Goldman Sachs-backed ZestMoney, once valued at $450M, to shut down

ZestMoney, a buy now pay later startup whose ability to underwrite small ticket loans to first-time internet customers attracted many high-profile investors including Goldman Sachs, is shutting down following unsuccessful efforts to find a buyer. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup — which also identified PayU, Quona, Zip, Omidyar Network and Ribbit Capital among its backers — employed about … Read more

AssemblyAI lands $50M to build and serve AI speech models

Companies are betting big on generative AI to gain a competitive edge. But adoption challenges remain. According to a recent survey from EY, a significant portion of businesses looking to embrace generative AI say that the field’s rapid progress — and the surge in vendors claiming to have AI expertise — is complicating their deployment … Read more

Fallout TV show trailer opens the vault on Prime Video’s apocalyptically authentic series

The official teaser trailer for Amazon’s TV adaptation of Fallout has finally emerged from its vault – and, in true dystopian fashion, it looks devastatingly fantastic. Mere days after the Fallout TV show’s first-look images were released online, we’ve received our first footage-based glimpse into Prime Video‘s wonderfully realized take on Bethesda’s iconic post-apocalyptic role-playing … Read more