Convergence Catalyst

19/03/2020

Convergence Catalyst, earlier this week has released an Investment Thesis document titled "Investment Opportunities for the Post-Corona Virus World".

The world and our way of life as we know it has changed in the last few weeks, and we believe that some of these changes are going to be permanent, and evolve into a new way of life. This document identifies and highlights the investment opportunities and criteria based on the EARLY Trends and Themes evolving from the current Covid-19 crisis.

This document is not available for wider distribution on our website. Please DM or write to [email protected] if you would like a copy.

31/01/2020

Top Ten Deep Tech Trends and Predictions for 2020 - 2022

1) - Machines to go beyond Intelligence to crack Human Emotion and Psychology

2) - Chipsets & Processing on the Edge: The next paradigm shift in AI to come from hardware innovation, not software

3) Deep Tech - AI is the only deep tech evolving in the Consumer space, all others like , are evolving in Enterprise space

4) Sovereign will start to evolve

5) deployment and growth to be led by

6) Super Apps - Apart from WeChat, number of to grow... they will be Country/Region specific, and it won't be easy to become one

7) - B2B models to lead B2C... to evolve as the new favourite model for investors

8) Deep Tech - Innovation in Business, Monetization, Marketing and Partnership models led by to become extremely important

9) Geo Boundaries - Deep Tech innovation led geographical boundaries and division to become more apparent... US-China-Europe dynamics to be significantly impacted

10) Quantum Computing - Significant efforts to solve the fundamental scientific problems in order to make tech more accessible... and to evolve faster than mainstream use cases

Convergence Catalyst's detailed Analyst Note discussing the above trends and outlook... coming soon!

13/01/2020

The latest episode in collaboration with the Helsinki-based tech podcaster and hospitality industry adviser Sam-Erik Ruttmann is out.

The key topics discussed in-depth in this episode include:

1) Use of GANs for generating Fake News and Deepfakes

2) Tech & Policy based framework for ensuring "AI for Good"

3) Evolution of Voice as the new User Interface

Apart from these, we also deep tech trends to watch out for in 2020, CES... and, get a little nostalgic about the first launch, the original and the evolution of

Episode Link: https://tinyurl.com/2020predpod

06/12/2018

Deep dive into the dynamic world of to build an infrastructure model that is agile and systematic. CIOs from across industry verticals discussed the same in an engrossing tweetchat

“Deep dive into the dynamic world of AI to build an infrastructure model that is agile and systematic. Join the CIOs from across industry verticals in an engrossing tweetchat ”

20/11/2018

CC's Jayanth's viewpoints on 's consultation paper of "regulations for companies" published in Forbes

Trai's recommendations are likely to increase the tension between OTT players and telecom service providers

07/11/2018

International Business Week at Convergence Catalyst...

Monika is in Beijing attending Microsoft's "Computing in 21st Century Conference"... It's a celebration of Microsoft's 20 years of AI research, and CC is The Only Analyst firm from India to be invited for this exclusive conference... and,

Jayanth is in Jakarta for business meetings, and attending the Guns N' Roses concert while there... Why not?!?!

New Moon! New Year!! New Life!!! Happy Diwali, folks.... 🎉🎊✨💫😇😀

05/11/2018

You are Happy when media covers your company... But, you are Happiest when media covers your Friends and Clients!!!

Congratulations on a well-deserved Coverage and Feature Hrishi, Rangin & Varun... It's a pleasure and privilege to know and work with you guys 😀

05/10/2018

"5 things CEOs should focus on while taking the digital route" - Analyst Note by Jayanth published in Mint

In the digital age, leaders must stay ahead of the curve to drive technological transformation

01/10/2018

Convergence Catalyst's Jayanth's opinion piece on "the need of and what it means for the " published in moneycontrol.com

It is the potential of the Indian market that attracts global companies. This is an opportunity for the local ecosystem to change its outlook from services to products

29/09/2018

"China is the Saudi Arabia of Data"...

China is about to break away with the rest of the world in Artificial Intelligence dominance... Kai-Fu Lee explains in under 2 mins...

Kai-Fu Lee's new book AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order is out September 25.

28/09/2018

Convergence Catalyst's Jayanth Kolla spoke on the "Key Trends in New-Age Technologies and the Challenges faced by CEOs while Adopting them for Digital Transformation" as a panelist at Mint's Enterprise Technology Summit in Bangalore, yesterday.