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On November 30, 2022, OpenAI introduced a new product to the world, innocuously describing it as “a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way.” It’s no hyperbole to suggest that ChatGPT subsequently transformed the worlds of business and tech, becoming enormously popular — it’s still in the number one spot on Apple’s free app rankings today — while also serving as the catalyst for a flood of generative AI products. It’s even made people suspicious of the em dash, which no chatbot will ever take from me. In fact, “Empire of AI” author Karen Hao argued in a…
Finland’s weather is notoriously unfriendly; but even so, your food order might be delivered by a drone. On a rainy day after Helsinki’s annual Slush conference, Finnish entrepreneur Ville Leppälä took TechCrunch behind the scenes of a three-party partnership between Irish drone delivery company Manna, DoorDash-owned food delivery platform Wolt, and his own startup, Huuva. Huuva, whose name means kitchen hood, raised a seed round led by General Catalyst in 2022 with the promise of bringing good food to the suburbs. While it branched out of its cloud kitchen origins, its business still relies heavily on delivery tech — now…
Image: Getty Images/ For illustrative purposes The UAE Fuel Price Committee has announced new fuel prices for December. The following pump prices will apply from the 1st of the month: Super 98 petrol: Dhs2.70 per litre, up from Dhs2.63 in November. Special 95 petrol: Dhs2.58 per litre, up from Dhs2.51. E-Plus 91 petrol: Dhs2.51 per litre, up from Dhs2.44. Diesel: Dhs2.85 per litre, up from Dhs2.67. In November, prices dipped from October levels. For example, Super 98 dropped from Dhs2.77 to Dhs2.63. Source link
Image credit: Getty Images The UAE has entered the Eid Al Etihad holiday with a stretch of mild daytime conditions and noticeably cooler early mornings from November 29 to December 3, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM). The period is expected to be characterised by partly cloudy skies across the country, with cloud cover increasing intermittently, particularly over northern and coastal regions and the islands, bringing chances of scattered, intermittent rainfall. A recent NCM update highlighted that an extension of a surface low-pressure system, combined with a weak upper-air trough, continues to influence the country’s atmospheric conditions. The…
Image: Supplied As the world wraps up another climate conference with high-level pledges and ambitious timelines, food security is no longer a policy theme; it is a test of global resilience. COP30 placed food systems at the centre of climate diplomacy and accountability, yet the UAE is already moving from commitment to implementation. With rising hunger, escalating waste, and a rapidly changing agricultural landscape, the country has built a model grounded in innovation, collaboration and measurable outcomes. Few voices sit closer to that work than Khuloud Hassan Al Nowais, chief sustainability officer at Emirates Foundation, secretary general of ne’ma, the…
Vibe coding has taken the tech industry by storm, and it’s not just the Lovables and Replits of the world that are winning. The startups building the infrastructure behind them are cashing in too. Supabase, the open-source database platform that’s become the backend of choice for the vibe-coding world, raised $100 million at a $5 billion valuation just months after closing $200 million at $2 billion. But co-founder and CEO Paul Copplestone has a surprising strategy: he keeps turning down million-dollar enterprise contracts from deep-pocketed but demanding customers. He’s betting instead that if he sticks to his own product vision, the world will come to him. So far, he’s been right. Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Julie Bort sat down with Copplestone to explore Supabase’s rise and what…
Vibe coding has taken the tech industry by storm, and it’s not just the Lovables and Replits of the world that are winning. The startups building the infrastructure behind them are cashing in too. Supabase, the open-source database platform that’s become the backend of choice for the vibe-coding world, raised $100 million at a $5 billion valuation just months after closing $200 million at $2 billion. But co-founder and CEO Paul Copplestone has a surprising strategy: he keeps turning down million-dollar enterprise contracts from deep-pocketed but demanding customers. He’s betting instead that if he sticks to his own product vision, the world will come to him. So far, he’s been right. Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Julie Bort sat down with Copplestone to explore Supabase’s rise and what…
Meesho, an Indian e-commerce rival to Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart, is set to launch a roughly $606 million IPO marked by token sell-downs from early backers and no sales from big names such as SoftBank and Prosus, signalling investor conviction in India’s booming online retail market at a time when tech shareholders globally have been cashing out at listings. The ten-year-old startup plans to price its shares at ₹105–111 each, raising ₹42.50 billion (about $475 million) in fresh capital and a small remainder through secondary sales, giving Meesho a post-issue valuation of roughly ₹501 billion (around $5.60 billion). The startup…
Stephen Cheesebrough, executive director – development at Red Sea Global, speaks to Gulf Business Red Sea Global (RSG) returned to Cityscape Global 2025 with a sharpened focus on one of the Kingdom’s most strategically anticipated asset classes: ultra-luxury residential real estate. With several hotels now operational and more preparing to open, the company is entering a new phase—one defined by high-impact hospitality, exclusive residential offerings and regenerative development at unprecedented scale. Speaking to Gulf Business, Stephen Cheesebrough, executive director – development at Red Sea Global, underscored how the market for ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) individuals is fundamentally shifting toward experiential destinations that…
For years, when it was time for startups to start selling their product, they could turn to any number of traditional playbooks. But as with so many things, AI is changing how companies prepare to go to market. “You can do more with less than ever before,” Max Altschuler, general partner at GTMfund, told the audience at TechCrunch Disrupt last month. The challenge for founders and operators, though, will be threading the needle. While there has been some chatter of startups hiring developers more versed and loosing them on typical GTM problems, he said, there’s still a need for more…