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India · Updated 29 Oct, 12:01 pm IST

Zomato to add ‘Mehmaan Mode’ to hide prices during group orders

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Why it matters for readers: If you use Zomato, the feature will make ordering with friends less awkward, and the new AI aims to keep conversations private.

  • A LinkedIn user, Ayushmaan Agarwalla, suggested a ‘Mehmaan Mode’ toggle to hide prices when guests use a host’s phone to order.1
  • Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal replied that the company is shipping the price-hiding feature this week.1
  • Eternal, Zomato’s parent, plans to launch a consumer AI assistant named Dark later this year that uses fine-tuned open-weight models.1
  • Dark is described as offering end-to-end encryption and user-controlled encrypted memory and will be hosted on Eternal’s infrastructure.1

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