Who is Parag Agrawal? This Indian-American CEO, fired by Elon Musk, is now leading a Rs 16,000 crore companyParag Agarwal has raised $100 million for his new AI startup called Parallel Web Systems and the worth of the company is around Rs 19,020 c...
01 May, 2026, 02.34 PM IST
Remember Twitter's CEO fired by Elon Musk? Parag Agrawal just built a $2 billion empire from scratchFormer Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal's new company, Parallel Web Systems, has secured $100 million in funding. This investment values the start...
30 Apr, 2026, 09.30 PM IST
UPI underdogs seek fair play; WhatsApp tightens scam defencesSmaller UPI players will meet NPCI to curb the growth of industry leaders PhonePe, Google Pay and Paytm. This and more in today’s ETtech To...
29 Apr, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal’s Parallel Web Systems has raised $100 million: WSJParallel Web Systems, founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, has secured $100 million in a Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capi...
29 Apr, 2026, 04.05 PM IST
Elon Musk skips hearing in French probe of XTech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday did not appear at a summons for questioning in a French probe into X and its AI chatbot, Grok, over al...
20 Apr, 2026, 10.33 PM IST
McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski faces fresh backlash again after on-camera eating moment goes viralMcDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski is facing renewed backlash after another on-camera food tasting moment went viral. Despite attempting a Mc...
11 Apr, 2026, 03.40 AM IST
Why should you create personal knowledge bases for quicker responses to queries? Andrej Karpathy explainsKarpathy, a co-founder of OpenAI and a former director of AI at Elon Musk’s Tesla, has proposed that users can deploy this strategy to trac...
05 Apr, 2026, 02.25 PM IST
Iran rejects US proposal for 48-hour ceasefire as tensions escalate: ReportIran has rejected a US proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire. This comes as military hostilities escalate. A US fighter jet was downed over Iran...
04 Apr, 2026, 09.53 AM IST
Quote of the day by Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter: ‘ My biggest mistake was thinking I shouldn't show my…’Jack Dorsey, the visionary behind Twitter and Block Inc., champions open communication and decentralised tech. His journey, marked by innov...
22 Mar, 2026, 12.06 PM IST
Medical community frets over fate of TwitterThe social media giant symbolized by the blue bird has laid off half of its 7,500 employees, while several hundred others have resigned, cr...
23 Nov, 2022, 07.13 AM IST
Twitter impersonators will be suspended permanently: Elon MuskHe said previously, Twitter issued a warning before the suspension, but now there will be no warning, and that this will be clearly identif...
07 Nov, 2022, 10.55 AM IST
Advertisers react to Twitter's new ownershipAdvertisers are grappling with Twitter's new ownership under Tesla boss Elon Musk, who once tweeted "I hate advertising".
04 Nov, 2022, 09.02 PM IST
Elon Musk countersuit accuses Twitter of fraudAccording to The Washington Post, the countersuit filed by the billionaire and Tesla CEO filed Thursday alleges that Twitter committed frau...
05 Aug, 2022, 09.34 PM IST
Twitter reconsidering billionaire Elon Musk's buyout offer? What we knowMusk has previously cited concerns over freedom of speech as motivation for buying the platform.
25 Apr, 2022, 12.47 PM IST
Taliban shows off 'special forces' in propaganda blitzPictures and videos of fighters in the so-called "Badri 313" unit have been posted online for propaganda purposes to underline how the Tali...
25 Aug, 2021, 05.37 PM IST
Twitter, Bloomberg team up for streaming news channelBloomberg chief executive Justin Smith confirmed the partnership late yesterday, retweeting a Wall Street Journal article referring to the ...
01 May, 2017, 10.24 PM IST
44 per cent of 974 million existing Twitter accounts have never tweeted: ReportAround 44 per cent of the 974 million existing Twitter accounts have never sent a tweet, according to a new report released from Twopcharts.
14 Apr, 2014, 05.57 PM IST