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How a 24-hour no-negativity challenge can transform you
- Imagine taking a 24-hour challenge to avoid negativity and complaints, focusing on gratitude and optimism instead.
- Negative thoughts are so ingrained in us that we often overlook them, with studies showing a large percentage of daily thoughts are negative.
- By consciously eliminating negativity, you create mental space for constructive thoughts and improve your emotional well-being.
- Negativity triggers the release of cortisol, impacting brain function, while positive thinking boosts happiness and life satisfaction.
- The challenge entails avoiding complaints, negative self-talk, gossip, and consuming negative content, replacing them with positivity.
- Expect the shock of realizing how often negativity seeps into your thoughts, followed by a shift in awareness and a surprising energy boost.
- Benefits include increased productivity, better relationships, higher emotional resilience, improved sleep, and reduced stress.
- To make it a long-term habit, engage in weekly challenges, surround yourself with positive influences, use affirmations, and practice gratitude daily.
- The impact of the 24-hour no-negativity challenge on mindset and well-being is significant, leading to a more positive and empowered self.
- Taking the challenge can reset your life and show you the power of positivity in ways you might not have imagined.
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Charm Security launches with $8M in funding to tackle AI-driven fraud
- Scam prevention platform startup Charm Security Ltd. has raised $8 million in funding to accelerate product development and expand market reach.
- Charm Security aims to mitigate scam risks by assessing human vulnerability exposure, analyzing customer risk patterns, and delivering tailored mitigation strategies based on psychological insights, data analysis, and artificial intelligence.
- The company adopts a proactive approach to fraud prevention, combining psychological insights, data analysis, and AI to defend against scams before they occur.
- Charm Security's platform provides real-time security insights, personalized recommendations, and verification tools to protect customers and frontline staff during high-risk transactions, reducing scam-related losses and operational costs.
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Charm Security Raises $8M to Transform Fraud Prevention with Psychological Insights and AI
- Charm Security raises $8M in seed funding to tackle fraud prevention by focusing on human vulnerabilities and psychological patterns.
- The company analyzes scams, identifies psychological patterns, and uses real-time AI interventions to disrupt fraudulent activities before financial harm occurs.
- Charm Security offers an AI-powered customer security platform to prevent scams, social engineering, and human-centric fraud for financial institutions and digital platforms.
- The company targets financial institutions, banks, and digital platforms in a market that faces global losses exceeding $1.03 trillion to scams.
- Charm Security operates as a B2B and B2B2C business, providing AI-powered solutions to protect organizations and their customers from fraud.
- The company prepares for potential economic slowdowns by addressing increased fraud and scam activities during downturns.
- Charm's funding was led by Team8's Venture Creation Fund, leveraging a structured process to streamline fundraising and align interests.
- Charm Security plans to achieve milestones like expanding the team, enhancing scam prevention models, and forging strategic partnerships in the next six months.
- Companies without fresh capital are advised to focus on market validation and efficient resource management to attract funding, even in challenging times.
- Charm Security aims to impact organizations globally by scaling its platform, building partnerships, and reducing fraud losses while enhancing customer security.
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How to launch week: Bucket
- Bucket, a feature flagging tool for SaaS companies, had its first launch week in March 2025.
- The key takeaways from Bucket's launch week include announcing in advance, launching on platforms like Product Hunt, and involving customers and partners.
- Five announcements were made during the launch week, introducing CLI, Toolbar, Event log, GitHub integration, and revamped docs.
- Bucket achieved good engagement through collaboration with Tinybird and GitBook during the launch week.
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Times Internet Ropes In Ex-Razorpay Executive To Lead Investment Vertical
- Times Internet has hired Johney Maheshwari, former associate director of corporate development at Razorpay, to head its investment vertical.
- Maheshwari will lead mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and investment initiatives for Times Internet's inorganic growth.
- Times Internet plans to explore investment opportunities in various segments, including news, sports, financial services, and events.
- Over the past 10 years, Times Internet has deployed over INR 1,000 Cr in investments and acquisitions, and aims to focus on AI opportunities.
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Curefoods Raises $6.6 Million in Debt from BlackSoil Group to Fuel Expansion
- Curefoods has secured $6.6 million in debt funding from BlackSoil Group, Binny Bansal, and Caspian Investments.
- The funding includes the issuance of 800 Series D debentures to BlackSoil and other investments from Bansal and Caspian Investments.
- Curefoods operates popular food brands like Nomad Pizza, Olio Pizza, and Sharief Bhai Biryani and has strengthened its market presence through the acquisition of Krispy Kreme's South and West operations.
- The company aims to achieve INR 900 crore in revenue in the current financial year, reflecting a 50% growth from FY24.
