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The world is becoming training data for AI, for which everyone is unprotectedPronto, a home services startup, is facing criticism for using body-camera footage from workers inside customers’ homes to train AI and rob...
Instant househelp orders jump; Agnikul eyes new fundingHappy Monday! Instant house help startups collectively reached three million monthly bookings in April. This and more in today's ETtech Mor...
Deeptech bets heat up; Paytm, PB Fintech, Meesho earningsHappy Thursday! VCs are doubling down on India’s deeptech, with early-stage bets leading the charge. This and more in today’s ETtech Mornin...
Instant house-help startup Pronto bags $20 million as valuation doubles to $200 millionInstant house help startup Pronto has secured $20 million, doubling its valuation to $200 million. This funding will fuel supply scaling am...
Instant domestic help apps face worker unavailability amid rapid scaling, high competitionInstant domestic help platforms like Urban Company, Snabbit, and Pronto are experiencing worker shortages. This is causing limited availabi...
Snabbit clocks 1 million orders in March as demand for instant help services picks upIn December, the Bengaluru-based on-demand home help startup reported 500,000 orders, which rose to 830,000 in February, driven by stronger...
RBI scraps Paytm Bank licence; Pronto's back-to-back fundingRBI has cancelled Paytm Payments Bank licence over compliance lapses. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
Tech investor Lachy Groom in talks to back Pronto; valuation set to double at $200 millionUS investor Lachy Groom is in talks to invest $15-20 million in Pronto. This funding round values the instant househelp startup at $200 mil...
Quick service platform Snabbit appoints Abhinav Ankur as chief business officerQuick service platform Snabbit has appointed Abhinav Ankur as its chief business officer. This move comes as the house help segment experie...
Zepto vs rivals; Cybersecurity goes outsourcedAs Zepto lines up a public markets debut this year, a look at how it stacks up against rivals Blinkit and Instamart. This and more in today...
In India, $1 housekeepers spark a consumer, worker frenzy despite safety risksSome Indian startups are offering house help for as little as $1 an hour, attracting thousands of women seeking work and consumers eager fo...
Platforms brace for impact as gig workforce returns homeAccording to industry executives, the daily active gig workers on quick commerce platforms are currently running 10-12% below early-2026 le...
Pronto crosses 500,000 bookings in March as platform completes a yearPronto has crossed 500,000 completed bookings and reached 22,000 daily orders by March-end, marking one year since launch. Growth in the ho...
Urban Company’s quick service vertical InstaHelp surpasses 1 million monthly bookings in MarchUrban Company’s quick-service offering scaled rapidly within a year of launch to hit this milestone, underlining strong demand for instant ...
Snabbit in talks to raise $50–60 million led by Mirae Asset, BertelsmannOn-demand home help Snabbit, founded by Aayush Agarwal, is raising $50-60 million led by Mirae Asset and Bertelsmann India Investments, wit...
Inside Anjali Sardana's Pronto journey; Flipkart’s IPO prepHappy Tuesday! Pronto's founder Anjali Sardana is slugging it out in the competitive instant house-help segment. This and more in today's E...
ETtech Profile | Anjali Sardana: the 23-year-old Pronto founder behind a $100 million house-help startupInvestors in the segment compare Sardana’s aggressive approach with Zepto’s Palicha, who slugged it out with Zomato’s Blinkit and Swiggy’s ...
Pronto clocks 15,000 daily bookings as cash burn hits $8 millionQuick service platform Pronto’s founder Anjali Sardana said that the business has scaled to over 15,000 bookings per day from zero within 1...
Quick service app Pronto moves headquarters to BengaluruPronto has moved its head office to Bengaluru from Gurugram. The company seeks to leverage the city's strong engineering and tech talent po...
Home services startup Pronto raises $11 million from General Catalyst, Glade Brook CapitalBain Capital Ventures participated in the funding round that valued the company at $45 million (around Rs 394 crore) post the round. The fr...