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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...07 May, 2026, 08.04 AM IST- Job cuts at Freshworks; Meesho, PB Fintech Q4 earningsFreshworks announced job cuts as it ramps up AI focus. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.06 May, 2026, 08.59 PM IST
- Freshworks cuts 500 jobs; Q1 revenue hits $228 millionFreshworks announced significant job cuts, reducing its workforce by 11% or approximately 500 employees. This move comes as the business so...06 May, 2026, 04.36 PM IST
- Freshworks cofounder Mathrubootham rejects ‘SaaSpocalypse’ prediction, says AI agents won’t kill industryMathrubootham said Anthropic’s February Claude Cowork plugins triggered a sell-off in markets across the globe, erasing $285 billion in sof...26 Mar, 2026, 03.33 PM IST
- Girish Mathrubootham to exit Freshworks, 15 years after founding the SaaS majorGirish Mathrubootham, founder of Freshworks, will step down as executive chairman on 1 December 2025, ending a 15-year journey. Current lea...05 Sep, 2025, 10.58 AM IST
- AI is a huge opportunity, much more than SaaS: Girish MathruboothamSpeaking at the annual SaaSBoomi event in Chennai on March 25, Mathrubootham said, “AI is exciting and scary at the same time. It is exciti...25 Mar, 2025, 08.12 PM IST
- Girish Mathrubootham sells $40 million worth of Freshworks stockThe chairman of the board of directors of Freshworks sold 2.5 million shares in two tranches on December 18 and 19, filings made with the U...21 Dec, 2024, 02.07 PM IST
- Freshworks stock value drop not due to top deck rejig: Girish MathruboothamFreshworks' stock decline attributed to AI impact concerns. Mathrubootham plans to release AI adoption stats later. Woodside appointed new ...10 May, 2024, 08.38 PM IST
- Girish Mathrubootham steps down as Freshworks CEO; Dennis Woodside takes chargeFreshworks president Dennis Woodside appointed as new CEO. Mathrubootham to be redesignated as executive chairman. Recently his performance...02 May, 2024, 05.56 PM IST
- Girish Mathrubootham steps down as CEO of Nasdaq-listed Freshworks, stock plunges over 25%Girish Mathrubootham has stepped down from the position of Freshworks Inc's chief executive officer (CEO) and the company has appointed Den...02 May, 2024, 01.26 PM IST
- Freshworks CEO Girish Mathrubootham gets seven-year performance-linked stock awardThe Freshworks board had okayed the award in a pre-IPO decision in September last year, with a third of the nine million share award routed...30 May, 2022, 09.01 PM IST
- ET Entrepreneur of the Year 2021: Girish Mathrubootham - the man with a fresh approach to keeping both employees as well as customers happyMathrubootham attributed Freshworks’ success to employees at the company. “All the credit goes to my incredible Freshworks ‘kudumba’ (famil...28 Mar, 2022, 08.35 AM IST
- RBI whitelist of good companies can ease payments woes: Freshworks' Girish Mathrubootham“For SaaS businesses where you have to have customers’ credit cards on file, there is some improvement that we could do with RBI payment in...01 Dec, 2021, 10.10 PM IST
- Mathrubootham's wife, sons & pet Shih Tzu all smiles as Freshworks IPO at Nasdaq creates historyThe 46-yr-old called going public in the US a "dream come true."24 Sep, 2021, 12.54 PM IST
- Girish Mathrubootham says 'Day Zero' at Freshworks in note post-IPO; throwback video shows him shaking a leg with Sequoia Capital MDMathrubootham also quoted Steve Jobs in the note.24 Sep, 2021, 12.52 PM IST
- Freshworks IPO was code named 'Project SuperStar' after Rajini, founder Mathrubootham calls him his 'maanaseega' guruMathrubootham expressed his love and gratitude to the superstar in his IPO note.28 Aug, 2021, 04.29 PM IST
- Girish Mathrubootham, Manav Garg launch $85M fund to back early-stage software startupsMathrubootham and Garg said the fund will differentiate itself from others as being a predominantly operator-led fund.28 Jul, 2021, 12.11 PM IST
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