Charles Assisi

Mumbai

Co-Founder: Founding Fuel; Co-Author: Aadhaar Effect https://t.co/A9Qkcu92A6; Columnist: Hindustan Times; Personal: https://t.co/CFQeinCJUL; Author, Fitness Junkie

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Listen, don’t leap: Charles Assisi writes on coping with opposing worldviews

4 days ago | hindustantimes.com | Charles Assisi

I have a friend who everyone thinks is unflappable. You know the type. Always calm. Always positive. Will help fix your marriage with three bullet points. Lately, this friend and I have been working together on a highly stressful project that involves multiple stakeholders, conflicting interests, and the usual mess that comes with trying to get anything done in this world. It’s got me all worked up. My wife worries. His wife worries too.
HT Syndication: Europe sets the rules, India writes the code

5 days ago | htsyndication.com | Charles Assisi

India, May 10 -- Most people don't care about laws made in Europe. And who can blame them? They're long, they're boring, and they seem to have nothing to do with life here in India. But one new law from Brussels just landed. It's about Artificial Intelligence. And whether you're a college student learning to code, or someone still figuring out what AI even is, this one quietly changes the future of work for an entire generation. It's called the EU AI Act.
Europe sets the rules, India writes the code

5 days ago | hindustantimes.com | Charles Assisi

Most people don’t care about laws made in Europe. And who can blame them? They’re long, they’re boring, and they seem to have nothing to do with life here in India. But one new law from Brussels just landed. It’s about Artificial Intelligence. And whether you’re a college student learning to code, or someone still figuring out what AI even is, this one quietly changes the future of work for an entire generation. It’s called the EU AI Act.
HT Syndication: From the first free video call to the quiet death of Skype

2 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Charles Assisi

Posted On: 2025-04-30 Posted By: Charles Assisi Health & Lifestyle Technology Hindustan Times India, April 30 -- It is April 2025. My daughters are sprawled on the living room couch, Netflix humming in the background, texting their friends. A WhatsApp call buzzes on the side. Their digital lives flow seamlessly. They barely register what's happening in the world of tech.
From the first free video call to the quiet death of Skype

2 weeks ago | hindustantimes.com | Charles Assisi

It is April 2025. My daughters are sprawled on the living room couch, Netflix humming in the background, texting their friends. A WhatsApp call buzzes on the side. Their digital lives flow seamlessly. They barely register what’s happening in the world of tech. Skype is being taken off life-support by Microsoft. May 5 is its final day. I doubt they’ll even notice. But I do. I will mourn its passing.
HT Syndication: The last call: Mourning Skype in a world it helped create

2 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Charles Assisi

India, April 30 -- It is April 2025. My daughters are sprawled on the living room couch, Netflix humming in the background, texting their friends. A WhatsApp call buzzes on the side. Their digital lives flow seamlessly. They barely register what's happening in the world of tech. Skype is being taken off life-support by Microsoft. May 5 is its final day. I doubt they'll even notice. But I do. I will mourn its passing. For me, Skype's death is personal.
Just someone I used to know?: Charles Assisi writes on fading intimacy

2 weeks ago | hindustantimes.com | Charles Assisi

Nothing went wrong. We merely charted separate courses. Over time, we went from inseparable to, well, separated. That feels like the strangest part. There was no fight, no betrayal; nothing, in fact, to mark a before and after. Just a slow drift. The kind that creeps up on one quietly. I used to think intimacy needed a reason to break. That such a break always came with a story. Now I know it sometimes simply dissolves. Without malice or warning, it simply stops being what it used to be.
HT Syndication: In start-up world quiet isn't necessarily dull

3 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Charles Assisi

Posted On: 2025-04-19 Posted By: Charles Assisi Health & Lifestyle Technology Real Estate & Construction Hindustan Times India, April 19 -- They say the Indian startup ecosystem has grown up. On the surface, the numbers appear to support this story.
In start-up world quiet isn’t necessarily dull

3 weeks ago | hindustantimes.com | Charles Assisi

They say the Indian startup ecosystem has grown up. On the surface, the numbers appear to support this story. In just the first three months of 2025, around $3 billion made its way into India’s tech startups, marking an increase from last year. Money, it seems, is flowing again. This sounds promising. Now here’s the twist. Not a single new unicorn, those young billion-dollar startups that once made daily headlines, was born during this period.
In start-up world, quiet isn’t necessarily dull

3 weeks ago | hindustantimes.com | Charles Assisi

Instead, what’s making news now are acquisitions—big companies quietly buying smaller, younger ones. There were 38 such deals in this quarter alone, almost 41% more than the same time last year. These weren’t minor exchanges either. By way of examples, Hindustan Unilever spent $350 million to acquire Minimalist, a skincare brand that built itself on Instagram popularity and sleek packaging. Or DS Group that partnered with Patanjali to buy Magma General Insurance for over half a billion dollars.