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PhonePe to acquire Samsung-backed Indus OS to power its super app dream, report says
Indus OS claims to have over 400,000 local apps, catering to 100 million users in 23 regional languages.
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Moulishree Srivastava
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I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.
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