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Encore is an AI-powered search engine for your thrifting needs
<p>Former Apple engineer Alex Ruber and former Twitter and Asana engineer Parth Chopra first met on Y Combinator’s founder match platform, then met in person at a thrift store for shopping. They later went on a thrift store shopping trip where they talked about solving problems with finding the right product in the online space. […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 10, 20243 min read
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Encore is an AI-powered search engine for your thrifting needs
<p>Former Apple engineer Alex Ruber and former Twitter and Asana engineer Parth Chopra first met on Y Combinator’s founder match platform, then met in person at a thrift store for shopping. They later went on a thrift store shopping trip where they talked about solving problems with finding the right product in the online space. […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 10, 20243 min read
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Automattic’s new site tracks how many websites left WP Engine following feud with Matt Mullenweg
<p>A new website called WP Engine Tracker shows how many sites have moved away from hosting provider WP Engine since the company’s feud with WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg began in September. Automattic, which runs a rival web hosting service and is headed by Mullenweg, confirmed it created this site. The site’s full URL is WordPressenginetracker.com, […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 7, 20242 min read
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Automattic’s new site tracks how many websites left WP Engine following feud with Matt Mullenweg
<p>A new website called WP Engine Tracker shows how many sites have moved away from hosting provider WP Engine since the company’s feud with WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg began in September. Automattic, which runs a rival web hosting service and is headed by Mullenweg, confirmed it created this site. The site’s full URL is WordPressenginetracker.com, […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 7, 20242 min read
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Pinstripe wants to redefine the way online sellers sell secondhand clothing
<p>Pinstripe aims to reimagine the secondhand market by offering sellers the opportunity to have both a digital storefront and a physical retail presence. Launched in June, the platform offers an alternative approach compared with other marketplaces like Archive, Depop, Facebook Marketplace, and Poshmark. With Pinstripe, sellers take their clothes to local consignment stores, vintage shops, […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 6, 20244 min read
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Pinstripe wants to redefine the way online sellers sell secondhand clothing
<p>Pinstripe aims to reimagine the secondhand market by offering sellers the opportunity to have both a digital storefront and a physical retail presence. Launched in June, the platform offers an alternative approach compared with other marketplaces like Archive, Depop, Facebook Marketplace, and Poshmark. With Pinstripe, sellers take their clothes to local consignment stores, vintage shops, […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 6, 20244 min read
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Printful and Printify ink a merger deal
<p>Two veteran European companies in the world of on-demand printing are merging, and you may have not even realized they were separate companies to begin with. Printful and Printify, both startups with Latvian roots providing custom printing services, are coming together as a single company. They are framing the move as a natural fit to […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 5, 20243 min read
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Printful and Printify ink a merger deal
<p>Two veteran European companies in the world of on-demand printing are merging, and you may have not even realized they were separate companies to begin with. Printful and Printify, both startups with Latvian roots providing custom printing services, are coming together as a single company. They are framing the move as a natural fit to […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 5, 20243 min read
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Flash, founded by ex-Flipkart exec, launches in the US to help shoppers juggle multiple online ordersÂ
<p>Flash, the payment management service that tracks all your online purchases, announced Tuesday its entry into the U.S. market, giving American customers the ability to manage all of their spending in one place while also earning rewards, such as gift cards and cash back. The U.S. is home to many big spenders, making it a […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 5, 20243 min read
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Flash, founded by ex-Flipkart exec, launches in the US to help shoppers juggle multiple online ordersÂ
<p>Flash, the payment management service that tracks all your online purchases, announced Tuesday its entry into the U.S. market, giving American customers the ability to manage all of their spending in one place while also earning rewards, such as gift cards and cash back. The U.S. is home to many big spenders, making it a […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 5, 20243 min read
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Amazon begins delivering select products via drone in Phoenix
