A decade ago, Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal quit their salaried careers and began a tour of family-run stores in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, attempting to work out why the country’s legion of small shopkeepers did not sell their cheap clothes and goods online. It was a challenge that would inspire the Delhi … Read more
By Michaela Platt, Communications Coordinator, Triple-I As businesses started incorporating Internet strategies into their operations, Casey Kempton had just begun her graduate studies in cognitive anthropology and was working for a tech startup. A Connecticut native, Kempton had always been aware of insurance giants based in her state. So, when the startup she worked for … Read more
Startup Snapshot, a data-sharing platform for the entrepreneurial ecosystem, recently released its latest report, The Untold Toll: The Impact of stress on the well-being of startup founders and CEOs. Clearly, the emotional state of founders and entrepreneurs in any period, especially now in this economic environment, is a critical driver of success. Yet the emotional, cognitive, … Read more
A recent report from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, and consultancy firm Hello Tomorrow highlights the rapid growth of deep tech startups in Saudi Arabia, with 50% of these startups focusing on AI and IoT. These sectors are emerging as key drivers of innovation and investment … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China’s robotaxi companies should see costs coming down and major cities opening up to their fleets next year, according to the chief executive of the latest start-up to seek more funding for its autonomous driving … Read more