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Are genAI and China coming for India’s SaaS crown?

India’s SaaS ecosystem is the second-largest in the world, but generative AI and competition from China might soon erode its tech talent advantage.
Rachel Chitra · · 7 min read
Salesforce integrated Slack. Now Freshworks has an answer: Freshchat.

Salesforce integrated Slack. Now Freshworks has an answer: Freshchat.

Freshchat, the latest product from the stable of SaaS star Freshworks, aims to help sales reps with lead generation and conversion.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 2 min read
The inside story of why an explosive SaaS startup went for a quick exit with Freshworks

The inside story of why an explosive SaaS startup went for a quick exit with Freshworks

This could seem like a marriage made at birth. But Freshworks’ founder Girish Mathrubootham explains the hard business logic of it to *Tech in Asia* in a candid chat.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 6 min read
Q&A: SaaS superstar Girish Mathrubootham on ambitions, fears, and secret strategies

Q&A: SaaS superstar Girish Mathrubootham on ambitions, fears, and secret strategies

His company always had multi-product ambitions but chose to keep it close its chest. Even from investors.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 7 min read

Latest from Freshdesk: a marketplace of customer support apps

Freshdesk clients can now easily find third party apps like Slack and integrated them with their helpdesk software.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 1 min read

‘Everything is a pain’: Zendesk CEO on the awkwardness of scaling

Zendesk is no longer the scrappy, bootstrapped startup that it was in 2007. What changed?
Eva Xiao · · 5 min read

Freshdesk faces the mother of all rivals: Zoho Desk

Girish Mathrubootham left Zoho to build Freshdesk. Now the mothership launches Zoho Desk.
Sumit Chakraberty · · 3 min read

Freshdesk, Grey Orange top ranking of 151 enterprise-ready startups from India

Microsoft Accelerator has come out with an ecosystem report ranking 151 B2B and B2B2C startups in India. Here are five of the toppers.
Sumit Chakraberty · · 3 min read

3 rising startups in India – Nov 2, 2016

Freshdesk makes it rain.
Kylee McIntyre · · 2 min read

Watch out, Salesforce. Freshdesk raises $55 million to push Freshsales

New investor Sequoia Capital and fresh funding will help Freshdesk give a marketing push to its new products as it goes after broader markets.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 2 min read