PRONTO FACES PRIVACY SCRUTINY Startup admits using home-recorded FTG to train physical AI systems Says camera-based pilot was strictly opt-in, covered very small user base IT Ministry looking into…
Publish Date: 2026-05-25 11:08:00
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PRONTO FACES PRIVACY SCRUTINY
Startup admits using home-recorded FTG to train physical AI systems
Says camera-based pilot was strictly opt-in, covered very small user base
IT Ministry looking into practices amid data privacy concerns
Rachna D. breaksdown more details….
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Rondo is a home services startup founded by 23 year old Anjali Sardana. And since it’s launched last year, the company has been on an extraordinary growth trajectory. It’s raised about $20 million in series BE funding in March at a valuation exceeding $200 million. But this week the company has hit a major scrutiny roadblock. Now Pronto has been piloting a feature that involves cameras worn by workers during service delivery inside people’s homes. The companies workers carry these cameras while cleaning, doing laundry and handling. The household tasks in customers residences and this has triggered significant backlash on Twitter and other social media platforms. Now critics are arguing that this represents a direct breach of privacy as it records activities happening inside someone’s home. The backlash intensified. 1 prontos main competitors weighed in. Snapchat founder Ayush Agarwal posted publicly that his company had been approached by several players offering the same technology. He said Snap it studied how this works but chose not to deploy it. Then UP Urban Company founder Abhiraj Singh Behl made a similar statement saying his…
