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Amazon miniTV announces content partnership with Pocket Aces
Mumbai: Amazon’s free video entertainment service miniTV has announced a partnership with digital entertainment company Pocket Aces. As part of this partnership, Pocket Aces will bring its repertoire of web series to miniTV starting with “Adulting” season three that will premiere exclusively on the platform on 12 November.
Starring Aisha Ahmed and Yashaswini Dayama, “Adulting” is a coming-of-age story about two young women trying to handle the responsibilities of being independent adults in the past paced, urban bustle of Mumbai.
Some of the other shows that will exclusively release on miniTV as part of this collaboration over the coming months are “Please Find Attached” – season three (starring Barkha Singh and Ayush Mehra) and ‘Crushed” – season one (starring “Noor” fame Rudraksh Jaiswal and Aadhya Anand who debuted in the film “A Yellow Bird”).
“We are proud to partner with Pocket Aces to bring quality entertainment to our hundreds and millions of customers in India for free!” said the head of Amazon Advertising Harsh Goyal. “Starting with the third season of the popular show ‘Adulting’, this is an alliance that will play an instrumental role in further bolstering our exclusive content offering.”
“Pocket Aces’ mission is to entertain audiences wherever they are spending time, and hence the association with Amazon miniTV as one of the launch partners really resonates with us,” said Pocket Aces co-founder and chief executive officer Aditi Shrivastava. “In a country such as India, being able to offer high-quality content for free to audiences ensures huge reach and accessibility. We’re very excited about our slate starting with proven IPs such as ‘Adulting’ and ‘Please Find Attached’, and then building brand news properties such as ‘Crushed’ and others. With the way it is shaping up, we are sure that miniTV can become one of the most loved content apps in India, and we’re excited to be a part of that growth.”
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American Express to acquire AI startup Hyper to boost automation
Deal targets expense management as AI reshapes corporate spending tools.
MUMBAI: From receipts to robots, the expense sheet is getting a brain upgrade as American Express moves to bring artificial intelligence into the heart of corporate spending. The company has announced plans to acquire Hyper, a relatively young but fast-rising startup founded in 2022 that builds AI-powered agents capable of organising expenses, generating reports, verifying compliance with budgets and policies, and nudging users with timely reminders. The deal, expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, underscores a growing shift among financial institutions to automate traditionally manual, time-heavy workflows.
Hyper counts Sam Altman among its backers, adding a layer of Silicon Valley credibility to the acquisition. While financial details remain undisclosed, the strategic intent is clear: deepen automation capabilities and sharpen American Express’s position in the competitive corporate spending ecosystem.
The two companies are not strangers. They previously collaborated in 2024 on a co-branded credit card product, suggesting that the acquisition is less a cold buy and more an extension of an existing relationship. With this move, American Express is effectively bringing that capability in-house, aiming to embed AI directly into its commercial services stack.
Chief executive Stephen Squeri had already signalled the direction of travel in a recent shareholder letter, describing AI as a “structural shift” in how businesses operate. The Hyper acquisition appears to be a direct response to that shift, particularly in expense management, where processes such as approvals, compliance checks and reporting remain ripe for automation.
Alongside the acquisition, the company is also expanding its product suite. A recently launched business credit card offers cashback and benefits at an annual fee of $295, with another card expected later this year moves that complement its broader push into commercial services.
Taken together, the strategy points to a future where managing expenses may require fewer spreadsheets and more algorithms. For American Express, the bet is simple, if businesses are rethinking how work gets done, the tools that power that work need to evolve just as quickly.
