December 2023

Vercel makes it easier to ship better code at scale

December 5, 2023

Vercel today announced two new features for developers that aim to help them ship higher-quality code at scale. The first is conformance, which runs static analysis checks over a company’s codebase to find issues. The second is ‘code owners,’ which makes it easier to figure out who is responsible for a given part of the […]

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Goldman Sachs-backed ZestMoney, once valued at $450M, to shut down

December 5, 2023

ZestMoney, a buy now pay later startup whose ability to underwrite small ticket loans to first-time internet customers attracted many high-profile investors including Goldman Sachs, is shutting down following unsuccessful efforts to find a buyer. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup — which also identified PayU, Quona, Zip, Omidyar Network and Ribbit Capital among its backers — employed about […]

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Metrics that matter: 3 practical observations on valuation from an Index Ventures partner

December 5, 2023

Paris Heymann Contributor Share on X Paris Heymann is a partner at Index Ventures, where he invests primarily in B2B SaaS and data. More posts by this contributor Acquisition, retention, expansion: Why SaaS founders must understand GDR and NDR Metrics that matter: 3 KPIs to track on the path to profitability As part of the […]

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Another blow for self-driving trucks as former industry leader abandons the U.S.

December 5, 2023

When TuSimple went public in 2021 it was flying high as the leading self-driving trucks developer in the United States. Now — after a string of internal controversies and the loss of a critical partnership with truck manufacturer Navistar — TuSimple is exiting the U.S. altogether. The publicly traded said in a regulatory filing Monday […]

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Beeper reversed engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users

December 5, 2023

The push to bring iMessage to Android users today adds a new contender. A startup called Beeper, which had been working on a multi-platform messaging aggregator, is now launching a new app called Beeper Mini which will allow Android users to send and receive end-to-end encrypted iMessage chats for just $1.99 per month. Beeper Mini […]

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