-minute delivery of groceries and other goods.

    Due to high valuations, ongoing withdrawals of foreign funds, and geopolitical issues, the Indian stock market is currently experiencing a downturn. A widespread selloff occurred when the local equity indexes, the Nifty 50 and Sensex, recorded their longest weekly losing streak in 14 months. Just a few days before Diwali and the start of Samvat 2081, indexes plunged into a bear market due to the atmosphere being further dampened by lacklustre corporate earnings.

    The stock price of Zomato saw a significant correction in the present market conditions. Zomato’s stock price was INR 265.70 on the BSE on October 21. The new-age internet stock fell more than 5% over the week, plunging to INR 253.85 on the BSE in five consecutive trading sessions. 

    At INR 2,24,310.54 crore, Zomato’s market capitalisation is higher than Swiggy’s anticipated $11.3 valuation. With additional revenue sources from its B2B hyperpure business and Blinkit, Zomato’s food delivery service accounts for 46.17 percent of its total revenue. Its service portfolio has been further expanded with the recent acquisition of Paytm’s ticketing division.

    The Specifics of Swiggy’s IPO

    Supported by Prosus and SoftBank, Swiggy is anticipated to go public on the stock exchanges in November 2024. Beginning on October 30, the massive online meal delivery company intends to do roadshows for its stock offering in numerous Indian cities. According to the revised draft red herring prospectus-I (UDRHP-I), the proposed IPO entails the sale of 18.52 crore equity shares held by current shareholders through an offer-for-sale (OFS) and the issue of new equity shares valued at INR 3,750 crore.

    Swiggy is contemplating a pre-IPO round to raise money, and if it is successful, the new issuance’s size will be modified appropriately. There are sections of the IPO dedicated to mutual funds, anchor investors, and qualified institutional buyers (QIBs). With a third of the allocation reserved for bids applying for between INR 2 and INR 10 lakh and the remaining portion for those applying for more than INR 10 lakh, non-institutional buyers will also have options.

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  • Slice and North East Small Finance Bank have Completed Their Merger

    With all necessary shareholder and regulatory permissions, the fintech firm Slice, based in Bengaluru, has successfully merged with North East Small Finance Bank (NESFB) as of October 27. Slice stated in a letter released on 28th October 2024 that the merger will combine the two companies’ activities, assets, and brand identities into a single banking organisation.

    In addition to growing operations, strengthening risk management frameworks, and increasing customer experience, the business said in a statement that the combination will contribute to the development of a technology-driven bank.

    Merger Aims at Expanding Footprints in the North East Region

    The newly formed organisation will concentrate on regional economic development and expand its footprint in the country’s northeast region.

    To make this merger a reality, the teams at Slice and NESFB have been working nonstop for more than a year. The chief executive officer of Slice, Rajan Bajaj, expressed gratitude to the regulatory bodies, particularly the RBI and the Government of Assam, for entrusting the company with this revolutionary journey. He noted that the merger is particularly dedicated to fortifying its ties in the Northeast and working to increase the number of persons enrolled in the official banking system.

    In October 2023, Slice was given the go-ahead by the Reserve Bank of India to combine with the struggling NESFB. The Competition Commission of India and the National Company Law Tribunal also gave their consent later.

    How Merger Will Help Both the Entities?

    Slice noted that the merger will make it possible for the amalgamated business to make use of cutting-edge technology and profound community awareness, which will ultimately lead to increased financial inclusion across the country. Customers may anticipate an increased selection of products, improved omnichannel offers, and a banking experience that is more streamlined.

    The scheme of arrangement and amalgamation that involves Garagepreneurs Internet Private Limited, Quadrillion Finance Private Limited, Intergalactory Foundry Private Limited, RGVN (North East) Microfinance Limited, and North East Small Finance Bank Limited has been approved by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).

    Slice’s Financial Report Card

    The most recent valuation of Slice was above $1.5 billion, which occurred at the Series C round in November 2021. To date, Slice has raised a total of $340 million. According to the data intelligence platform TheKredible, Rajan Bajaj, who held the position of CEO and co-founder of the company, owned 8.21% of the ownership.

    While Slice’s losses increased by 59.8% to a total of INR 406 crore, the company’s revenue increased by a factor of three, reaching INR 843 crore in the fiscal year 2023. The Bengaluru-based company was able to scale during the fiscal year 23, despite the disruption it experienced as a result of the Reserve Bank of India’s change in rules for card issuers. It has not yet submitted its annual financial reports for the fiscal year 2024.

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  • Tata will use “Neu Flash” to Access the Rapidly Expanding Quick Commerce Market

    As consumer demand in the metro areas continues to grow, Tata is the most recent e-commerce giant to jump on the ultra-fast delivery bandwagon, following Flipkart and Reliance Industries (RIL). According to recent reports, the Tata group’s e-commerce business Neu is about to launch ‘Neu Flash’, a rapid commerce platform, to a limited number of users to offer groceries, electronics, and clothing. In the upcoming weeks, Neu Flash will progressively reach more users.

    BigBasket, which is transitioning to a fully-quick commerce model, will power Neu Flash for groceries, while Croma will offer phones and gadgets and Tata Cliq will handle fashion and lifestyle items, beginning with specific stock keeping units (SKUs).

    The Mumbai-based steel-to-salt conglomerate has just placed its latest bet to attract internet buyers. Blinkit, which is owned by Zomato, Swiggy, Instamart, and Zepto are the top three companies with more than 85% of the market share. Flipkart has a service called Minutes, and Reliance JioMart is testing the service once more after deciding to discontinue its JioMart Express 90-minute delivery service.

    Recent Growth of Quick Commerce Sector in India

    E-commerce and other retail formats are being disrupted by quick commerce, which, according to a new Bernstein research report (an international research firm), is expanding more quickly than contemporary retail chains like Reliance Retail, Dmart, and Spencer Retail. This is one of the reasons why consumer platforms are responding to the shift by preparing to deliver a variety of goods outside of groceries in 10-15 minutes.

    It is anticipated that Cliq will be implemented on both Neu Flash and BigBasket. Additionally, strategic brand alliances are being established. Tata Neu has been urged to exercise caution when spending large sums of money on consumer incentives, so it will be fascinating to see how it handles the fast commerce sector. The market leaders are also well-funded and making every effort to gain market share. After acquiring $1 billion in just two months, Zepto is now soliciting up to $150 million from local investors, posing a threat to market leader Blinkit, which has a 40% market share, according to multiple brokerages.

    Neu Flash has not yet fully launched Tata-owned epharmacy 1mg, which delivers medicines within a few hours in certain areas, including Delhi NCR. Nonetheless, the platform also offers 10-minute delivery for several common headache medications and goods like protein whey. According to reports, Tata may also use the network of retail locations already in place for Croma to facilitate some of these deliveries. The outlets are already used for same-day and next-day delivery.

    How Players are Planning for their Current and Future Business Operations?

    BB Now is operated by BigBasket, which charges a tier-based delivery fee for different order sizes. Blinkit is providing free delivery at INR 199, while Swiggy has lowered it to INR 99 due to increased cash inflow into the industry. These price adjustments are a response to Zomato‘s intention to seek $1 billion in new funding to intensify the competition for quick commerce during the ongoing festival season, when customers are expected to spend more than they would on a typical workday.

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  • 4baseCare Now Offers Its Services in Dubai

    In partnership with Innovate Life Sciences, 4baseCare has opened a genomics lab at Dubai Science Park to begin operations in the city. 4baseCare’s strategy plan to increase its presence in Southeast Asia and the Middle East aligns with this expansion. This growth has been fuelled in large part by the recent $6 million fund raise from Yali Capital, which has also opened the door for future expansion into other international regions.

    Whole exome sequencing, transcriptome analysis, and comprehensive cancer gene panels are among the genomic testing services offered by the new genomics lab. By delving deeper into the genetic composition of tumours, oncologists will be able to provide more individualised and potent treatment options thanks to these cutting-edge techniques.

    According to Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi, Senior Vice President of Dubai Science Park at TECOM Group, 4baseCare’s collaboration with Innovate Life Sciences, one of more than 500 industry leaders at Dubai Science Park, is a crucial step in maximising the potential of genomics, which is necessary to unlock life-changing therapies.

    “In keeping with the objectives of the Dubai Research and Development Programme and the Dubai Economic Agenda “D33,” the community of Dubai Science Park is facilitating healthcare innovations for the benefit of patients through partnerships like Innovate Life Sciences and 4baseCare,” Janahi stated further.

    Partnership is Marked as a Game-Changer in Dubai’s Healthcare Domain

    “Cancer affects everyone, including our communities, neighbours, and families,” according to Hitesh Goswami, CEO of 4baseCare. “We must take action immediately because the disease’s worldwide burden is only increasing. We are giving cancer sufferers in the Middle East hope through this collaboration.” “We are committed to ensuring that advanced, personalised cancer care is within reach for everyone who needs it,” Goswami stated.

    “We are working together to control the financial burden of cancer and increase access to cancer care through our new cooperation at Dubai Science Park. Unquestionably, one of the ME region’s challenges is the growing expense of cancer control. The cooperation of multiple stakeholders will be necessary for the long-term viability of oncology care. We are totally dedicated to assisting physicians and patients in the Middle East in utilising the greatest precision oncology has to offer through this collaboration,” he continued.

    Additionally, 4baseCare introduced SoLiq, a collection of solid-liquid NGS assays that gives oncologists a comprehensive understanding of tumour biology by fusing the greatest features of liquid and solid biopsy technologies.

    About 4baseCare

    Using advanced genomics and next-generation digital health technology, 4baseCare, a Singapore-based company with Illumina backing, is creating innovative precision oncology solutions. It has created a special collection of in-house comprehensive cancer gene panels that allow physicians to select the best precision treatments for their patients, taking into account that clinical outcomes may range greatly throughout communities.

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  • Captain Fresh Selects BofA and Axis Capital to Serve as Bankers for the $400 Million Public Offering

    According to various media reports, Captain Fresh, a business-to-business seafood company, has chosen Axis Capital and BofA to serve as its bankers for its anticipated initial public offering (IPO) in 2025. The company’s initial public offering (IPO) aims to raise $350–400 million, of which about half will come from new shares and the other half from the offer for sale (OFS) component.

    Captain Fresh is considering a valuation of between $1.3 and $1.5 billion for its public market debut. In addition to helping businesses buy fresh produce, the company also helps them with processing and distribution. It also engages in the fish and seafood sector. Established in 2019 by Utham Gowda, the company has raised more than $160 million from a number of investors, including Accel, Tiger Global, Prosus, and SBI Investment.

    The Company is Yet to Decide on Additional Bankers

    The most likely bankers are Axis Capital and BofA, but Captain Fresh will include one or two more in its final IPO syndicate. The final names will be determined over the next few weeks as the corporation continues to debate whether it wants two international and one domestic banker or two international and two local ones.

    At least eight or nine lenders have contacted Captain Fresh in the last month or so, and it’s probable that the final one or two names will be one of them. The filing is anticipated in the first half of 2025, and the formal work will start soon. If all goes according to plan, the company will list on the exchanges in the second half of 2025.

    Fundraising prior to an IPO

    The business is getting ready to raise capital in a pre-IPO transaction even as it gets ready to list the following year. Accel, an existing investor, is leading the company’s efforts to raise $50–60 million in a new round. The round will likely be priced by Accel, but other current investors like Tiger, BII, and Prosus will also take part. 

    Although talks are still in progress, Captain Fresh is anticipated to be valued at over $800 million in the next round, a significant increase from the $500 million it was originally valued at due to its robust profit profile and company expansion. The company’s history of successful acquisitions supports its position as well.

    In an effort to strengthen its hold on the fish and other allied meat markets, the company has purchased at least three foreign seafood businesses. Illinois-based CenSea, Poland’s Koral, and Indonesia’s Fishlog, according to information from private markets data source Tracxn. Captain Fresh’s pre-IPO round size will be significantly larger than the $50–60 million it is raising in this round. It will be spread out over three to four rounds, with outside investors joining later.

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  • Swiggy Introduces “Swiggy Seal” to Guarantee Food Safety in 650 Cities

    Swiggy has launched the “Swiggy Seal,” a new project designed to improve food preparation and packaging methods across its restaurant partners in 650 locations, in an effort to raise food hygiene and quality standards. According to a news agency report, the goal of this project is to assist restaurants in upholding strict hygienic standards, giving customers greater assurance over the food they order via Swiggy.

    Pune has already seen the debut of the programme, and other cities will follow in November. This comes after Zomato and Swiggy increased their platform fees to InR 10 in advance of the Diwali festival.

    How does Swiggy’s Seal Work?

    On restaurant pages within the Swiggy app, the Swiggy Seal is a badge that highlights establishments that adhere to strict criteria for food quality and hygiene. Restaurants must exhibit a dedication to upholding stringent food safety regulations, appropriate cooking methods, and superior packaging in order to be eligible for the Seal.

