India is now the world’s fastest growing economy, beating out China. For those in the tech industry, that may come as no surprise, with the country’s strong ecosystem for both homegrown startups and overseas giants.
Companies like Amazon have poured billions into the country to compete with India’s Flipkart, and Uber’s local rival Ola Cabs has kept its footing by raising hundreds of millions of dollars.
Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Jason Del Rey of Re/code, who traveled overseas to the India Internet Day conference and spent a week checking out their tech scene.
Guest
- Jason Del Rey, senior editor for commerce at the tech news site Re/code. He tweets@DelRey.
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