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Paytm launches android Mini app store
MUMBAI: Paytm has launched its android mini app store to support Indian developers in taking their innovative products to the masses. Mini apps are a custom-built mobile website that gives users an app-like experience without having to download them. This would greatly benefit millions of citizens to save their limited data and phone memory.
Paytm is providing listing and distribution of these mini-apps within its app free of charge. For payments, developers can let their users choose from Paytm Wallet, Paytm Payments Bank, UPI, net-banking, and cards.
Paytm has created the digital infrastructure to enable small developers and businesses to set up low-cost, quick-to-build mini-apps that can be encoded using HTML and javascript technologies. The company provides Paytm wallet, Paytm
Payments Bank account and UPI at zero charges and levies a 2 per cent charge for other instruments like credit cards. As a local Indian app store, it aims to drive the Atmanirbhar Bharat mission while keeping the digital consumer spends within the country.
Paytm Mini app store offers direct access to discover, browse and pay features without downloading or installing separate apps. More than 300 app-based service providers such as Decathalon, Ola, Park+, Rapido, Netmeds, 1MG, Domino's Pizza, FreshMenu, NoBroker have already joined the program. It comes with a developer dashboard for analytics, payments collection along with various marketing tools to engage with the users. This app store has been running in beta with select users and witnessed over 12 million visits in the month of September.
Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said the mini app store creates an opportunity for every Indian app developer. "It empowers our young Indian developers to leverage our reach and payments to build new innovative services,” he added.
Sharma guaranteed that for Paytm users, the mini app store will be a seamless experience that doesn't require any separate download, and where they can use their preferred payment option without hassle."
The company believes that through this initiative India would be able to build a sustainable and thriving local technology ecosystem that resonates with the true spirit of Atmanirbhar Bharat. Growing technology companies will get the opportunity to rely on Paytm to contribute towards the overall growth of the Indian economy and create employment.
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JioHotstar and OpenAI partner to bring ChatGPT-powered personalised content to 500m Indian viewers
Fireside chat at AI Impact Summit 2026 highlights AI-driven content discovery and personalised storytelling
DELHI: At the AI Impact Summit 2026, a defining conversation unfolded between Uday Shankar, vice-chairman, JioStar, and Sam Altman, ceo and co-founder, OpenAI, spotlighting how AI is transforming creation, distribution and consumption of content.
The discussion coincided with Jiostar’s landmark announcement: a partnership between JioHotstar and OpenAI that will embed ChatGPT-powered conversational search and discovery into the platform. The move aims to deliver seamless, multilingual, deeply personalised experiences for India’s 500 million-plus viewers, fundamentally redefining how content is discovered and consumed.
“There’s a lot of noise about content overload. We see a different reality. In a country as diverse as India, there isn’t enough content that truly reflects its cultural and regional nuance. That’s the opportunity,” said Shankar. “Across content, commerce and consumer experience, this partnership lets us rethink the ecosystem. Technology now allows storytelling to move from static and broad to dynamic and deeply personalised, aligned to the unique tastes of every consumer. The future isn’t more content. It’s more relevant content.”
Altman added perspective on India’s AI momentum: “What feels different here is the energy. There is a clear sense of going all in on AI, not just as individual companies, but as a country. Safety has to be taken seriously. Ensuring that benefits are widely distributed has to be taken seriously. But above all, the focus is on creating real value for companies and for people through the services we build. That is the balance driving this moment.”
The partnership signals a shared commitment to responsibly scale AI-powered experiences that deliver tangible business value while making a meaningful impact on consumers. By combining India-specific content nuance with OpenAI’s generative intelligence, Jiostar is betting on a future where discovery, engagement and relevance replace sheer volume—setting the stage for a new era in personalised entertainment.
