AI Unexpectedly Powering a Hiring and Office Boom in Silicon Valley

By Muhammad Haaris ⏐ 2 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

For years, experts warned that AI would wipe out millions of jobs. But the reality looks very different. Instead of shrinking their teams, many AI…

Inside Story of A Pakistani CEO’s US Startup’s $200M Growth

By Abdul Wasay ⏐ 4 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 6 min read

It took Ahmed Khattak, a Pakistani-born entrepreneur, ten long years to push US Mobile past its first $100 million in annual recurring revenue. But what…

Sindh to Establish First Silicon Valley Style Tech Zone in Karachi

By Abdul Wasay ⏐ 6 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Sindh government secured official approval to set up the province’s first Special Technology Zone (STZ) in Karachi. The zone covers 500 acres in Karachi…

NIC Lahore Startups Make History with Silicon Valley Entry

By Manik Aftab ⏐ 6 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Four NIC Lahore startups have made it to the renowned Plug and Play Tech Center in Silicon Valley, USA, through the Global Overseas Acceleration &…

Amazon Employees Plan To Walk Off The Job:As Tech Worker Tension Rises

By Senoria Khursheed ⏐ 3 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

San Francisco: On Monday, Amazon tech workers circulated messages via Slack and email. Where employee organizers call out colleagues to participate in a walkout on…

Lionel Messi Announces Sports-Tech Investment Firm in San Francisco

By Fizza Akbar ⏐ 3 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Lionel Messi, the Argentine professional soccer/football player widely recognized as one of the best players of all time, is planning to invest in technology through…

Silicon Valley firms to keep their offices closed despite ease in restrictions

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Seems like big tech firms are in no hurry to open up their offices. Several of San Francisco Bay Area’s largest technology companies including Twitter…

LUMS alumnus raises $1.4 million for platform connecting Pakistani engineers with Silicon Valley businesses

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Remotebase, a 10-month old Lahore-based startup, announced that it had raised a seven-figure seed funding round led by Atif Awan of the Indus Valley Capital;…

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Indus Valley Connect, an initiative to link expats with Pakistani startups launched

By Amel Zahid ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 5 min read

Something fascinating is happening in Pakistan right now. After a slow build over the years, the Pakistani startup ecosystem has hit an inflection point in…

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Survey tells how Pakistani expats want to help local startups

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

2018 has been a monumental year for the Pakistani entrepreneurial ecosystem. While the country has yet to produce a truly local unicorn, Pakistan has been…

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7 reasons you do not want to miss 021Disrupt

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

021Disrupt, The Nest I/O’s flagship conference on entrepreneurship and innovation, is all set to take place in Karachi on 10th & 11th November. The second…

PAK-US Tech Exchange 2019 opens applications for an immersive program in Silicon Valley

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Pakistan’s upcoming technology exchange program, PAK-US Tech Exchange is accepting applications for its 10-day immersive program in the Silicon Valley scheduled from 10th to 20th…

Pakistani digital artists can win a grant up to $50,000 and work in Silicon Valley

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Tech Museum of Innovation has launched its Tech+Arts Incubator Grant that will award $50,000 to participatory digital art projects, produced in collaboration with Silicon…

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