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Indian quick commerce startup Zepto files for $1.2 billion IPO amid warnings of bubble in the sector
Zepto isn’t the only quick commerce startup in India, and competition is heating up both domestically and globally. The country’s online grocery market is set to be worth around $24 billion dollars by 2025, according to Redseer. Zepto Indian quick-commerce startup Zepto has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, according to a public notice […]
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Palantir CIO Jim Siders leaves to become head of Thrive Capital’s new IT services business
Jim Siders speaks at an event Courtesy: Jim Siders Thrive Capital, the tech investment firm known for taking big stakes in companies including OpenAI, Stripe and Databricks, announced on Monday that it’s tapped Palantir veteran Jim Siders to serve as CEO of Shield Technology Partners, a newly created business focused on IT services. Siders spent […]
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Goldman Sachs leads investment in software delivery startup Harness at $5.5 billion valuation
Jyoti Bansal, co-founder and CEO of Harness, speaks at the company’s Unscripted conference in London on Sept. 25, 2025. Harness Almost nine years ago, Jyoti Bansal sold AppDynamics to Cisco for $3.7 billion just as the software startup was set to go public. Bansal’s latest venture, Harness, is now worth substantially more than that, after […]
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Former GitLab CEO raises money for Kilo to compete in crowded AI coding market
Investors are betting there’s room for another startup using artificial intelligence to help software engineers write code faster. The difference with Kilo Code is it counts former GitLab CEO Sid Sijbrandij among its founders. On Wednesday, Kilo Code announced $8 million in seed funding, with backing from Breakers, Cota Capital, General Catalyst, Quiet Capital and […]
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This is the No.1 reason startups fail in the first two years, according to the founder of Europe’s largest pre-seed fund
Concept Ventures was an early investor in billion dollar AI firm Eleven Labs. Reece Chowdhury A venture capitalist says one of the biggest reasons startups fail hinges on the relationship between co-founders. Reece Chowdhry, founding partner of Concept Ventures, said early teams often split within two years because their co-founders clash or lack a shared […]
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Allbirds, H&M and Zara use recycled yarns from this Virginia startup that’s backed by Patagonia
Fast fashion is a major environmental offender, requiring massive water consumption, and producing high carbon emissions and pollution. It also leads to a surge in microplastic and textile waste. One result has been a boom in thrifting. But recycling old clothing into new items presents a much bigger challenge. The fashion industry accounts for anywhere […]
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Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun is leaving to create his own startup
Yann LeCun, known as one of the godfathers of modern artificial intelligence and one of the first AI visionaries to join the company then known as Facebook, is leaving Meta. LuCun said in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday that he plans to create a startup that specializes in a kind of AI technology that researchers […]
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Luma AI raises $900 million in funding round led by Saudi AI firm Humain
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Video generation startup Luma AI said it raised $900 million in a new funding round led by Humain, an artificial intelligence company owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The financing, which included participation from Advanced Micro Devices’ venture arm and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, […]
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Defense startup Govini founder Eric Gillespie charged in child sex sting
Mug shot of Eric Gillespie, Govini Founder and Chairman. Courtesy: Pennsylvania Attorney General The founder of Virginia-based defense startup Govini was arrested on charges of attempting to solicit a pre-teen girl for sexual contact in Pennsylvania, authorities said Monday. The founder, Eric Gillespie, 57, was charged with four felonies, including multiple counts of unlawful contact […]
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As private tech market heats up, PitchBook makes startup data available via ChatGPT
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The private tech market has never been hotter, with companies like OpenAI, SpaceX, Anthropic and Stripe climbing to astronomical valuations. PitchBook, one of the top providers of data on startups, wants to make it easier for users to quickly access information on those companies and […]
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