Snabbit has raised its third funding round in nine months.
India’s Snabbit valuation doubled to $180M in 5 months on its quick house-help bet
 
				
							 
				
							Snabbit has raised its third funding round in nine months.
 
				
							WhatsApp is enabling users to encrypt their backup using passkeys
 
				
							IntrCity SmartBus grew revenue by 67% last year and is targeting full profitability this year, as intercity travel booms across India.
 
				
							Figma said today that it has acquired AI-powered image and video generation company Weavy.
 
				
							People are increasingly asking AI, not Google, to help them discover products. A recent shopping report says Americans, this holiday season, will likely turn to large language models this season to find gifts, deals, and sales instead of traditional search. Retailers could see up to a 520% increase in traffic from chatbots and AI prompts… Continua a leggere The Prompting Company snags $6.5M to help products get mentioned in ChatGPT and other AI apps
 
				
							After a small startup exit and being turned down by every VC firm he applied to, Tim Chen began angel investing and eventually stumbled into raising his own fund. Now, as the solo investor behind Essence VC, he just closed his fourth fund at $41 million “without even trying.” Chen’s secret weapon? Being technical enough… Continua a leggere Startups should rethink how they pursue sales and traction, according to VC Tim Chen
 
				
							Prosecutors confirmed Peter Williams, the former Trenchant boss, sold eight exploits to a Russian buyer. TechCrunch exclusively reported that the Trenchant division was investigating a leak of its hacking tools, after another employee was accused of involvement.
 
				
							ElevenLabs’ founder Mati Staniszewski said that, in the short term, AI audio models were still the “biggest advantage and the biggest step change you can have today.”
 
				
							Mercor CEO Brendan Foody has built a $10 billion empire freeing up valuable data from legacy industries and making it available to AI labs.
 
				
							Mercor CEO Brendan Foody has built a $10 billion empire freeing up valuable data from legacy industries and making it available to AI labs.