<p>A few months after ending its drone-based delivery program, Prime Air, in California, Amazon says that it’s begun making deliveries to select customers via drone in Phoenix, Arizona. Starting today, Amazon customers in the West Valley Phoenix Metro Area have access to a drone-deliverable selection from Amazon’s catalog, including household, beauty, office, health, and tech […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 5, 20242 min read
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Amazon begins delivering select products via drone in Phoenix
<p>A few months after ending its drone-based delivery program, Prime Air, in California, Amazon says that it’s begun making deliveries to select customers via drone in Phoenix, Arizona. Starting today, Amazon customers in the West Valley Phoenix Metro Area have access to a drone-deliverable selection from Amazon’s catalog, including household, beauty, office, health, and tech […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 5, 20242 min read
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MealMe, the startup integrating food ordering tech into apps, picks up $8M
<p>MealMe, a unified API that embeds food and retail ordering into consumer apps and websites, announced on Thursday that it secured $8 million in Series A funding. The newly raised capital brings the total amount raised to $16 million. Since its launch in 2019, MealMe has undergone several changes. Initially, it was a consumer app designed […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 31, 20242 min read
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MealMe, the startup integrating food ordering tech into apps, picks up $8M
<p>MealMe, a unified API that embeds food and retail ordering into consumer apps and websites, announced on Thursday that it secured $8 million in Series A funding. The newly raised capital brings the total amount raised to $16 million. Since its launch in 2019, MealMe has undergone several changes. Initially, it was a consumer app designed […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 31, 20242 min read
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Temu’s low-cost marketplace faces formal probe in EU over raft of DSA compliance concerns
<p>The European Union has expanded its scrutiny of online marketplaces by opening a formal proceeding on Chinese low-cost e-commerce platform, Temu, under the Digital Services Act (DSA), the Commission announced Thursday. Enforcers of the online governance framework will now dial up their oversight of Temu. The bloc’s suspicions are focused on concerns about the sale […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 31, 20244 min read
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Temu’s low-cost marketplace faces formal probe in EU over raft of DSA compliance concerns
<p>The European Union has expanded its scrutiny of online marketplaces by opening a formal proceeding on Chinese low-cost e-commerce platform, Temu, under the Digital Services Act (DSA), the Commission announced Thursday. Enforcers of the online governance framework will now dial up their oversight of Temu. The bloc’s suspicions are focused on concerns about the sale […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 31, 20244 min read
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Matt Mullenweg talks about Automattic’s staffing issues and financials at TechCrunch Disrupt
<p>WordPress co-creator and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg talked about his fight with WP Engine, Automattic’s staffing issues, and the company’s financials at TechCrunch Disrupt on Wednesday. Mullenweg repeated a lot of stuff from the past month about the trademark fight, WP Engine not contributing to the community, and misleading customers to believe it was associated with […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 30, 20243 min read
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Matt Mullenweg talks about Automattic’s staffing issues and financials at TechCrunch Disrupt
<p>WordPress co-creator and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg talked about his fight with WP Engine, Automattic’s staffing issues, and the company’s financials at TechCrunch Disrupt on Wednesday. Mullenweg repeated a lot of stuff from the past month about the trademark fight, WP Engine not contributing to the community, and misleading customers to believe it was associated with […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 30, 20243 min read
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Meesho claims Indian e-commerce first with positive cash flow
<p>Meesho has become India’s first horizontal e-commerce firm to generate positive cash flow, marking a significant shift in a market where profitability has long remained elusive even as new competitive threats emerge. The SoftBank and Prosus-backed startup, which serves customers in smaller Indian cities and towns, reported positive operating cash flow of ₹232 crores ($27.6 […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 30, 20242 min read
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Amazon brings its Rufus AI shopping assistant to more international markets
<p>Amazon is extending the availability of its AI-enabled shopping assistant, Rufus, to more markets in Europe and the Americas. The e-commerce giant has been widely considered to be playing catch-up with its Big Tech brethren in the AI sphere, particularly against the backdrop of the generative AI hype these past couple of years. Rufus is […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 29, 20242 min read
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