Luis Ceze, a professor, turned his lab's project into a startup. Nvidia bought it, made him Vice President, and he kept teachingNvidia acquired OctoAI, a software startup founded in 2019, reportedly for $165 million. Following the acquisition, OctoAI was dissolved as...
26 Oct, 2026, 11.48 AM IST
Unacademy founders plan AI fund; Flipkart’s premium pushHappy Monday! Unacademy’s founders are raising a fund focused on AI and deeptech. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
26 Oct, 2026, 10.25 AM IST
Exclusive: Unacademy founders Gaurav Munjal, Roman Saini plan Rs 700 crore AI, deeptech fundThe fund, named Longshot Capital, has secured commitments of about Rs 300 crore and is targeting its first close in January 2027, following...
26 Oct, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Unacademy cofounder Gaurav Munjal pushes back against criticism of Indian VCsMunjal cited companies such as Astrotalk, Airbound and Sarvam AI as examples of startups that have been able to raise capital and grow quic...
25 Oct, 2026, 08.52 PM IST
Goa aims to build innovation-driven AI ecosystem, announces return of tech conclave next yearAs part of these efforts, the Goa AI Tech Conclave, which concluded on Friday, will return in October 2027 to further strengthen the state'...
25 Oct, 2026, 03.46 PM IST
OpenAI acquired his startup in 2024. Now Alexander Embiricos leads a new AI productAlexander Embiricos spent five years building Multi, a collaboration app for software developers, before OpenAI acquired the startup in 202...
24 Oct, 2026, 06.31 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Even, Different lead as weekly funding hits $246 million, down 27% on-yearEven Healthcare led deal activity with $50 million, followed by Different at $48 million, Baba Care at $40 million, and AuxoAI at $20.7 mil...
23 Oct, 2026, 11.25 PM IST
Global Market: Anthropic presses ahead with November IPO as AI listings face delaysAnthropic is preparing for a potential mid-November IPO despite market volatility, rising interest rates and concerns over AI spending. Wit...
23 Oct, 2026, 01.39 PM IST
Meet Shruti Gandhi, who launched Array Ventures in 2016; 8 years later, her first fund had returned all its capital to investorsGandhi announced the achievement in a year-end update in February 2025. It claimed that Array Ventures fully returned its 2016 Fund I in th...
22 Oct, 2026, 10.29 PM IST
- Anthropic IPO stands alone as AI market jitters sideline others
Anthropic plans to move forward with its initial public offering next month, navigating a challenging IPO landscape. While many companies i...
22 Oct, 2026, 09.16 PM IST
Anthropic IPO stands alone as AI market jitters sideline othersAnthropic's planned IPO will test whether its position at the center of the booming AI business, which the company is believed to deem wort...
22 Oct, 2026, 08.50 PM IST
India's listed AI market could gain USD 100 billion from IPOs over next 5 years: Goldman SachsIndia's artificial intelligence sector is poised to contribute between USD 50 billion and USD 100 billion from forthcoming IPOs. Goldman Sa...
21 Oct, 2026, 03.01 PM IST
AI startup Simplismart in talks to raise $40-50 million; valuation may tripleSimplismart, an innovative AI infrastructure startup, is in talks to secure between $40 and $50 million in funding, which could potentially...
21 Oct, 2026, 10.01 AM IST
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt owns 1% stake in Anthropic: ReportIn its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters in September, Anthropic laid out a vision that AI will transform the global economy more profoundly ...
20 Oct, 2026, 08.22 AM IST
In 2026, three founders launched an AI assistant with its own phone number, it can book flights, order groceries; the startup later reached a $300 million valuationTab is designed to work through messaging platforms that people already use. It includes platforms like WhatsApp and iMessage. Users can se...
20 Oct, 2026, 01.07 AM IST
Nvidia wins fast-growing AI startup Modal for new central processorsModal, a cloud-computing startup that rents out computing power to AI developers, said it plans to start using Nvidia's new Vera central pr...
19 Oct, 2026, 09.07 PM IST
Scaling existing climate tech, wider data access key to climate action: CCF founderBengaluru recently celebrated the launch of Bangalore Climate Data Week, a dynamic five-day gathering dedicated to advancing climate action...
19 Oct, 2026, 03.43 PM IST