Sources detail how Tiger Global fueled the COVID-era unicorn bubble that burst ahead of the AI boom; the firm recently shared its $12.7B 2021 fund is now up 16%
many of them ultimately collapsing under the weight of their outsized valuations. As investors rush into AI, will history repeat itself? https://restofworld.org/... @restofworld : When billion-dollar ...
USCIS data shows Amazon got the most H-1B visas each year from 2020 to 2024; Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple ranked in the top 10 in 2024
and what they get paid Erica Kollmann / Benzinga : Big Tech Companies Employ Majority Of H-1B Visa Workers: Where Do Amazon, Google, Meta Rank? Jessica Fu / Mercury News : H-1B workers grapple with un...
Q&A with Careem CEO Mudassir Sheikha on the MENA ride-hailing giant becoming a super app, the spinout of its non-ride-hailing services from Uber, AI, and more
• DUBAI, THE UAE — Mudassir Sheikha likes to tell the story of Careem's growth in chapters. Bluesky: @anup Bluesky: Anup Kaphle / @anup : I met with Mudassir Sheikha, the CEO and co-founder of Caree...
Former staff, investors, and industry experts reflect on the demise of Dunzo, the Indian online delivery pioneer undone by mismanagement, competition, and more
Dunzo was a trailblazer in India's online delivery sector, but things went awry when it shifted from its core strength. Bluesky: @anup and @restofworld.org . Mastodon: @anniezaidi@mastodon.social X: @...
A look at Uber Shuttle, the shared bus service in 20+ cities that has completed nearly 30M trips globally, as Uber awaits its regulatory approval in Bengaluru
Uber Shuttle, a shared bus ride service, is available in two Indian cities. The company plans to launch in three more cities soon. Bluesky: @michaelmartinez.co , @joshnicholas.com , and @anup . X: @a...
How Grab built GrabMaps by using data from drivers, users, and merchants in 500+ Southeast Asian cities, adding 800,000+ km of missing roads to OpenStreetMap
The super-app uses its own drivers and cameras to create hyperlocal maps in eight countries. — • JAKARTA, INDONESIA Mastodon: @sohkamyung@mstdn.io . X: @pitdesi and @anupkaphle . Forums: Hacker News...
Interviews with 20+ current and former TSMC staff at its Arizona plant finds struggles over bridging Taiwanese and US norms, rigid hierarchies, and other issues
the company's new chip plant allegedly plagued by worker abuses Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.2207: TSMC's Arizona culture clash, Apple preps new iPads, Vision Pro forecasts cut, AI pois...
Livestreaming on Douyin and Kuaishou is helping attract out-of-town property buyers to Xishuangbanna in China's Yunnan province, despite a nationwide downturn
Caiwei Chen / Rest of World : X: @anupkaphle and @caiweic X: Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle : China's property market has plummeted since the pandemic. So why are sales booming in one tropical border town...
How Spotify's on-the-ground work in Nigeria, like hiring local staff, contributed to the success of Afrobeats, which grew 550% on Spotify between 2017 and 2022
Damilare Dosunmu / Rest of World : X: @anupkaphle See also Mediagazer X: Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle : How Spotify helped turn Afrobeats into a global phenomenon Read @tarykuh's reporting from Lagos. H...
How ShareIt became the go-to file transfer app in countries where mobile data is prohibitively expensive; the company claims the app has 2.4B downloads globally
Rest of World : Tweets: @anupkaphle Tweets: Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle : Faster than Bluetooth, 2.4 billion downloads @NilChristopher & @violazhouyi on how ShareIt became the world's go-to app for fil...