- Published on December 28, 2018
- In AI Features
Why Acqui-hiring Has Become The Go-to Model For Big Tech Firms In India
Image by startup business team brainstorming on meeting working on laptop and tablet computer
- By Srishti Deoras
Big tech firms and startups follow the traditional route while hiring — campus placements, or approaching candidates through job sites or employee references. But one of the recent trends that has gained ground in the Indian tech landscape is acqui-hiring.
However, the concept is not entirely new and started in 2014 in Silicon Valley. In India, the trend was started by Facebook, when it acqui-hired Bengaluru-based Little Eye Labs in January 2014. The startup pioneered in building software tools for analysing the performance of Android apps and was bought by the social media giant for its talent. In a similar move, in 2016, Practo Technologies acquired healthcare analytics solutions company called Enlightiks that pioneered machine learning and deep learning applications. With this acqui
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Srishti Deoras
Srishti currently works as Associate Editor at Analytics India Magazine. When not covering the analytics news, editing and writing articles, she could be found reading or capturing thoughts into pictures.
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