Bat VC launches $100 million fund to back US and Indian AI startups
Bat VC general partners: Manish Maheshwari, Ravi Metta, and Aditya Mishra. A VC firm that plans to back buzzy early-stage AI startups across the US and India has just launched a second fund with a target close of $100 million. New York-headquartered Bat VC, founded by a trio of Indian tech veterans from Yahoo, Twitter…
WeRide is partnering with Uber to bring robotaxis to 15 cities. Its CEO says the deal will help make them safer than human drivers.
WeRide’s robotaxis are already available on the Uber app in Abu Dhabi, with Dubai set to follow. Chinese firm WeRide is the latest piece of Uber’s robotaxi puzzle. The two companies announced last week that WeRide’s driverless taxis would be coming to the Uber app in 15 cities outside the US and China over the…
3 things a GI doctor does to prevent colon cancer — aside from eating healthily
Dr. James Kinross believes gut health is linked to colon cancer risk. Colon cancer is rising in people under 50. James Kinross, a gastrointestinal surgeon who researches how the gut microbiome affects our risk of the disease, told B-17 that poor gut health could be partly to blame. Research suggests the gut microbiome, the trillions…
Saudi-US Investment Forum: Billionaires and CEOs talk Middle East optimism and spar over who’s been in Saudi Arabia the most
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink spoke in Riyadh on Tuesday. On a panel of billionaires and high-powered CEOs in Riyadh, the competition was not about who has the most assets under management, the best returns, or the swankiest private jet. Instead, the friendly back-and-forth was focused on who had visited Saudi Arabia the most and the…
Your government pension is going digital as DOGE targets paper documents stored in an old salt mine
Federal employees process retirement applications by hand in an old mine in Pennsylvania. The US government said it’s finally bringing federal retirement into the digital age and leaving behind one of the strangest government facilities still in operation. In a major shift announced on Monday, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said that it will…
Leaving my job to travel didn’t go as planned. I was too hasty — and the job market has been tougher than I thought.
Wallace (not pictured) said the job market has been more difficult to navigate than he expected since he quit his previous job. This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with 34-year-old Jay Wallace, from England. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I got excited about the sales world when I…
4 tips for getting fit at any age, from a sports scientist who studies athletes as old as 92
Lorcan Daly has studied champion rowers over the age of 50 and shared his tips on how to get and stay fit at any age. A sports scientist who researches athletes who are 50 and over shared his tips for getting fit at any age. Lorcan Daly, a lecturer in sports science at the Technological…
I pressured myself to be a high achiever at my Amazon job. After my 12-week mental health leave, I learned to look at the bigger picture.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jenn Cho, a 27-year-old Amazon software developer in Seattle. It’s been edited for length and clarity. I got hired at Amazon directly out of college in 2019 and made work my life and identity. I put so much pressure on myself to be a high achiever…
While living with my grandparents, I stopped trying to follow a timeline for getting married and having kids. It gave me perspective.
The author is no longer following a timeline for getting married or having kids. At 32, I’m not married, I don’t own a house, and I don’t have kids. I’m not sure when I will, and honestly, I’m not in a rush to do any of these things. Right now, I’m in a season of…
