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Sovereign AI startup appoints former Mistral and xAI executive as adviser as it expands globally and builds a one trillion-parameter foundation model

Battery Ventures and NewRoad Capital co-lead funding as startup expands AI agents that automate procurement and supply-chain spending for Fortune 500 companies

The company, which uses conversational AI to plan and book overseas holidays, will use the funds to expand into new markets and grow its engineering team

CuspAI initially started out with a focus on finding new materials for carbon capture and water purification

Funding in India's fintech sector rose 42 per cent year-on-year to $2 billion in H1 2026, with late-stage companies accounting for four-fifths of the total capital raised

The first five startups backed under the government's RDI fund will develop indigenous technologies in space, defence, healthcare, batteries and biotechnology through milestone-based financing

Vishal Gupta, part of PhonePe's founding team, has stepped down as the fintech integrates its insurance business with its consumer payments business

The hospitality startup will use the funds to expand across leisure destinations, invest in technology and strengthen its portfolio of managed holiday homes

The Bengaluru-based robotics startup will use the funding led by IAN Group to drive product innovation, expand in the US and strengthen factory and warehouse deployments

His head, chest and hands strapped with body cameras, David Park deftly folded a banquet napkin the way he has thousands of times during his nine years at the five-star Lotte Hotel Seoul. Each of his motions is fed into a database that will one day teach a robot to do the same. The hotel chain is one of many companies South Korean artificial-intelligence startup RLWRLD (pronounced "real world") is working with to create an extensive library of human expertise, harvested from skilled workers across industries, to develop AI brains for robots that could be coming to industrial sites and homes. It collects similar data from logistics workers at CJ, capturing how they grip, lift and handle goods in warehouses, and from staff at a Japanese convenience store chain Lawson, tracking how they organise food displays. The goal is to build an AI software layer that can work in robots across a range of factories and other work sites in coming years, before potentially expanding into homes. ...

The home-services platform reported a 43% rise in quarterly revenue as transaction volumes hit a multi-year high

The company will use much of the fresh capital to scale its workforce, CEO Anjali Sardana said, adding the platform is very supply-constrained

Anthropic had previously resisted several inbound proposals from investors for a new round at a valuation of $800 billion or more

All In Capital invests $350,000 in Vasuki AI, marking first relocation under its Golden Ticket programme aimed at helping Indian AI startups access global capital and scale

Funding will support product development, AI capabilities, and hiring as GobbleCube expands its presence across global digital marketplaces

The rise of electronics and digital technology marked a shift to a knowledge economy, where value moved from raw materials to design and intellectual property

Startup backed by First Round Capital and executives from Stripe, OpenAI and Apple develops AI-driven design tool integrating code and workflows

Singapore-based Future Wealth Investments unveils a $50 million venture fund to support early-stage founders across India, UAE and Singapore in sectors such as AI and logistics

Manufacturing marketplace taps top banks and explores pre-IPO funding at $3 billion valuation as rivals Infra.Market and OfBusiness also line up public offerings

Indian diaspora has moved up the management and investment stack with every technology cycle. AI, says MR Rangaswami, is no different - but the disruption this time will spare no one, not even doctors