July 4, 2025

The Download: India’s AI independence, and predicting future epidemics

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside India’s scramble for AI independence Despite its status as a global tech hub, India lags far behind the likes of the US and China when it comes to homegrown AI. That gap…

Graneet raises $8.7 million for its vertical SaaS for construction companies

April 11, 2023

French startup Graneet is building an all-in-one software-as-a-service product focused on small construction companies. And it has grown quite a lot since I first covered the company as the company has tripled its revenue over the past six months. That’s why the startup raised a €8 million Series A round ($8.7 million at today’s exchange […]

Graneet raises $8.7 million for its vertical SaaS for construction companies by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Ex-Twitter CEO Agrawal, other execs sue firm over unpaid legal bills

April 11, 2023

Former Twitter employees, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, ex-legal head Vijaya Gadde, and ex-CFO Ned Segal, have sued the social network over alleged unpaid legal reimbursements. The lawsuit, filed in Delaware Chancery Court, alleged that Twitter has to pay over $1 million to the former executives for legal bills they incurred while at the company to […]

Ex-Twitter CEO Agrawal, other execs sue firm over unpaid legal bills by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Jakarta-based cloud kitchen startup Legit Group gets Series A to take over the rest of Indonesia

April 11, 2023

Legit Group, a cloud kitchen brand operator based in Jakarta, has its eyes on the rest of Indonesia after raising a $13.7 million Series A. The round was led by MDI Ventures, the venture capital arm of PT Telcom Indonesia Tbk, the largest telecom conglomerate in Indonesia. It included participation from Sinar Mas Digital Ventures […]

Jakarta-based cloud kitchen startup Legit Group gets Series A to take over the rest of Indonesia by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

Eclipse eclipses previous fundraises with a whopping $1.23 billion across two new funds

April 11, 2023

The market may be be tightening, but not for Eclipse Ventures, a Palo Alto-based venture firm that just raised $1.2 billion across two new funds. One fund, with $720 million in capital commitments will be invested in early-stage outfits, as well as companies that Eclipse itself incubates. The remaining $510 million will be funneled into […]

Eclipse eclipses previous fundraises with a whopping $1.23 billion across two new funds by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

Lightspeed fuels Indian workspace interiors platform OfficeBanao with 6M funding

April 10, 2023

OfficeBanao, an Indian startup offering a workspace interiors platform to businesses in the country, has raised $6 million in seed funding led by Lightspeed. In India’s competitive workspace interior market, traditional providers have long dominated the landscape, often requiring substantial investment of time and resources for clients to achieve their desired results. Furthermore, many of […]

Lightspeed fuels Indian workspace interiors platform OfficeBanao with 6M funding by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Researchers populated a tiny virtual town with AI (and it was very wholesome)

April 10, 2023

What would happen if you filled a virtual town with AIs and set them loose? As it turns out, they brush their teeth and are very nice to one another! But this unexciting outcome is good news for the researchers who did it, since they wanted to produce “believable simulacra of human behavior” and got […]

Researchers populated a tiny virtual town with AI (and it was very wholesome) by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch