An inside look at ex-unicorn Builder.ai's demise, which oversold its AI platform's abilities and frustrated customers with delivery delays and buggy products
In our new feature, we set out to find the truth. X: Varsha Bansal / @varshaabansal : Inside the collapse of London's hottest AI startup https://builder.ai/. This is a story about AI washing with the ...
A profile of Byju's CEO Byju Raveendran, who refuses to take responsibility for the edtech company's implosion and is accused of hiding $533M from US lenders
From Dubai, the enigmatic founder of Byju's recounts how he made his empire — and vows to rebuild it. X: @restofworld , @jeelanireports , @yudhijit , @rinachandran , @restofworld , @violazhouyi , and ...
How Uber-owned Careem went from Pakistan's ride-hailing leader to a distant third player after deprioritizing the country due to its unstable economy
Zuha Siddiqui / Rest of World : X: @restofworld , @restofworld , @restofworld , @mvzelenks , and @russellbrandom . LinkedIn: Sophie Schmidt X: @restofworld : Careem was once the main ride-hailing app...
How Uber-owned Careem went from Pakistan's ride-hailing leader to a distant third player after deprioritizing the country due to its unstable economy
After falling from dominance, Careem is experimenting — from corporate rides to price bidding — to maintain its presence in Pakistan. X: @restofworld , @restofworld , @russellbrandom , @restofworld , ...
An interview with Vinod Khosla on how AI will “free humanity from the need to work”, seeing the AI future early, OpenAI investment, AI and geopolitics, and more
At nearly 70, Vinod Khosla is an elder statesman in Silicon Valley but he's been on top of the most cutting-edge trends, including artificial intelligence. Tweets: @mvzelenks , @rachaelrad , @sarthakg...
A look at the “hustle economy”, where unemployed teachers, cooks, and dancers are turning to Patreon, Twitch, and OnlyFans to monetize their digital offerings
Unemployed teachers, cooks, dancers are turning to Patreon, Twitch, and OnlyFans — e have nothing to sell besides physical touch. Tweets: @wmmna , @ubi_works , @ibogost , @ozm , @30_helens , @bijans...
Cameo, which lets fans pay for shoutout videos from celebs, has become a gig economy for celebs during the pandemic as some use it to compensate for income loss
On March 20, Steven Galanis, the CEO and co-founder of Cameo, took a call from Akon, the R&B singer behind the 2006 hit “Smack That.” Tweets: @thesskate , @jessicagolds , @zzzzaaaacccchhh , @noiseymus...
While Amazon's board has become more diverse, as of January, 44 of 48 execs in Amazon's upper ranks were reportedly men and zero VPs were African-American
Maya Kosoff / OneZero : Tweets: @dlberes , @medium , @cindygallop , @cindygallop , @jeremykonyndyk , and @mvzelenks Tweets: Damon Beres / @dlberes : .@mekosoff drops the hammer on Amazon's mostly whi...