Ex-Flipkart exec’s Flash app wants to be an inbox for your e-commerce needs

Email inboxes are tricky tools because over time they become hard to manage and users have to spend a lot of time searching for what they are trying to find. And if you have been using one email address everywhere, it’s also painful to change that at a later...

Rwazi to scale its market intelligence platform backed by $4 million seed funding

In emerging markets like Africa, offline retail dominates most product sales, driven by informal trade, and cash-based transactions. This makes the sourcing of data on the true market value or sizes of products a herculean task. Yet, local and international...

Ola Electric eyes up to $300m raise in new round

The firm previously earmarked over US$900 million to build the world's largest EV hub in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Source link

DCG-owed crypto exchange Luno replaces CEO, seeks outside investment

LONDON — The CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Luno is stepping aside and handing the reins to its head of operations, the company announced Wednesday.It comes as Luno's parent company, crypto-focused venture capital firm Digital Currency Group, continues to reel...

Goldman Sachs experiments with ChatGPT-like AI to help devs write code

The Goldman Sachs logo displayed on a smartphone.Budrul Chukrut | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesGoldman Sachs is experimenting with generative AI tools internally to help its developers automatically generate and test code, the company's chief...

Auros bags $17m as it recovers from FTX exposure

The firm saw around US$20 million in assets affected by the FTX collapse. Source link

Daily Crunch: Amazon CEO says laying off 9,000 more workers ‘is best for the company long-term’

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. 🚚 Trucking is a vital industry and yet the majority of operations are operating on outdated platforms. AtoB thinks it has the...

Sifflet raises cash to expand its data observability platform

Organizations dealing with large amounts of data often struggle to ensure that data remains high-quality. According to a survey from Great Expectations, which creates open source tools for data testing, 77% of companies have data quality issues and 91% believe...

Credable, a digital banking infra startup that wants to build Unit for emerging markets, gets funding

Embedded finance solutions in less developed markers are becoming more prominent as platforms look to provide various financial solutions to the unbanked and underserved. Banking infrastructure providers are mainly responsible for the proliferation of such...

SVB fail is double-whammy for startups dealing with plunge in venture

ChartHop CEO Ian WhiteChartHopChartHop CEO Ian White breathed a major sigh of relief in late January after his cloud software startup raised a $20 million funding round. He'd started the process six months earlier during a brutal period for tech stocks and a...
Sifflet raises cash to expand its data observability platform

Sifflet raises cash to expand its data observability platform

Organizations dealing with large amounts of data often struggle to ensure that data remains high-quality. According to a survey from Great Expectations, which creates open source tools for data testing, 77% of companies have data quality issues and 91% believe...

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus subscription launches in India

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus subscription launches in India

ChatGPT Plus, the subscription service to access OpenAI’s text-generating AI, is now available in India. ChatGPT Plus features GPT-4, the refined AI model that OpenAI launched earlier this week. The paid tier provides customers with early access to new features...

Let’s talk about succession plans 

Let’s talk about succession plans 

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Maybe it’s the fact that “Succession” is back next week, or maybe it’s the...