Startups

Companies are clamping down on budgets, but startup CEOs shouldn't assume that costs will go down just because it was decided they need to. They need to go in with eyes wide open. The realities of execution are far different than simply slashing the bottom 20% performers, especially when even t

India's Ministry of Corporate Affairs has asked Byju's to explain why it hasn't filed its audited financials for the year ending March 2021, Bloomberg News reported Thursday. Edtech giant Byju's, which is India's most valuable startup with a valuation of $22 billion, has missed

Privacy breaches are not only bad for users, but also costly for tech companies. For example, GDPR fines now total $1.7 billion, and earlier this year Twitter had to pay $150 million for misrepresenting the security and privacy of user data. Based in Pune, India and Delaware, Privado wants to make

Supply chain disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine is driving increased costs of goods and services, affecting not only the industrial sector (e.g., semiconductors), but also the agriculture industry. Global food prices have dropped for three consecutive months but still

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The earliest stages of venture investing are the most insulated from macroeconomic conditions. When the public market dislocation started causing a broad venture funding pullback, it appeared seed investing would be safe for a while. Data indicates that that is bearing out as expected. But checking

I tell you what, folks. The roundtable discussions at technewss Disrupt — coming to you live and in person on October 18-20 in San Francisco — will be off the hook. Disrupt attendees love roundtables — 30-minute, expert-led discussions designed for up to 20 attendees who share an interest in

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. “Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that allows people all over the world to rise above borders and pursue their drea

In the first installment of our Cloud Quarterly report series, we spoke about how the market has shifted to valuing cloud companies' profitability, even when it comes at the expense of growth (this thread on Twitter goes in-depth into that data). There is no shortage of efficiency metrics that

During the pandemic, retailers were forced to embrace e-commerce. But some found that they struggled to maintain customer loyalty as consumer expectations changed and purchasing patterns shifted. As a result of formidable competition like Amazon, they discovered, customers have low patience for sit

Despite growing interest from Web 2.0 companies, the explosion of web3 into the mainstream, combined with the high complexity of the technology, has caught many on the back foot. There has been much confusion around how to integrate the technology into Web 2.0 business models in a way that is authe

I'm not a branding expert. I can recognize, however, that one sets certain expectations by naming a product “Happy Ring.” Mental health is a delicate space, and not something to be taken lightly. As a rule, it's best to avoid anything that promises to fix you without the requisite talk

As more traditional finance products and services find their way into web3, there are some crypto startups emerging with a focus on adding decentralization to old-school practices. Spectral, a credit risk assessment infrastructure web3 startup, has raised $23 million in a round led

A new open source AI image generator capable of producing realistic pictures from any text prompt has seen stunningly swift uptake in its first week. Stability AI’s Stable Diffusion, high fidelity but capable of being run on off-the-shelf consumer hardware, is now in use by art generator serv