According to a blog by One of Pesto’s founding membersPesto AI was founded in 2017 by Ayush and Rahul Jaimini of Swiggy, the Indian food delivery platform. Sahil Lavingia of Gumroad and Product Hunt’s Ryan Hoover have both backed . Crunchbase reports that it has raised over $8 million. Pesto is closing its doors. According to its It’s unclear how many Pesto employees are joining Scale AI.
Earlier this year, I took the exciting decision to move to Scale. This move marks the beginning of a journey that I’ve been on for years: exploring how we can harness AI to create meaningful opportunity for people around the globe,” Jaiswal said. In the blog post, he writes that his LinkedIn profilestates he is now the head of growth for Scale.
Previous Reporting on Pesto suggests that the startup was involved in educating software developers during its early days.
Requests for comment from Scale AI were not immediately returned.
Ivan is the global consumer tech reporter at TechCrunch. He is based in India and has worked for publications such as The Next Web and Huffington Post. You can reach him at im[at]Ivanmehta[dot]Com
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