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How to Cope With the Emotional Side of Retirement

May 18, 2023
Retirement—that stage of life when you can step away from work and spend time with family, friends, and pursuits, relying on our savings and retirement plans to finance the daily…

Percent lands $30M investment to connect investors with private credit

May 18, 2023

In 2018, Nelson Chu founded Percent with the goal of bringing investors, borrowers and underwriters together to modernize private credit. Seeing an opportunity to tackle the lack of risk management in the market, Chu created a marketplace that enables investors — specifically accredited retail investors — to participate in private credit. It’s been a success […]

Percent lands $30M investment to connect investors with private credit by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Beijing calls on cloud providers to support AI firms

May 18, 2023

As large language models from Western tech firms show the potential to disrupt everything from marketing, teaching, to coding, China is rushing to cultivate its home-grown AI pioneers by stepping up state support. Beijing is now seeking public opinion on a draft policy aimed at developing artificial general intelligence, or AGI, a category of AI […]

Beijing calls on cloud providers to support AI firms by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Thrasio cuts stake, loses control in Indian house of brands in likely market retreat

May 18, 2023

Founders of Lifelong Online have acquired the majority ownership and control in the Indian house of brands from Thrasio in what appears to be a retreat for the “Amazon aggregator” from the key overseas market. Existing investors, Tanglin Venture Partners and Hero Enterprise Partner Ventures, also increased their ownership in Lifelong Online. Thrasio will continue […]

Thrasio cuts stake, loses control in Indian house of brands in likely market retreat by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Swiggy’s food delivery business reaches profitability

May 18, 2023

India’s Swiggy said on Thursday that its food delivery business has become profitable, eclipsing its publicly-listed rival Zomato on another key metric a day before the firm is set to report its quarterly earnings. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup — which counts Prosus Ventures, SoftBank and Invesco among its backers — became profitable in March this year, […]

Swiggy’s food delivery business reaches profitability by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch