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The Fall Of Good Glamm, Startup Funding Last Week & More
- Good Glamm Group faces crisis with offices shut, unpaid staff, and debt woes.
- Series of bad decisions including acquisitions led to confusion, quality issues, and dissatisfaction.
- Funding dries up, investors cautious, layoffs imminent, survival uncertain for Good Glamm.
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Khetika Bags $18 Mn To Sell Preservative-Free Processed Foods
- Khetika, a healthy food brand, has secured $18 Mn in its Series B funding round led by Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office and Anicut Capital.
- The funds will be used to expand product range, scale up manufacturing, and introduce new ready-to-eat and regional food products using clean processing methods.
- Khetika plans to triple its production, invest in automated processing units, and expand locally to keep products fresh. The company also aims to enhance its supply chain platform and explore export opportunities.
- The Indian health food market is growing, with Khetika looking to increase revenues and introduce new recipes, including QR codes for traceability.
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Can Indian Startups Thrive Without Incentives In Making LLMs?
- The article discusses whether Indian startups in the AI space can develop Large Language Models (LLMs) without government support.
- While global LLMs like GPT-4o and others have been primarily developed by private enterprises or well-funded startups, government support may be needed for sovereign AI requirements.
- The author suggests a middle ground approach, emphasizing the importance of a combination of sovereign and commercial models in the AI ecosystem.
- Government support is seen as essential for AI infrastructure, data repositories, AI governance, and skill development to accelerate AI and LLM innovations in India.
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Curefoods’ IPO Recipe & The Cloud Kitchen Conundrum
- Curefoods, formerly Eat.fit, aims for IPO public listing amidst tough competition.
- Plans to raise 800 Cr with focus on expanding cloud kitchens and brands portfolio.
- Challenges include revenue concentration risks, aggregator platform dependence, and profitability concerns.
- Operates 502 cloud kitchens with focus on quick commerce channels for revenue growth.
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More Than Just Talking: Josh Cary Shares How Podcasting Is Driving Revenue
- Podcasting has evolved into a powerful business tool, with entrepreneurs using it to build personal brands and revenue streams.
- Josh Cary's podcasting journey started as a creative outlet but quickly became a strategic business tool, showcasing a broader trend in the creator economy.
- Cary emphasized that successful podcasting goes beyond just hitting record, requiring intention, relationship-building, and alignment with business offerings.
- Podcasting serves as a launchpad for aspiring founders when done strategically, driving credibility, discovery, and conversion opportunities in the digital age.
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He lost half his vision to glaucoma. Now he's using AI to help spot disease — but he says tech will never replace doctors.
- Kevin Choi lost half his vision to glaucoma at the age of 26, which led him to cofound Mediwhale, a healthtech startup that uses AI to detect critical diseases.
- Mediwhale's technology primarily focuses on screening for cardiovascular, kidney, and eye diseases through non-invasive retinal scans, helping with faster and early detection of silent killers like heart and kidney diseases.
- Choi believes AI can assist healthcare providers in making quicker and smarter decisions in screening, but he emphasizes that AI is not a substitute for doctors who can provide nuanced decision-making beyond data points.
- While AI can streamline processes and flag risk levels, doctors are essential in understanding patients' emotional states, behaviors, and guiding complex decision-making processes that go beyond pure data analysis.
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The Fall Of Good Glamm Group: How The House Of Brands Crumbled
- Good Glamm Group founder Darpan Sanghvi speaks up about the company's downfall.
- The once promising D2C company faces financial distress and unpaid salaries for employees.
- Venture debt investors step in, restructuring underway with major brand offload talks.
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HardTech Reads: The AI & Robotics Revolution vol.38
- Genesis AI, a new robotics foundational model, raises $105M in funding for physical AI.
- Robotic football match in China highlights AI limitations in replacing human players.
- Baidu's robotaxi service, Apollo Go, plans European launch, impacting global AV competition.
- Amazon deploys 1 million robots worldwide, optimizing deliveries with generative AI model.
- Innovations include a robotic tattoo artist, new manufacturing hub for hypersonic systems, and more.
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Big 5 Sporting Goods Sold to Worldwide Golf for $112 Million
- Big 5 Sporting Goods, a western U.S. retailer, has been acquired for $112 million by a partnership of Worldwide Golf and Capitol Hill Group.
- The deal aims to combine Capitol Hill's financial resources and Worldwide Golf's retail expertise to support Big 5's growth.
- Big 5, based in California, offers a variety of sporting goods including shoes, apparel, outdoor equipment, and more.
- Consumer spending in the U.S. on imported goods is significant at 45%, impacting budget decisions as tariffs fluctuate based on trade discussions.
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How I’m Using AI as a Dungeon Master (And How You Can Too)
- The writer shares their experience transitioning into a Dungeon Master role for their kids.
- They discuss the challenges new GMs face in world-building and turning to AI assistance.
- Introducing Echovault, an AI co-GM designed to assist in creating consistent, immersive worlds.
- Echovault aims to ease the burden of GM prep, providing a creative partnership for storytellers.
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At least 36 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 so far
- AI has driven the creation of 36 tech startups worth over $1 billion.
- Recent unicorns include AI, satellite space, blockchain, and health tech companies.
- Notable unicorns are Linear, Gecko, Kalshi, Function, and Underdog Fantasy.
- Investors include big names like Sequoia, Accel, a16z, and General Catalyst.
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How to Grow Your Auto Detailing Startup Into a Thriving Business
- Starting a new business involves critical decisions, with business structure being paramount.
- Forming an LLC offers personal asset protection, tax advantages, and enhances business credibility.
- Expanding your auto detailing startup requires building a skilled workforce and efficient operations.
- Innovative marketing strategies, customer experience focus, and continuous improvement drive business growth.
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The HackerNoon Newsletter: A Data Engineers Guide to PyIceberg (7/6/2025)
- The HackerNoon Newsletter brings top quality stories to readers, including articles on decentralizing tech publishing, the GEAR mental model, AI transforming sales, and a data engineer's guide to PyIceberg.
- One of the highlighted articles is 'A Data Engineers Guide to PyIceberg' by @confluent, discussing the simplification of working with Apache Iceberg using Python without the need for JVM clusters, suitable for small to mid-sized data lakehouses.
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Indian startups raised over $277 million from June 30 to July 05, 2025; Jumbotail tops the list
- Indian startups raised over $277 million between June 30 and July 05, 2025, with Jumbotail securing $120 million at a unicorn valuation.
- Sectors like B2B, Biotech, Healthcare, Fintech, and Agritech attracted investments, with new and emerging startups also receiving funding.
- Various startups across sectors like automotive, biopharma, agritech, fintech, and more raised significant amounts ranging from $530,000 to $11.5 million.
- Additionally, there were strategic mergers and acquisitions during this period, including Zoho acquiring deeptech startup Asimov Robotics.
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How Brex is keeping up with AI by embracing the ‘messiness’
- Corporate credit card company Brex is adapting its software procurement process to keep pace with the rapidly evolving field of AI technology.
- Brex revamped its procurement strategy to quickly vet and integrate AI tools, allowing for faster testing and implementation.
- The company uses a 'superhuman product-market-fit test' to determine which AI tools to invest in based on employee feedback and value.
- Engineers at Brex have a monthly budget to license software tools of their choice, leading to optimal decision-making and broader licensing deals.
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