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YC-backed food supply startup Vendease restructures employees’ salaries Y Combinator-backed Nigerian food procurement startup Vendease has changed its employee pay structure and is seeking fresh capital, TechCrunch has learned. This…
GrubMarket raises $50M at a $3.5B+ valuation to build AI for the $1 trillion food distribution industry U.S. President Trump’s wide-ranging tariff hikes are already resulting in growth forecasts being…
Google, Speedinvest back Kenya’s Leta, which uses AI to make logistics cheaper African businesses pay up to four times the global average to transport goods. Nairobi-based logistics SaaS provider Leta…
Waymo’s milestone SFO mapping permit comes with strings attached Waymo has been given permission to map roadways at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) via a temporary permit — the…
Google revives talks to acquire Wiz at higher valuation Google’s parent company Alphabet is again in advanced talks to acquire cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz, a person familiar with the deal…
OpenAI exec leaves to found materials science startup Liam Fedus, OpenAI’s VP of research for post-training, is leaving the company to found a materials science AI startup. The Information initially…
Intel could be in for significant changes as Lip-Bu Tan takes on CEO role Intel’s new CEO Lip-Bu Tan seems ready to get right to work to turn around the…
Rippling sues Deel, Deel denies ‘all legal wrongdoing’, and Slack is the main witness It’s gloves off in one of the more tense rivalries in the world of startups. HR…
This app limits your screen time by making you literally touch grass If you’ve ever spent way too long scrolling through endless feeds about nothing, you may have been advised…
These fintech companies are hiring in 2025 after a turbulent year While the rapid pace of funding has slowed, many fintechs are continuing to see growth and expand their teams.…