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Meet Upasana Taku And Radhika Agarwal: These Women Are Ruling The E-Commerce Sector
Faded are those days where women are considered matchless for all powerful men in this world. This new generation of women overcame all sorts of negative notions and proved themselves in this cumbersome world of entrepreneurship.
Here, we introduce to you two such ladies who grew step by step and are now proving that the clouds are their limits.
1) Upasana Taku
Co-Founder of Mobikwik, she loves new challenges and does triathlons (a sport which involves swimming, cycling and running in immediate succession over various distance.)
In 2016, she was featured on the Forbes Asia “Women To Watch” list.
Upasana Taku along with her husband Bipin Preet Singh started Mobikwik in 2009. Mobikwik is an online service which makes mobile payments easier which are now morphed into a mobile wallet.
It was in 2012 when Mobikwik launched its first mobile app on the Android store and also attracted the venture capitalist Sequoia Capital. Mobikwik witnesses 100K transactions as they have clients like Uber and the Indian Railways.
Coming to analytics, Mobikwik has 45 million users and it has seen a 400% surge in transactions during the demonetization which happened the last December. It also raised $80-85 million from investors in three rounds of funding.
In 2014, Mobikwik won the ‘mBillionth Award South Asia’ in the category of mobile business.
2) Radhika Agarwal
Radhika Agarwal is probably the first ever woman to enter the world of unicorns. She along with her husband Sandeep Aggarwal and a friend Sanjay Sethi founded Shopclues. Shopclues is one of India’s homegrown e-commerce sector.
Shopclues becomes the ninth startup company to join India’s unicorn club by raising about $150 million from Singapore government’s GIC and its existing investors Tiger Global and Nexus Venture Partners last year.
Shopclues has about 3,50,000 small and medium sellers on the platform and registered 14 million users.
Talking about how she manages her personal and professional life, she says: “The challenges are same in entrepreneurship, man or woman. The only challenge is that there are so few of us and people keep asking “how do you ensure work-life balance? All you need is a support system at home and work as your responsibilities grow.”
Women entrepreneurs are carving a niche for themselves.
Elon Musk shocked the tech world by admitting xAI requires a full rebuild. This comes after key co-founders like Christian Szegedy and Greg Yang left the AI startup. Musk shared on X that the team must realign with its mission to understand the universe. xAI, launched in 2023 to rival OpenAI, now faces talent drains amid fierce AI competition.
Meanwhile, SpaceX eyes a blockbuster IPO. Valued at $350 billion, the rocket giant could go public by late 2026, analysts predict. Starlink’s 5 million users and Starship progress fuel the hype. Musk’s empire links the ventures—SpaceX cash might boost xAI’s Grok AI and Colossus supercomputer.
These moves highlight Musk’s bold risks. xAI’s rebuild could integrate with Tesla or X for an edge. A SpaceX IPO promises billions for Mars dreams. Will xAI recover, or signal trouble? Indian startups like Krutrim watch closely as global AI battles heat up.
Apple has unveiled the new MacBook Air with M5 chip, starting at $999 for 13-inch and $1,299 for 15-inch models. The MacBook Air M5 boasts a 2nm M5 chip with 12-core CPU, 18-core GPU, and 50 TOPS Neural Engine for seamless AI tasks like real-time translation and 8K editing. Up to 22 hours of battery life, Thunderbolt 5, and Wi-Fi 7 make it the ultimate ultraportable, now 10% thinner at 0.44 inches with fanless cooling.
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Why buy MacBook Air M5 now? It outpaces Snapdragon X Elite rivals with ecosystem magic and future-proof performance, eyeing top 2026 laptop sales. CEO Tim Cook calls it “more capable than ever.” Visit apple.com for M5 MacBook deals and specs.
Delhi NCR-based gaming startup Zupee has acquired Mumbai-based microdrama platform Vertical TV in a deal valued under INR 40 Cr. This move strengthens Zupee Studio, its short-video arm launched in September 2025, by integrating Vertical TV’s expertise in bite-sized dramas like romance and thrillers.
Facing challenges from India’s 2025 real-money gaming ban, Zupee valued at $1 Bn after raising $120 Mn has pivoted to non-gaming content, including recent layoffs of 40% of its workforce. The acquisition builds on its November 2025 purchase of Australian AI firm Nucanon for interactive storytelling, targeting its 200 Mn+ users with engaging, mobile-first formats.
This deal underscores the rising microdrama trend in India, helping Zupee diversify amid regulatory pressures and compete in the short-video space dominated by quick, shareable content for on-the-go audiences.
Elon Musk: xAI Rebuild Urgent After Co-Founders Exit, SpaceX IPO 2026 Looms
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