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Can AI be the ultimate cofounder for startups

With AI redefining entrepreneurship, many wonder if AI can replace a human cofounder. While AI excels in automating tasks, providing data-driven insights, and enhancing efficiency, it still lacks the vision, intuition, and human touch required for strategic decision-making, innovation, and relationship-building.
Why the shipping industry isn't rushing back to the Red Sea
President Donald Trump's military strikes against Yemen's Houthi militia aim to counter its attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, which have impacted global trade. However, shipping companies remain cautious, continuing to take the longer African route, highlighting the need for a broader Middle East peace accord or decisive action against the Houthis.
- Extend interest subsidy till rollout of export promotion mission, says Parliament panel
- PLI scheme for textiles being implemented nationwide: Ministry of Textiles
- Need to build reliable, resilient supply chains, says EAM Jaishankar
- Tariff risk unleashes record copper shipments bound for US
- AI and ayurveda: Technology can help ayurvedic methods stand out in a crowded wellness arena
- India's gems, jewellery exports fall 23.49% in Feb on weak demand: GJEPC
- Parnika India to expand its operations to Southern and Eastern India
- India, Mercosur can explore signing bilateral pacts: Piyush Goyal
- Yashaa Global Capital, comprising of Shikhar Dhawan, Ravi Shastri, & AB de Villiers, Secures ADGM approval to launch $75 million Global Sports VC Fund
- ET MSME Awards 2024: Meet the nominees vying for India’s Top Exporter of the Year Award
- EEPC India urges a balanced approach to safeguard duty to protect MSMEs and user industries
- Ivory Coast's mid-crop cocoa output expected to drop around 40% due to long drought, exporters say
Yashaa Global Capital, comprising of Shikhar Dhawan, Ravi Shastri, & AB de Villiers, Secures ADGM approval to launch $75 million Global Sports VC Fund
ET MSME Awards 2024: Meet the nominees vying for India’s Top Exporter of the Year Award
EEPC India urges a balanced approach to safeguard duty to protect MSMEs and user industries
Ivory Coast's mid-crop cocoa output expected to drop around 40% due to long drought, exporters say
ET MSME Awards 2024: Meet the nominees competing with their ‘innovative’ prowess
The drums of war echo through steel’s scrapyard
Sustainability
Study reveals no country on track to achieve all Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
- Cascading extreme weather events unleash billions in damages globally
- Sustainability, climate change and innovation take centre stage at design festival in the capital
- A new AI weather model is already changing how energy is traded
- World must prepare to fight climate change without US, UK says
SME
PLI scheme for textiles being implemented nationwide: Ministry of Textiles
- Can AI be the ultimate co-founder for startups?
- Parnika India to expand its operations to Southern and Eastern India
- EEPC India urges a balanced approach to safeguard duty to protect MSMEs and user industries
- ET MSME Awards 2024: Meet the nominees vying for India’s Top Exporter of the Year Award
Policy
Budget 2024: Prioritising tax reforms for a more business-friendly environment
- Budget 2024: Analysing the impact of previous budgetary allocations on overall consumer business
- PLI Scheme: Attracting Global Champions and Making Indian Companies Global
- Why the 2023-24 Budget is more crucial than you think
- Global economy in the eye of new storm, but economic activity in India remains stable: RBI’s Shaktikanta Das
Trade
Extend interest subsidy till rollout of export promotion mission, says Parliament panel
- Why the shipping industry isn't rushing back to the Red Sea
- Need to build reliable, resilient supply chains, says EAM Jaishankar
- Tariff risk unleashes record copper shipments bound for US
- India's gems, jewellery exports fall 23.49% in Feb on weak demand: GJEPC
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Money
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IT
FanTV raises $3 million to transform AI-powered content creation
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Legal
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Marketing
DS Group's Pulse Candy recognized by IIMA as a case study in marketing excellence
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HR
Targeted skilling is necessary to address high attrition in quick commerce: TeamLease’s Dhriti Prasanna Mahanta
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