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SoftBank-backed Indian startup Oyo to cut 5,000 jobs globally
Oyo said on Wednesday it is laying off 5,000 people from its global workforce as the Indian budget hotel startup…
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Latin America roundup: SoftBank adds $1B, Stori raises $10M and Grow Mobility puts on the brakes
Sophia Wood Contributor Sophia Wood is a Venture Partner at Magma Partners. Sophia is also the co-founder of LatAm List,…
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Quick notes on the DoorDash IPO filing
Earlier today, during an eye-popping market selloff, DoorDash announced that it has privately filed to go public. The decision to…
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Loon and SoftBank’s HAPSMobile team with Airbus, China Telecom and more on stratospheric cell networks
A new industry alliance led by Alphabet’s Loon high-altitude balloon technology company and SoftBank’s HAPSMobile stratospheric glider subsidiary aims to…
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Join the Q&A with top speakers at TC Sessions: Robotics + AI
Over the past four years, TechCrunch has brought together some of the biggest names in robotics — founders, CEOs, VCs…
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SoftBank-backed Brandless shuts its doors for good
It was a roller coaster ride — a short one. Brandless, a San Francisco-based e-commerce company that made and sold…
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Arm focuses on AI with its new Cortex-M CPU and Ethos-U NPU
Arm today announced two new processors — or one and a half, depending on how you look at it. The…
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Uber claims top spot in Indian ride-hailing market
Uber facilitated 14 million rides a week in India last year, the American ride-hailing firm said as it claimed the…
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Layoffs hit another Softbank co as $3.2B Flexport cuts 50
Fearing weak fundraising options in the wake of the WeWork implosion, late stage startups are tightening their belts. The latest…
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Uber’s self-driving unit starts mapping Washington, D.C. ahead of testing
Uber Advanced Technologies Group will start mapping Washington, D.C., ahead of plans to begin testing its self-driving vehicles in the…
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