TechCrunch has a new owner, again. Yahoo has sold the tech news site to the private equity firm Regent for an undisclosed sum, according to [an announcement on Friday](
Regent is the same company that [snapped up Foundry]( the firm behind outlets like PCWorld, Macworld, and TechAdvisor on Thursda...
Elon Musk-owned X has filed a legal petition in the Karnataka High Court, arguing that the Indian government’s use of Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act and the Sahyog Portal creates an unlawful and unregulated censorship mechanism that bypasses statutory safeguards.
X Corp contends that the government...
In the inaugural episode of his podcast ‘How to Become a Millionaire’, Oyo Rooms founder Ritesh Agarwal said he is often asked how to earn more money and become a millionaire.
Oyo Rooms founder and CEO Ritesh Agarwal shared the broad contours of the path to success in his fascinating entrepreneur...
Just over four years ago, climate-friendly fintech startup Aspiration was on the verge of a $2 billion public listing. Now, one of the startup’s board members has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and one of the co-founders has been arrested for allegedly conspiring to defraud investors, according to a f...
Fintech startup Ramp has crossed $700 million in annualized revenue as of January of this year, according to a source familiar with the company’s internal operations.
The company had crossed $100 million in annualized revenue before its third birthday in March 2022, passed $300 million by August 20...
Longevity is a hot trend in Silicon Valley these days, driven by rising interest — especially among the wealthy — in preventing disease through regular testing.
A new player, Biograph, has just [emerged from stealth]( and it’s co-founded by one of the biggest names in longevity science: Dr. Peter A...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is as bullish as ever about his company’s future, repeating [his sentiments]( that [DeepSeek]( won’t impact sales, he said during the latest earnings call on Wednesday.
Speculation that [DeepSeek’s R1 model]( required far fewer chips to train fueled [a record drop in Nvidia’...
A demo from Optifye.ai, a member of Y Combinator’s current cohort, sparked a social media backlash that ended up with YC deleting it off its socials.
Optifye says it’s building software to help factory owners know who’s working — and who isn’t — in “real-time” thanks to AI-powered security cameras ...
Around 39% startups are going to fork out a 10-20% hike this year, but a whopping 63% said they will keep the hike unchanged in FY26 as well
Staffing firms project a 20-30% surge in hiring by startups in 2025
ESOPs are likely to ease the disappointment of flat pay hikes with promises of long-term ...
Startup life is a story of births and deaths. This week confirmed this, and it confirmed that unicorn rounds are not dead.
Most interesting startup stories from the week
As happens often in the startup world, it’s been a week of beginnings and endings.
Thinking machines: Thinking Machines Lab...
This week confirmed that even when current events cloud the outlook, some startups still manage to raise significant amounts of funding, with those tied to security and sovereignty finding tailwinds.
Most interesting startup stories from the week
Uncertainty usually doesn’t rhyme with investme...
Rapido's latest initiative will feature a women-only bike fleet, designed to promote safe mobility while generating 25,000 job opportunities for women. The service is set to launch by the end of the year.
Ride-hailing service provider Rapido will launch its new fleet of 'Pink Rapido' ...
Coinbase is working on its re-entry to India more than a year after it officially [ceased operations]( in the world’s most populous nation.
The American crypto exchange is engaging with various Indian authorities, including the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), an Indian government agency that scr...
*Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani has announced a major skill and employment initiative in partnership with Singapore's ITEES. The initiative includes launching the world's largest finishing school in Mundra, aiming to train over 25,000 learners annually and support the Make in India moveme...
Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Wednesday, said that it ha removed restrictions on Kotak Mahindra Bank, allowing the lender to resume onboarding new customers via online channels and issuing new credit cards.
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Perplexity’s Super Bowl contest managed to move the needle on its app’s downloads. Unlike [OpenAI and Google]( the AI search engine chose to forgo an expensive Super Bowl ad in favor of a [tweet]( — sorry, an X post — encouraging users to download its app and enter a contest that could result in a $...
Founders Fund is on track to conclude fundraising of its third growth fund at the end of March, according to people close to the firm. The Peter Thiel-founded outfit is raising $3 billion, a source told TechCrunch and [Axios also reported](
The fund, which is intended primarily for additional inves...
