Amazon, Meta join fight to end Google Pay, PhonePe dominance in India
Amazon and Meta are among the big companies set to lobby India’s payments body over the dominance of Walmart-owned PhonePe and Google Pay in the
How one venture firm is investing in an increasingly fragmented world
The world today is riven by cultural differences, political divisions, and geopolitical disputes — a challenging environment for any investor hunting for startups that can
India’s Snabbit closes $56M round as investor interest in on-demand home services heats up
Snabbit, an Indian on-demand home services startup, has closed a $56 million funding round, confirming TechCrunch’s earlier report. Co-led by Susquehanna Venture Capital, Mirae Asset
Truecaller faces mounting pressures as its growth matures
Truecaller is one of the world’s most widely used caller identification platforms, with more than 500 million users. Now it’s entering a more challenging phase
Maine’s governor vetoes data center moratorium
Maine Governor Janet Mills has vetoed a bill that would have temporarily brought permits for new data centers to a halt. If it had become
Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: ‘I was duped and feel silly’
Silicon Valley tends to tolerate a certain amount of founder exaggeration when pitching investors, often dismissing it as part of selling a vision. But some
Bob Iger rejoins Thrive Capital as advisor after Disney exit
Bob Iger is returning to Thrive Capital as an advisor, just one month after stepping down as CEO of Disney, a role he held for
Meta will now allow parents to see the topics their child discussed with Meta AI
Meta announced on Thursday that parents using its supervision tools can now see the topics their teen has asked Meta AI about in the past
Meta will record employees’ keystrokes and use it to train its AI models
Meta has found a new source of training data for its AI models: its own employees. The company plans to use data culled from the
Yelp’s updated AI assistant can answer questions and book a restaurant or service in one conversation
For years, existing consumer platforms have tried to keep users within their app by offering more services. After the rise of the AI chatbot, the