Indian quick commerce startup Zepto has raised four hundred million dollars in a funding round. The new investment was led by California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or CalPERS, a United States based pension fund. This round includes a mix of…
Kuku, an Indian storytelling platform backed by Google, has raised eighty-five million dollars in fresh funding. The company aims to scale its audio and video content offerings amid intensifying competition in India’s mobile-first content market. This Series C round was…
In recent years, a new wave of photo-sharing apps has emerged, capitalizing on the idea that Instagram has become too curated. These apps create spaces for users to share unfiltered photos directly from their camera rolls. Locket tapped into lockscreen-based…
South Korea is nearing a decision on whether to allow Google and Apple to export high-resolution geographic map data to servers located outside the country. The detailed maps in question use a scale of 1:5,000, which would show streets, buildings,…
Electric aviation startup Beta Technologies has set a share price for its initial public offering between twenty-seven and thirty-three dollars. The company hopes to raise as much as eight hundred and twenty-five million dollars, according to a regulatory document filed…
The Enhanced Games, which is backed by Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr.’s 1789 Capital, aims to disrupt the Olympics. This new competition will allow athletes to use performance-enhancing substances. The event is scheduled to launch in Las Vegas in…
Employees spend a significant part of their day communicating and coordinating on projects. However, this effort is often disrupted when a specific colleague is unavailable. Whether a teammate is on vacation or in a different time zone, the entire team…
Spotify is developing a new feature called SongDNA that would allow users to discover music through song credits. This feature would let people explore the writers, collaborators, vocalists, engineers, lyricists, producers, composers, and others who worked on a specific track…
Apple announced on Tuesday that it has signed contracts for 650 megawatts of renewable power in Europe. This includes wind and solar projects that are either already operational or will be soon. A large portion of the power generated will…
On Wednesday, Anthropic released Claude Haiku 4.5, the newest version of its smallest model. The company bills it as offering similar performance to its Sonnet 4 model at one-third the cost and more than twice the speed. Anthropic cites a…
