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sireat on Jan 25, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bolt founder on Stripe/YC

Bolt is huge in Eastern Europe (taxis, food delivery).

They are not exactly without controversy.

Bolt announced and defended further expansion in Belarus amid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_Belarusian_p...

What is interesting that my Google searches fail to find the offending article from Bolt's founder. All I can find is Russian and Belarus sources and Usain Bolt. Linkedin does show Bolt has an expanion ongoing in Belarus.

pm90 on Jan 25, 2022 | [–]

FYI, this is a different Bolt.

Bolt, US: https://www.bolt.com/ Bolt, EU: https://bolt.eu/

sireat on Jan 25, 2022 | | [–]

Thank You! Interesting there are two unicorn Bolts then.

thiscatis on Jan 25, 2022 | [–]

It's not the ride sharing company.

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