Drizzle on top: a new high-end dog food brand is coming for the 1%
Golden Child is launching with two “five-star” products: a fresh frozen meal system and, more intriguingly, a “drizzle.” It has also raised $37 million in funding.
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India’s Snabbit closes $56M round as investor interest in on-demand home services heats up
Snabbit now processes over 40,000 daily jobs and has cut costs sharply as it expands across cities and services.
Amazon’s new podcast strategy: Monetize everything
Amazon’s podcasting business seems to have transformed over the past six months.
Anthropic created a test marketplace for agent-on-agent commerce
In a recent experiment, Anthropic created a classified marketplace where AI agents represented both buyers and sellers, striking real deals for real goods and real money.
Uber will now pick up your returns from your doorstep
The new returns feature is the company’s latest effort to become an everything app.
AI traffic to US retailers rose 393% in Q1, and it’s boosting their revenue too
Adobe says AI traffic to U.S. retail sites also jumped 269% in March, with visitors converting better and generating more revenue than non-AI shoppers.
Fashion retailer Express left customers’ personal data and order details exposed to the internet
Retail giant Express was publicly spilling customer information to the open web. The bug is now fixed after TechCrunch alerted Express, but the company would not say if it plans to notify customers.
Instacart acquires Instaleap to expand its enterprise platform internationally
The acquisition will allow the company to expand its business into international markets without needing to launch a delivery network in those regions.
An Amazon warehouse worker died on the job at Oregon facility
Though Amazon has faced issues with warehouse safety, the company said that the death was not work related.