e-commerce
FabFurnish.com appoints Nimit Kumar as CTO
MUMBAI: FabFurnish.com has appointed Nimit Kumar as the chief technology officer (CTO) of the company.
With over a decade of experience in enterprise technology products and hands-on knowledge of engineering and sales, Kumar will be responsible for leading technology innovation and expanding company’s service and product portfolio to support key industry trends.
An IIT-Kanpur graduate, Kumar was the founder & CEO of uniRow Inc, a training cloud company.
“We are quite excited to have Nimit on board. He brings in an expertise, which is quite diverse and has worked across various industries. His understanding of technology and the market is one of the best in the industry which is going to be a great asset for us. As we desire to grow at an accelerated pace, his thought process will surely give strategic direction to individual functions. We are sure Nimit will help us in evolving our mobile technology for seamless discovery of content and hyperlocal products,” said FabFurnish.com co-founder Ashish Garg.
Kumar added, “FabFurnish.com is a high-growth company and am thrilled to be part of the team. It’s an exciting time for the e-commerce industry in India. FabFurnish.com is taking a fresh approach beyond the typical discounting models common in the industry and building tech-enabled products and services that will allow a large offline market to transition to the online world. I look forward to this journey and play a key role in strengthening relationships with strategic partners.”
e-commerce
Eternal teams up with OpenAI to supercharge AI across Zomato and Blinkit
Collaboration targets merchant tools, partner assistants and internal automation via Stitch platform.
MUMBAI: Eternal isn’t just ordering food, it’s ordering up a major AI upgrade. The company behind Zomato, Blinkit, District, Hyperpure, Feeding India and AI-native venture Nugget has joined forces with OpenAI to weave advanced AI deeper into its sprawling commerce ecosystem. The partnership taps OpenAI’s Enterprise API to deploy models across Eternal’s apps, partner platforms and internal systems. Key focus areas include AI-assisted workflows for merchants and delivery partners, contextual AI assistants embedded in partner portals, next-gen search and discovery experiments, and accelerated product iteration at Nugget.
Internally, Eternal is eyeing OpenAI’s latest coding models including GPT-5.3-Codex to power Stitch, its in-house automation and developer orchestration platform. Stitch already handles end-to-end automation across engineering and non-engineering teams, the integration aims to slash manual work, speed up shipping and streamline complex workflows.
The collaboration extends to a structured Partner Upskilling Program, rolling out advanced AI tools and assistants to Eternal’s restaurant and delivery partner network to boost operational efficiency, compliance and decision-making.
Eternal, Group CEO Albinder Dhindsa captured the excitement, “From high leverage areas like software development to real on-ground implications of influencing operations, we are learning about the evolving implementations of newer and developing tools in the AI landscape. We are happy that this collaboration with OpenAI will open up even more surface area for us to learn and innovate.”
OpenAI International managing director Oliver Jay added, “Eternal operates at a meaningful scale across consumer and partner platforms. We are excited to support their teams in applying AI advancements to real-world systems, from AI-native ventures to partner-facing initiatives.”
In a market where speed, scale and smarts define winners, this tie-up positions Eternal to turn everyday orders into smarter, faster experiences, one AI prompt at a time. Whether you’re swiping for dinner or delivering it, the future just got a little more intelligent.
