Who is Rishabh Agrawal? IIT Bombay graduate who turned down ₹9.5 crore Meta offer to build his own AI startupRishabh Agrawal, an IIT Bombay alumnus, has clarified reports about his departure from Meta. He stated the offer was higher than reported, ...
CarDekho joins IPO queue; Tech’s quiet job cutsHappy Thursday! CarDekho is finally hitting the accelerator on its long-planned IPO. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
Work quote of the day by Google CEO Sundar Pichai: Tech millionaire says ‘only a few’ life decisions really matter — picking a partner, starting a family and making a career pivotQuote of the day: Sundar Pichai, in his Stanford commencement ceremony speech, urged graduates to focus on life's pivotal decisions, not ev...
AI's biggest winners may be the engineers who don't write codeIndia's AI data-centre industry is witnessing explosive growth, leading to an unprecedented demand for mechanical and electrical engineers ...
Canva not working? Here are free alternate tools for image, graphic and video editingCanva users facing technical glitches today have several powerful alternatives to keep their creative projects moving. From Adobe Express a...
Sam Altman wants to give a 5% OpenAI stake to the US government: ReportOpenAI is reportedly exploring a 5% equity stake for the U.S. government, a move aimed at easing political concerns and fostering ties with...
Mythos and the fight over America's most powerful AIAfter a US government greenlight, global access to Anthropic's powerful AI model Fable 5 -- along with restricted access to the even more p...
Swedish court orders Google to pay $1.5 billion to Klarna in antitrust damagesA Swedish court has ordered Google to pay approximately $1.5 billion in antitrust damages to PriceRunner, a price comparison firm owned by ...
'You don't need a degree': He got into IIT Delhi, then walked away from it for Microsoft. This 19-year-old's career move is going viralA 19-year-old has bypassed IIT Delhi's prestigious academic path for a software engineering role at Microsoft. Ashish Kumar Verma, already ...
Fear and anger brew inside Meta amid AI frenzyA frenzied push for artificial intelligence dominance comes with a different kind of cost for Meta, where massive layoffs, employee surveil...
Amazon's AWS commits $1 billion toward new unit for embedded AI engineersThe company is committing an initial $1 billion to the initiative with the goal of sending five to six pods of engineers to customers for 4...
Indian restaurant in Vietnam accuses Indian family of vandalism, threatening staff over child's behaviourAn Indian restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City has accused a family of Indian tourists of vandalism and threatening staff after a dispute over a ...
'AI FOMO': Why this Google techie left the tech giant even after getting Rs 9.5 crore salaryA former Google account executive, Yousuf Imran, quit his high-paying job after earning nearly $1 million, citing fears of layoffs and the ...
Ankur Warikoo says these 5 books gave him more clarity than any advice he ever receivedEntrepreneur Ankur Warikoo shared five transformative books that offered him profound clarity. These titles, including 'Mindset' and 'Man's...
Meet former Google engineer Aashna Doshi who quit her high-paying job to start a podcast and a startupAashna Doshi, a former Google engineer, has embarked on a new venture, launching her AI startup, Bounty. Driven by a desire for creative fr...
Hyderabad techie thought mail from Google was fake: She shares how one email from Google moved her to tearsA Hyderabad software engineer's journey to Google Cloud, marked by intense workdays and months of anxious waiting, has resonated online. De...
Rejected by 17 companies, denied a job at Google: How Ankur Warikoo turned setbacks into successAnkur Warikoo revealed facing 17 rejections, including from Google at age 29, for a product role due to lacking an engineering degree. This...