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Krutrim, an AI startup founded by Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal, said it has raised a funding round that values it at $1 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Firecrawl nabbed Shopify’s CEO Tobias Lütke as an investor from a gutsy email after they discovered he was using the product. Also, The round, which pushes Databricks' valuation to $100B, was co-led by Insight Partners and Thrive. CEO Ali Ghodsi says he's found an enormous untapp ... Show More

Plus: Lyft partners with Waymo to launch autonomous vehicle service in Nashville. And Entek Technology has agreed to sell a majority stake to I Squared Capital. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection a ... Show More

Plus: BlackRock’s AI consortium acquires Aligned Data Centers in a $40 billion deal. And driverless taxis head to London. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising ... Show More

The internet trend is simple: A friend or family member looks into the camera and tells viewers, in a slightly aggressive tone, that they are about to witness a presentation and that they had better be nice. Also, Acrew Capital's Lauren Kolodny led a $20 million Series A in Alix, ... Show More

TikTok launches a paywall, but it’s all about the creators. Salesforce has its own generative AI product. More layoffs coming for Meta. Another autonomous driving startup bites the dust. Why Twitter broke yesterday, and new speakers from Sonos. Sponsors: This episode is sponsored ... Show More

Nvidia buys Mellanox, Tesla reverses course, a handy primer on how TikTok is different, and we check in on the smart takes from last week’s big stories. Subscribe to the Premium, Ad-Free Podcast Feed! Sponsors: DataDogHQ.com/ridehome Tiny.website Links: Nvidia to Buy Mellanox for ... Show More