It’s no news that India is a huge market for entertainment businesses, but what often doesn’t get mentioned is that its people love to see content in their own languages. According to [a recent survey]( by non-profit Internet and Mobile Association of India, more than 870 million Indians sought out ...
Venture capitalists are gobbling up term sheets for startups peddling artificial intelligence, but they’re remaining picky when it comes to funding the wider spectrum of technology.
According to new figures from analytics firm Dealroom, AI startups raised $110 billion last year, 62% more than the ...
Originally part of Zepto’s quick commerce app, Zepto Café was launched as a standalone app to capitalise on the surging demand for 10-minute food delivery.
Quick commerce major Zepto's 10-minute food delivery service, Zepto Café, has surpassed 75,000 daily orders, just over two mont...
Logistics company Delhivery announced its Q3 FY25 results on Friday, reporting an 8.4% year-on-year increase in revenue. The Gurugram-based firm also doubled its profits during the same period.
Delhivery’s revenue from operations grew to Rs 2,378 crore in Q3 FY25, according to its financial stateme...
The company announced its quarterly results, reporting a quarter-on-quarter loss of ₹55 crore in Q3 FY25, compared with a profit of ₹5 crore in Q3 FY24.
Fintech platform MobiKwik is focusing on scaling up the UPI side of the business as well as launching its RuPay credit card to the public soon t...
Elon Musk recently said he is “not chomping at the bit to acquire TikTok.”
Musk made those remarks during an interview at the WELT Economic Summit on January 28. A [video of the interview]( was published today.
The interview came after President Donald Trump [delayed a law]( requiring parent compa...
Bhavish Aggarwal-led Ola Electric reported widening losses in the three months ended December 31, bogged down by lower sales of its two-wheelers during the period. It reported a quarterly net loss of Rs 562 crore in FY25 compared to Rs 374 crore in the previous year.
Additionally, the company repor...
Bhavish Aggarwal-led Ola Electric reported widening losses in the three months ended December 31, bogged down by lower sales of its two-wheelers during the period. It reported a quarterly net loss of Rs 562 crore in FY25 compared to Rs 374 crore in the previous year.
Additionally, the company repor...
Humanoid robotics company Figure raised eyebrows this week when it announced it would be stepping away from a partnership with OpenAI in favor of building its own in-house AI models. Figure CEO Brett Adcock alluded to a “major breakthrough” in their own process and plans to unveil “something no one ...
India’s central bank is introducing an exclusive “.bank.in” domain for banks from April 2025 as part of efforts to combat rising digital payment frauds and bolster trust in online banking services.
The Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) will serve as the exclusive...
Info Edge’s consolidated net profit zoomed over 141% to INR 288.41 Cr in Q3 FY25 from INR 119.44 Cr in the year-ago quarter
Operating revenue surged 15% YoY to INR 722.39 Cr during the quarter under review
Ahead of Q3 earnings, Info Edge's board approved the company's first-ever stoc...
Powerhouse venture firm Andreessen Horowitz has hired Daniel Penny as an investor, its web page confirms.
Penny is the former Marine who was tried last year and found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a homeless man on a New York City subway. After the man acted erratical...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to make artificial general intelligence (AGI) — which is roughly defined as AI that can accomplish any task a human can — openly available one day. But in a new policy document, Meta suggests that there are certain scenarios in which it may not release a highly c...
In this week’s episode, hosts Connie and Alex sit down with Steven Wang, the 23-year-old founder of Dub, a rapidly growing copy trading platform. Wang shares how Dub is revolutionizing retail investing by allowing users to automatically mirror the portfolios of top traders, hedge fund managers, and ...
At the Utkarsh Odisha Conclave, Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the model will be powered by the India AI Compute Facility, which has secured 18,693 GPUs to develop a large language model (LLM) designed specifically for the country.
Zoho, on Tuesday, unveiled its agentic AI capabilities across its platform, allowing enterprises to access, create, and deploy intelligent, autonomous digital agents. In the coming weeks, Zoho and ManageEngine will preview pre-built, task-specific agents throughout Zoho’s product suite. "We...
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