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Keith Rabois: “I tell founders not to worry about runway. Worry about lift.” Runway (money/time left) is just a tool to achieve lift (traction & growth). But if extra runway doesn’t help you hit traction, it’s useless. Don’t raise funds just to “

Weekend bash was full of General Elections, IPO, Layoffs and funding - Startups seeking advice on IPO timing amid market volatility. - Simpl, a consumer credit startup, lays off 30 employees and restructures senior leadership. - Startups adopt ne

Smart building solution provider Spintly has raised Rs 3.5 crore in a round led by Spyre VC to increase presence and strengthen senior management roles. The round also saw participation from Accel India, Chakra Growth Fund, Alumni Ventures, and Docto

Top News of the Day: 1. Beauty brand RAS Luxury Skincare raises $5 million from Unilever Ventures, others 2. Direct-to-consumer beauty brand Wow Skin Science is seeking a strategic buyer as investors aim to exit at a reduced $250 million valuation

A few months ago, @nikhilkamathcio launched India’s first non-dilutive grant for founders 25 and under: WTFund. 1,500+ applications. 160 shortlists. 15 founders. 9 companies. That’s cohort 1. Applications for Cohort 2 are live now, with the deadline

Top News Of the Day: 1. Y Combinator-backed CureSkin raises $20 Mn led by Healthquad 2. Agetech startup Kites Senior Care has raised Rs 45 crore ($5.4 million) in its Series A round led by Ranjan Pai 3. Full-stack Sustainability Platform TapFin rais

Top News of the Day: 1. Rahul Chaudhary, who joined venture capital fund Matrix Partners India in February last year, has quit the firm to start his new venture. 2. Paytm, the Indian fintech pioneer, reported its first-ever sales decline and warned

Top News of the Day: 1. Raise Financial Services has acquired Filter Coffee, a new-age financial media startup. 2. Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's new model led to a $1 trillion loss in US and European tech stocks as investors reassess high valuatio

The AI Legends #75 Days Day 36: Pieter Abbeel Abbeel is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and the co-founder of Covariant, a company focused on bringing AI-powered robots to the workforce. History: Born in 1977 in Belgium, Abbee

Top News of the Week 1. Funding: - The week saw the first mega funding deal materialise for an Indian startup in the form of healthtech unicorn Innovaccer’s $275 Mn Series F fundraise. - On the back of this, healthtech emerged as the most funded