We all know how Uber is one of the largest taxi companies that function without owning any vehicles. Do you think that the same can be done in the banking sector? Well yes, Neobanks are doing it, and it is going to be the next big disruption in the Banking Industry

HOST : Aishwarya Singh

EDITOR : Kishore Kumar

Ghost kitchens have become the defining trend of the restaurant industry given that there are 100,000 virtual restaurants in the U.S. alone, and research firm Euromonitor predicts that they will turn into a US$1 trillion industry within the next decade. So what are ghost kitchens? Why are they popular now? Is the restaurant industry in good spirits about the rise of ghost kitchens? Or are they spooked by its prospects?

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HOST : Aishwarya Singh

EDITOR : Kishore Kumar

GDP has become the defining indicator of the last century and the ultimate measure of an economy’s welfare. But the pandemic combined with the climate crisis and rising levels of inequality has cast a shadow on the usefulness of the measure. So why has GDP lost its relevance? Which measures can replace it?

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HOST : Aishwarya Singh

EDITOR : Kishore Kumar

The metaverse is the latest idea that has captured the imagination of Silicon Valley bigwigs. Mark wants Facebook to be seen as a metaverse company and even created a separate division for it in the Reality Labs. Satya Nadella wants to build an enterprise metaverse. 

So what is the metaverse? What is Facebook’s vision for it? Is the metaverse grounded in reality? 

Grab your VR headset and wear your haptic gloves as we are diving into the metaverse!

HOST : Aishwarya Singh

EDITOR : Kishore Kumar

Deep Dive is a brand new series that will dissect businesses and delve into their business model, financials, the risks they face and much more. In the first edition of the series, we’ll be analysing Palantir Technologies.

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HOST : Aishwarya Singh

Editor : Kishore Kumar

2020 was a phenomenal year for SPACs, which raised $83 billion (USD) through SPAC IPOs, which is 1.77 times more than the amount raised between 2009 and 2019. It is projected that there can be more than 1000 SPAC IPOs this year, more listings than any time in history-traditional IPOs and SPACs combined. 

So what are SPACs? Why are they popular now? How do SPACs differ from IPOs?

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HOST : Aishwarya Singh

EDITOR : Kishore Kumar 

For the past one year, NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), have taken over the internet and that’s all that anyone’s talking about. Everyone from Taco Bell to Twitter’s founder Jack Dorsey has jumped on the NFT bandwagon.

So what exactly are NFTs? What explains their sudden rise in popularity? How is it connected to Cryptokitties?

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HOST : Aishwarya Singh

EDITOR : Kishore Kumar

The 90s signified the birth of a new era for anime as Cartoon Network through Toonami introduced Sailor Moon and the legendary Dragon Ball Z to the American audience. Now, three decades later, anime has become a new frontier for the ongoing streaming wars.

HOST : Aishwarya Singh

EDITOR : Kishore Kumar

Artificial Intelligence has grown by leaps and bounds in the past few years, increasingly applied to every facet of life, from TikTok to Tesla cars. 

But there is a quirky and vulnerable side to it that often goes unnoticed- where AI struggles with basic tasks like distinguishing a toaster from a banana.

 So, let’s dive into the weird and wonderful of AI.

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HOST - Aishwarya Singh

EDITOR - Kishore Kumar

With the onset of the pandemic, the news media understood how fragile their business model was as the advertising dollars which were critical to the functioning of the industry quickly dried up, and newsroom employees were laid off en masse. Those who were sacked were left in the lurch, and newsletters seemed like a viable option to substitute the loss of income. 

So what are newsletters? What does Substack do?  How is Big Tech disrupting the nascent industry?

HOST : Aishwarya Singh

EDITOR : Kishore Kumar