    Swiggy evaluates and selects eateries that qualify for the Seal based on data gathered from its 7 million verified customers over the last six months. The Seal will be displayed by restaurants that continuously meet these requirements, letting patrons know that the establishment is reputable for food safety and cleanliness. But Swiggy has also made it clear that a restaurant’s Seal could be taken away if they don’t uphold these requirements.

    Assistance for Eateries

    In order to assist its restaurant partners in meeting these requirements, Swiggy is also providing them with committed support. This includes having access to expert hygiene audits via collaborations with organisations like Equinox and Eurofins that have been approved by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

    Because these audits are provided at a reduced cost, restaurants may more easily make sure that food safety laws are being followed. Furthermore, Swiggy will give eateries thorough reports based on consumer input that include practical suggestions for enhancements. Additionally, the company offers exclusive services like cleaning and pest control and hosts webinars to teach restaurant owners about optimal hygiene procedures.

    Seal Bringing in More Transparency into the System

    Customers may experience a new level of transparency and assurance with the Swiggy Seal. Users can view which restaurants have received the Seal, a proof that they adhere to strict quality and sanitary standards, when placing food orders via the Swiggy app.

    The programme aims to assist consumers in making knowledgeable choices about where to place their orders, especially in a market where concerns about food safety are on the rise. Through this initiative, Swiggy hopes to improve overall standards among its network of partners while providing consumers with the assurance that the food they order is made with care and delivered in a sanitary, safe environment.

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  • Launched by Sarvam AI, Sarvam 1 LLM is Trained in English and Ten Indic Languages

    On October 24, Sarvam AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) firm supported by Lightspeed, unveiled Sarvam 1, a Large Language Model (LLM). According to a tweet on X (previously Twitter), the business says it is India’s first indigenous multilingual LLM, trained from scratch on domestic AI infrastructure in ten Indian languages and English.

    Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu are among the ten major Indian languages that Sarvam 1 supports in addition to English. The LLM uses a two-billion-parameter language model and is trained on Nvidia’s H100 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU).

    Sarvam AI uses Nvidia services and AI4Bharat’s open-source technology

    In order to optimise and implement conversational AI agents with sub-second latency, Sarvam AI also makes use of a variety of Nvidia services and products, including its microservice, conversational AI, LLM software, and inference server.

    In addition to Nvidia, the LLM made use of AI4Bharat’s open-source technology and language resources, as well as Yotta’s data centres for computational infrastructure. According to a blog post by the AI startup, Sarvam-1’s strong performance and computational efficiency make it especially well-suited for real-world uses, such as deployment on edge devices.

    In specifics, Sarvam 1 clearly beats Gemma-2-2B and Llama-3.2-3B on a number of common benchmarks, such as MMLU, Arc-Challenge, and IndicGenBench, while attaining comparable results to Llama 3.1 8B, the company stated.

    Functioning of Various LLM Models Launched by the Company

    India’s first Hindi LLM, Open Hathi, was introduced by the AI firm in December 2023. The Llama2-7B architecture from Meta AI, which has 48,000 token extensions, served as the foundation for the model. However, a training corpus of two trillion tokens is used to develop Sarvam.

    Because of its effective tokeniser and unique data pipeline, which can produce diversified and high-quality text while preserving factual correctness, the LLM has two trillion tokens of synthetic Indic data. In addition to being four to six times faster during inference, Sarvam claimed that the most recent model from their stable meets or surpasses much larger models like Llama 3.1 8B.

    The process by which a trained model predicts or deduces from fresh data using the patterns it discovered during training is known as inference in artificial intelligence. Compared to current Indic datasets, the companies’ pretraining corpus, Sarvam-2T, supports eight times as much scientific material, three times as high quality, and two times as long documents. The total number of Indic tokens stored by Sarvam-2T is around 2 trillion. Apart from Hindi, which makes up over 20% of the data, the data is distributed nearly evenly among the ten supported languages.

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  • For Excessive Spending, Go Digit Receives a Show-Cause Notice from IRDAI

    On 24 October, Go Digit General Insurance announced that the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) had sent it a show-cause notice because its expenses for the six months ended September 2024 were higher than allowed.

    According to Go Digit’s Q2FY25 financial results notes, the company’s insurance-related expenses for the six months ending September 30, 2024, exceeded the IRDAI (Expenses of Management, including Commission of Insurers) Regulations, 2024 restrictions. The insurer further stated that it has requested forbearance for three years starting on April 1, 2023, as allowed under the regulations. IRDAI is presently reviewing the application.

