No product, no pitch, just buzzwords: Indian-origin UC Berkeley grad claims he tricked VCs with fake startup idea – Times of India

No product, no pitch, just buzzwords: Indian-origin UC Berkeley grad claims he tricked VCs with fake startup idea – Times of India

NEW DELHI: An Indian-origin UC Berkeley graduate has sparked a debate about the startup funding ecosystem after claiming he received responses from 27 venture capitalists—four of whom asked for a meeting—by posing as a fake founder with no real product or pitch, but with the right mix of elite buzzwords.Bhavye Khetan, who earned a bachelor’s…

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Trump administration cuts 0 million from Columbia and investigates UC Berkeley, Stanford and other universities for antisemitic harassment – The Times of India

Trump administration cuts $400 million from Columbia and investigates UC Berkeley, Stanford and other universities for antisemitic harassment – The Times of India

Protesters march on campus against the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil at UC Berkeley on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo) The Trump administration has taken a significant step by pulling $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University over its handling of alleged antisemitic harassment. At the same time, the Department of…

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