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How SaaS poster boys Zoho and Freshworks ended up in a drag-out fight over alleged theft of ideas

By Naomi Gleit

From left, Girish Mathrubootham, founder and CEO, Freshworks; Sridhar Vembu, CEO, Zoho Corporation

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Freshworks was born out of Zoho, yet the two SaaS pioneers from Tamil Nadu are at loggerheads over alleged theft of confidential information. Zoho has pulled Freshworks into a US court saying that employees of Freshworks “used its knowledge” to their advantage. Freshworks says it looks forward to its day in court. Well, the lawyers are at work.

One of the most famous stand-offs between two Silicon Valley celebrities is that of Marc Benioff and Larry Ellison. Benioff worked under Ellison at Oracle for over a decade before branching out to build Salesforce. Ellison was supportive in the beginning, but soon there were reports that their relationship had hit a rough patch. The two companies began to build similar products, and after a few public spats, Ellison had to resign from

( Originally published on Mar 22, 2021 )

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