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In a move reminiscent of its successful early bet on the government-backed UPI network seven years ago, PhonePe, India’s leading mobile payments app, is now setting its sights on the e-commerce sector. The Bengaluru-based startup, backed by retail giant Walmart, on Tuesday launched a hyperlocal commerce app, called Pincode, that is powered by the Open…

Jonathan Martinez Contributor Share on Twitter Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who’s helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. More posts by this contributor When it comes to early-stage growth marketing, it’s often better to imitate than innovate Building a growth marketing team the right way…

Stock futures mixed as OPEC shocks global risk sentiment; Week Ahead: Jobs data in focus as Fed tracks inflation; Crude prices surge as OPEC unveils surprise production cuts; Tesla slides after modesty softer Q1 delivery figures and WWE, Vince McMahon, nearing $9 billion deal with Endeavor Group…

China is the world’s largest automotive market and a key market for Tesla in its ambition to dominate the global car industry…

Amit Jain, the former head of Uber’s Asia Pacific division, revealed his new venture, Zamp Finance, on Monday that simplifies the process for businesses to invest their excess capital in US Treasury bills to hedge against bank failures and other uncertainties. Zamp offers a treasury management platform that enables businesses worldwide to invest surplus cash…

Krablr, the real-time crab pricing engine for amateur fishermen, has announced yet another pivot in its business model. Following a successful transition from crab pricing to crab futures trading, the company is now setting its sights on a new, cutting-edge technology: generative AI. Krablr’s latest pivot is focused on developing a new language in which…

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as consumer spending last year dropped for the first time by 2% to $167 billion, according to data.ai’s “State of…

One technological advancement, O’Leary says, might point to a solution…

Tesla’s first pickup truck is being put through crash tests. The electric vehicle manufacturer has just shared images of one of them…

It’s the weekend, party people, and you know what that means: It’s Week in Review (WiR) time. For the uninitiated, WiR is where TechCrunch recaps all the tech news that took place for the week. It’s like the morning paper, but in digital form, and without all the extraneous stuff unrelated to tech. So…not much…