IntrCity SmartBus lands $30M at $140M valuation to deepen its grip on India’s intercity travel market
IntrCity SmartBus grew revenue by 67% last year and is targeting full profitability this year, as intercity travel booms across India.
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India’s Snabbit valuation doubled to $180M in 5 months on its quick house-help bet
Snabbit has raised its third funding round in nine months.
NBA champion Tristan Thompson and World Mobile launch community-owned network Uplift
With Uplift, every subscription will contribute to neighborhood-level network expansion, while local hosts that are known as “AirNode operators” will earn a portion of network revenue by providing community coverage.
Digg founder Kevin Rose on the need for trusted social communities in the AI era
Now again under Rose’s control, the new Digg is creating a place for people to socialize and connect online within communities, similar to Reddit, but it has different ideas about how such a platform should work at a time when bots are nearly indistinguishable from humans.
YouTube announces ‘voluntary exit program’ for US staff
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan told employees about the program via an internal memo on Wednesday.
And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2025 is: Glīd
Glīd, which is trying to streamline cargo container logistics, has beaten out 199 other Startup Battlefield companies to take home $100,000.
Rode has a better way to connect your tiny wireless mics to your digital camera
Last November, Rode launched its Wireless Micro microphone system that paired two tiny lavalier mics with a small receiver that connected to your phone’s charging port. Rode later gave that product a free upgrade, sending out another receiver that let the mics connect to digital cameras, too. Now, the company is launching an updated version […]
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko is a big fan of agentic coding
Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Yakovenko said he’s become increasingly comfortable taking a back seat in software development tasks.
Meta repents again to Republicans in hearing over moderation, while Google stands its ground
At a Senate hearing Wednesday on government censorship of tech platforms, a Meta executive expressed regret to Republican lawmakers for failing to speak out more against the Biden administration’s requests that it remove health and election misinformation, including satire. Google, meanwhile, held firm in its stance, saying that evaluating – and often rejecting – government […]