From the History Books The date of April 11th holds a special significance in the tech world.On this fateful day back in 1976, the original Apple computer was built, paving the way for Steve Jobs and co. to become the biggest company on the planet. Fast forward 40 years and India said “hold my chai” because they launched their own digital payment platform, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on this very date, in 2016. And boy, has UPI been killing it! 8.7 billion transactions were processed in March 2023, which is more than the number of people in the world today. The total value of these transactions was a whopping ₹14.05 trillion, which is almost as much money as Elon Musk has under his mattress.