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Apr 25, 2026 at 03:30 TechCrunch

Lachy Groom to back India startup Pronto at a $200M valuation, sources say

This round, should it occur, would double the house-help startup's valuation in a matter of weeks.

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Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI

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