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India’s desire for immediate convenience, previously focused on meal and grocery deliveries, now includes domestic help. This trend has enabled Snabbit, an on-demand home services startup, to obtain $30 million in fresh capital and increase its valuation to $180 million, a rise from $80 million five months prior. The Series C round, entirely equity-based and…

IntrCity SmartBus, an India-based intercity bus platform leveraging technology, has secured $30 million in funding to broaden its reach to smaller Indian cities and towns. The Series D round, an all-equity deal spearheaded by A91 Partners, places the startup’s post-money valuation at $140 million. Intercity travel within India is on the rise, fueled by increasing…

NBA champ Tristan Thompson revealed at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 a collaboration with global telecom giant World Mobile to introduce Uplift, a community-run mobile network. The network features unlimited data plans with prices starting at $9.99 each month. Uplift runs on both blockchain tech and a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN). With Uplift, each subscription helps…

Aaron Levie, Box’s co-founder and CEO, doesn’t anticipate AI agents supplanting enterprise SaaS (software as a service) firms. Instead, speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Wednesday, he posited that a SaaS and agent hybrid is the more probable scenario. Levie clarified, “In general, after establishing a business process, the aim is to define…

Typically, when one company buys another, it subsumes the acquired company’s branding, or it merges it into its own brand. Grammarly is taking a different approach: After its acquisition of email client Superhuman in July, it’s rebranding as “Superhuman.” Despite the branding shift, Grammarly, the product, will still be known by its original name. However,…

The free digital payments revolution in India has transformed how money is transacted, but not how fintech firms generate revenue. Super.money, Flipkart’s fintech division, is partnering with Kotak811, the digital platform of Kotak Mahindra Bank, a leading Indian commercial bank, to address this by combining UPI payments, savings, and secured credit into a unified account…

Tata Motors, a major Indian automaker, has resolved multiple security vulnerabilities. These flaws had left sensitive internal data exposed, encompassing customer personal information, business records, and data related to their dealerships. Eaton Zveare, a security researcher, informed TechCrunch of his discovery of these vulnerabilities within Tata Motors’ E-Dukaan division. This unit operates as an e-commerce…

Aurora has introduced a new 600-mile autonomous route stretching from Fort Worth to El Paso, marking the second self-driving truck route for the autonomous vehicle technology firm. The company revealed this route expansion on Tuesday, coinciding with the release of its third-quarter financial results. Aurora also reported that its five self-driving trucks have collectively logged…

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is happening now! If you’re still considering attending in person, explore the detailed agenda of speakers, networking events, workshops, after-parties, and more right here. There’s still time to buy a ticket, and with two days remaining, we’re offering a 50% discount on tickets. However, if you can’t be here in person, the…

As part of its expansion efforts in one of its primary markets, OpenAI is providing its ChatGPT Go plan without charge for a year to Indian users who register during a special promotional period beginning November 4. OpenAI revealed the promotion on Tuesday but didn’t specify the duration of the offer. According to the company,…