Start- Ups

A new scheme seeks to encourage startups to step up their semiconductor designing business. Some provisions are a bit challenging

The funding takes Pixxel's total capital raised to $195 million and will support new satellite capabilities, Earth intelligence Software, sovereign systems and manufacturing expansion

The Bengaluru aerospace startup will use the Series A capital to scale engineering and manufacturing, while its Andhra Pradesh network is planned to handle up to 10,000 daily flights

The agentic AI company will use the capital to strengthen its product, expand go-to-market efforts and accelerate adoption among large consumer brands

The private investment firm has invested in these AI companies from January 1, 2021, to date, participating in 19 funding rounds ranging from seed-stage investments to mature Series F rounds

Funding led by Version One Ventures will help the Bengaluru and Detroit-based startup expand in the US and scale AI foundation models for industrial robot arms

Funding led by Pravega Ventures and Shastra VC will support global expansion, strengthen AI capabilities and accelerate product development across defence and commercial maritime markets

Serial entrepreneur says AI-native platform integrates work, knowledge and execution into a single suite to help enterprises realise productivity gains

The development comes a week after Hari Kumar, who was the then CBO, resigned from the company

The partnership aims to identify, support and scale Indian deep-tech and space-tech startups by connecting founders with specialised networks, investors and global growth opportunities

Backed by HCLTech and the IndiaAI Mission, Sarvam's rise reflects growing confidence in India's ability to build indigenous AI models, infrastructure and applications

IIM-Calcutta has unveiled an initiative, allowing its MBA students to pursue entrepreneurial ventures without permanently foregoing campus placements, said a statement from the institute on Saturday. The initiative was announced by IIM-Calcutta Director Alok Kumar Rai at a ceremony on Friday to induct 480 students into its 63rd MBA batch. He said that students who choose to spend a year building start-ups instead of participating in campus placements will be eligible to return to the institute's placement process the following year if they desire so. The new batch comprises 67 per cent men and 33 per cent female students, with 41 per cent freshers and 59 per cent having prior work experience, the statement said. Students from engineering backgrounds account for 54.7 per cent of the batch, followed by commerce (11.5 per cent), science (10.27 per cent) and arts (10 per cent), while the remaining students are from other disciplines. The Freshers' Welcome ceremony was attended by Gane

Prasanna Kumar walked away from the corporate life to solve the supply chain problem he saw as a child and built VilCart - an e-com startup for 100,000 kirana stores across rural South India

The fintech and payments industry is preparing a proposal for RBI seeking safe harbour provisions to protect compliant licensed entities from liabilities and retrospective regulatory action

GalaxEye founder Suyash Singh and his co-founders spent five years building Drishti, a satellite that sees through clouds even at night, and which was launched earlier this month on a SpaceX rocket

India's data-protection framework offers some guardrails but leaves wide room for interpretation in how those rules apply to AI training

Swiggy told stock exchanges it had failed to win the shareholder approval needed to amend its Articles of Association, a key step in its efforts to qualify as an IOCC

Funding will help AIoT startup scale infrastructure monitoring platform, expand deployments, and strengthen partnerships across water, energy, and industrial sectors

Accel-led funding round backs Oolka's plan to scale AI financial agents and expand into a full-stack consumer finance platform in India

Venture capital firms in India are creating structured programmes to help AI startups enter the US market, offering capital, relocation support, and access to networks and customers