    Who is IRDAI?

    The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 (IRDA Act, 1999) established the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), a legislative agency tasked with overseeing and developing the insurance industry in India. 

    The Insurance Act of 1938 and the IRDA Act of 1999 both specify the Authority’s duties and authority. The main law regulating the insurance industry in India is the Insurance Act of 1938. It gives IRDAI the authority to create regulations that establish the framework for oversight of the organisations involved in the insurance industry. The duties, powers, and functions of the Authority are outlined in Section 14 of the IRDA Act of 1999.

    Protection of policyholders’ interests, rapid and orderly expansion of the insurance sector, prompt resolution of legitimate claims, an efficient grievance redressal system, encouraging equity, openness, and orderly behaviour in insurance-related financial markets, and prudential regulation while maintaining the insurance market’s financial stability are among the main goals of the IRDAI. 

    Go Digit’s Recent Financial Report Card

    In Q2 FY25, premiums for the motor insurance market, which continues to be the biggest contributor to Go Digit‘s overall business, totalled INR 1,354.21 crore, up 10.22% from INR 1,228.65 crore in Q2 FY24. Nonetheless, the motor segment’s underwriting losses increased 17.71% year over year to INR 245.11 crore during the quarter. Relatively smaller markets including fire, marine, health, and crop insurance accounted for the majority of Go Digit’s earnings. After losing INR 32.08 crore during the same period last year, corporate group health insurance turned a profit of INR 24.3 crore during the current quarter.

    The business did point out that the financial results for the quarter-in-record (QIR) are not necessarily representative of the predicted success for the entire year due to the industry’s seasonality. Crop insurance, meanwhile, made INR 13.18 crore in Q2 FY25 compared to INR 2.46 crore in the same period last year.

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  • The University of Cambridge and India’s Infosys Collaborate to Establish an AI lab in London

    The new and extended Living Labs, which are a part of a worldwide network of more than 12 existing facilities, were recently launched by Indian technology company Infosys. These labs will assist clients in accelerating innovation and utilising emerging technologies to future-proof their businesses.

    The Bengaluru-based business also revealed plans to open a new AI lab in partnership with the University of Cambridge. The lab wants to use AI to its full potential so that it can benefit students, clients, and academics. The opening of the Living Labs was celebrated with a tour of the facility and a live demonstration of its capabilities by Feryal Clark, the UK’s Minister for Digital Government and AI, Professor Colm-cille Caulfield, the head of the University of Cambridge’s Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, and more than 100 guests, including clients and partners.

    Strengthening the Digital Transformation               

    The Infosys Living Labs are situated in Canary Wharf, a famous banking area in London. For customers and partners, the lab will facilitate the integration of digital technology, business insights, and human experience.

    As a centre for innovation, it will assist in utilising frameworks, digital experiences, solution accelerators, and industry solutions to generate, prototype, and test innovative concepts. Enterprise AI will be the main emphasis of the lab, where clients can observe AI-driven digital transformation in action. These include Infosys Cobalt, a cloud-based solution that helps businesses create scalable and reliable digital infrastructures, and Infosys Topaz, an AI-first offering that uses generative AI technology.

    Helping in Forming Digital Transformation Strategies

    Infosys Living Labs will assist businesses in developing and executing their digital transformation plans by providing interactive demos, workshops, and one-on-one consultations. In order to solve real-world difficulties, the education and research partnership with the University of Cambridge to create a joint AI Lab will leverage both Cambridge University’s top-notch teaching and research skills and Infosys’ industry experience and real-world AI application.

    According to the company’s statement, the new lab will also serve as a catalyst for innovative and cutting-edge research projects. The London Living Labs and the AI Lab are located in Infosys’ brand-new, cutting-edge facilities, which span 25,000 square feet and can accommodate 200 workers.

     According to Tarang Puranik, executive vice president and head of delivery for Europe at Infosys, London is home to some of the most innovative and disruptive businesses in the world. According to him, the new lab and collaboration with Cambridge University strengthen Infosys’s “dedication to play a significant role in London’s technological advancement.”

    According to Feryal Clark, the UK’s Minister for Digital Government and AI, the government is using AI as the cornerstone of its strategy to “kickstart economic growth.” According to Clark, she witnessed firsthand how Infosys’ new London location will help researchers and organisations make the most of this technology in ways that will spur innovation and produce outcomes nationwide.

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