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Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu’s lawyer refutes a $1.7 billion bond order in his divorce case, calling it invalid and made a year ago on an emergency application. The lawyer claims the judge was misled, stating Vembu offered 50% of his ZCPL shares, which his wife refused. A report recently said that a US court has…
Zoho’s co-founder Sridhar Vembu highlighted two R&D approaches: catching up and advancing technology, both needing patience and investment. This comes as Zoho shelved its $700 million chipmaking plan due to tech confidence issues. Meanwhile, India is aggressively pursuing semiconductor manufacturing, aiming for global parity by 2032 with significant government backing and industry participation. Zoho co-founder…
BENGALURU: Bengaluru-based electric motorcycle maker Ultraviolette has raised $45 million in fresh growth capital from Zoho Corporation and European investment firm Lingotto as part of its ongoing Series E round.The company said the funding will be used to scale production and sales of its flagship F77 electric sportbike and the new X‑47 crossover, and to…
Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu champions American tech’s trend of high schoolers skipping college for work, urging Indian parents to recognize this “profound cultural shift.” He highlights Palantir’s experiment hiring graduates directly, emphasizing empowerment and avoiding student debt. Vembu advocates for companies to remove degree requirements, citing Zoho’s success with young, degreeless talent. Zoho founder and…
Zoho’s chief, Sridhar Vembu, has passionately responded to the forecasts made by Y Combinator’s Garry Tan, which suggest that AI’s ‘vibe coding’ could extinguish the flame of Indian SaaS innovators. Vembu emphasized the strong trajectory of Zoho’s customer base, casting doubt on the effectiveness of AI-generated applications for the nuanced requirements of businesses and raising…
Zoho Corporation founder and CEO Sridhar Vembu has responded to his company’s messaging app Arattai falling out of the top 100 apps list, calling it a normal part of business development and dismissing critics as wasting their time. In an interview with ANI, Vembu addressed questions about WhatsApp testing a feature that would allow users…
Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has urged Indian professionals abroad to consider returning home, declaring that “Bharat Mata wants you, needs you and welcomes you” as he responded to new research showing Indian immigrants contribute the most fiscally to their host nations among major immigrant groups.Vembu’s comments came after Manhattan Institute research…
Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu recently said that he does not think of gold as an investment. Instead, he believes it as an “insurance against systemic financial risk”. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Vembu writes: “Gold is also flashing a big warning signal. I don’t think of gold as an investment, I think of…
Home minister Amit Shah recently adopted Zoho Mail as his new email platform ditching Google and Microsoft in a major push for indigenous technology. Sharing his new email address—amitshah.bjp@zohomail.in—on social media, Shah wrote: “Hello everyone, I have switched to Zoho Mail. Kindly note the change in my email address. For future correspondence via mail, kindly…
Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu announced on Wednesday that he will step back from external engagements starting next week to focus on coding and product development work he had committed to but fallen behind on. The billionaire entrepreneur said he risks contradicting his own principle of “do not preach what you do not practise” if he…
