ByteDance valued at $250 billion in private trades

Shares of ByteDance Ltd., the Chinese parent of hit video app TikTok, are trading at a valuation of more than $250 billion in the secondary market, according to people familiar with the matter. The Beijing-based company’s value has surged in recent weeks as investors gain confidence in the business and founder Zhang Yiming weighs options … Read more

Analysts say $35 billion AI startup’s UiPath’s pending IPO will be a monster hit if it can help companies automate post-COVID-19

The company, which automates mundane office tasks with robotic software, filed Securities Exchange Commission paperwork on Friday to sell stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PATH. More than three-dozen investors – including Accel Partners, CapitalG (formerly Google Capital), Sequoia Capital, and Kleiner Perkins – have put nearly $2 billion into … Read more

Gautam Adani: From a commodities trader to India’s second-wealthiest person, the incredible journey of Gautam Adani

After spending two decades building a business empire centered around coal, Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is now looking beyond the fossil fuel to cement his group’s future. His ambitious plans are getting a boost from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Adani has emerged as India’s infrastructure king, diversifying from mines, ports and power plants into airports, … Read more

Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn share over 50% user data

The observations highlight the growing problem of lack of online privacy as companies share their users’ data with third party firms without their knowledge. (Subscribe to our Today’s Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.) A cybersecurity firm studied applications on Apple’s app store to … Read more