China's billion-dollar startup acquires India's Siftr Labs
China's billion-dollar startup APUS Group has acquired Indian photo-curation platform Siftr Labs for an undisclosed amount in a cash and equity deal. Incepted in Jaipur in 2015 by Romil Mittal and Mayank Bhagya, Siftr Labs' technology allows object identification, facial recognition, and age and gender detection. It also developed an app to let users delete irrelevant photos from their devices.