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EV ride-hailing firm BluSmart’s senior execs to exit firm
- BluSmart, an EV ride-hailing startup, is experiencing senior executive exits amidst funding troubles.
- CEO Anirudh Arun, CBO Tushar Garg, and CTO Rishabh Sood have tendered resignations and are serving notice periods.
- Vice Presidents Priya Chakravarthy and Avi Katyal have also left or are in talks to leave the company.
- BluSmart is undergoing financial restructuring and has leased cars from Gensol Engineering, a company run by its founders.
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Haryana-based Pizza Wings raises $2.8 million funding to expand its footprint
- Haryana-based Pizza Wings has raised $2.8 million in funding to expand its footprint.
- The investment round was led by Gruhas, along with Sujeet Kumar and other strategic backers.
- Pizza Wings plans to use the funding to expand its presence across Northern and Northeastern India.
- The startup aims to add 50 new stores and scale its footprint to 100 outlets by the end of 2025.
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Agritech Grow Indigo bags $10M to expand carbon farming initiatives
- Agritech startup Grow Indigo has raised $10 million from British International Investment (BII) to expand its carbon farming initiatives in India.
- The funding will be used to accelerate farmer enrollment and scale carbon farming projects.
- Grow Indigo promotes regenerative agricultural practices to improve soil health, conserve water, and reduce emissions.
- The startup aims to enroll millions of farmers and acres within two years.
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IPO-Bound Fractal Proposes To Build India’s First Reasoning AI Model
- AI startup Fractal Analytics plans to build India's first large reasoning model (LRM) with a total investment of INR 118 Cr.
- Fractal will invest INR 42 Cr from its own funds and seek a capital subsidy of INR 76 Cr from the Centre under the IndiaAI Mission.
- The company will allocate a significant portion of the capital to procure graphic processing chips (GPUs) for training LRM models.
- Fractal is among the Indian startups looking to go public and is aiming for an IPO by March 2025.
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Google’s Gradient Ventures leads $1.2M round for Silverstream AI to scale autonomous web agents
- Silverstream AI has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding from Gradient Ventures to scale autonomous web agents.
- The company focuses on developing infrastructure and tools to build, scale, and monitor autonomous web browsing agents.
- Silverstream AI provides a Privacy & Safety Layer to manage sensitive data and a Decision Making Engine to control browser sessions.
- Silverstream AI also announced the upcoming release of Pasta-1T, an open dataset of web trajectories for training web agents.
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TenderCuts’ Founder Nishanth RaviChandran Launches AI-Powered Analytics Startup
- TenderCuts' founder Nishanth RaviChandran has launched an AI-powered analytics startup called Visu.ai.
- Visu.ai offers real-time theft detection solutions using advanced computer vision for retailers, detecting internal fraud, suspicious gestures, and shoplifting.
- The startup's products, cashier watch and customer watch, integrate with existing CCTV systems, spotting suspicious cashier behaviors and signaling suspicious gestures from shoppers.
- The launch comes after TenderCuts, RaviChandran's meat delivery startup, was sold to Good To Go due to internal theft and pilferage issues.
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PostNL unveils limited edition NL Crypto Stamp Safe Dragon with blockchain tech: Know more
- PostNL has launched the NL Crypto Stamp Safe Dragon, a limited edition stamp series.
- The stamp utilizes blockchain technology and is designed for secure correspondence.
- Each stamp includes a unique magic symbol, allowing for 40 possible combinations.
- The NL Crypto Stamp Safe Dragon is available for purchase exclusively at NLcryptostamp.nl.
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Bhashini CEO Amitabh Nag Gets Additional Charge As Director Of IndiaAI
- Amitabh Nag, CEO of the Digital India Bhashini Division, has been given additional charge as the director of the AIKosha and IndiaAI Applications Development initiative.
- AIKosha, launched under the IndiaAI Mission, offers a repository of 300 datasets, 80 AI models, and tools to foster AI innovation in India.
- Nag has been with Bhashini since March 2023 as CEO, and is also a director at Digital India Corporation and National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Ltd.
- The Indian government is giving a push to AI development, including building its own large language model, as part of the IndiaAI Mission.
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n8n raises €55 million to transform workflow automation for technical teams
- Berlin-based AI workflow automation platform n8n has raised €55 million in Series B funding.
- The funding round was led by Highland Europe, with participation from HV Capital and previous investors Sequoia, Felicis, and Harpoon.
- n8n has surpassed 200k active users and grown ARR 5x in the last year, with plans to open new offices in New York and London.
- The funding will be used to accelerate the product roadmap and focus on expanding tools for business-critical workflows.
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