Hari Menon exits BigBasket; Sarvam cofounder on fresh fundingBigBasket's longtime leader Hari Menon has stepped down as CEO. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
16 Jun, 2026, 07.39 PM IST
HCL Tech shares jump 3% after buying stake in Sarvam AI for Rs 1,427 croreHCL Tech share price gained 3% after i invested $150 million in Sarvam AI, India's largest AI startup, acquiring a 10.46% stake. This strat...
16 Jun, 2026, 09.19 AM IST
Indian VCs turn to US AI startups in search of bigger returnsIndian VC firms are increasingly backing AI startups founded by non-Indians, drawn by the promise of higher returns, writes Swathi Moorthy.
16 Jun, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Varya AI video generator by Avataar AI: India’s breakthrough in text-to-video creation technologyVarya by Avataar AI is an AI video generation model that creates videos from simple prompts quickly and cost-effectively. It delivers local...
15 Jun, 2026, 06.45 PM IST
WEF names 100 tech pioneers for 2026: AI, Clean Energy and Deep Tech lead the chargeThe World Economic Forum has named 100 early-stage companies from 23 countries as its 2026 Technology Pioneers. Spanning AI infrastructure,...
15 Jun, 2026, 04.40 PM IST
Bengaluru man worked with Goldman Sachs. 4 years later goes to its iconic New York office to pitch his AI company: 'All because I took one call'Ishaan Godha, a startup founder, recently returned to Goldman Sachs' New York headquarters. Four years ago, he was an analyst dreaming of b...
15 Jun, 2026, 01.11 PM IST
Jobseekers flood market after global tech layoff waveA significant surge of over 56,000 Indian tech professionals from major global companies are now actively seeking new jobs, a fourfold incr...
15 Jun, 2026, 09.17 AM IST
Indian AI startups pitch for funds from venture capitalists in US: Anirudh ArunIndian artificial intelligence companies are increasingly securing funding from the United States. Investors are drawn to promising returns...
15 Jun, 2026, 09.13 AM IST
Fable 5 shock puts sovereign AI back on India’s agendaUS export controls on advanced AI models have spurred India's call for sovereign AI development. Industry leaders warn against reliance on ...
15 Jun, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Human-centric technology at heart of India's AI ambitions: PM Narendra Modi at Bharat Innovates 2026Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised India's "technology for humanity" approach at Bharat Innovates 2026 in Nice, aligning with India's ...
14 Jun, 2026, 09.17 PM IST
Modi, Macron hold bilateral talks in France; discuss AI, trade, infraPrime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron convened in the picturesque setting of Nice, where they laid the groundwo...
14 Jun, 2026, 08.27 PM IST
Warner music acquires Sureel AI: How AI music attribution is transforming the industryWarner Music Group’s acquisition of Sureel AI signals a shift toward shaping how AI uses music. Sureel tracks song influence in AI models t...
13 Jun, 2026, 05.48 PM IST
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has only one direct reportAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei has an unusually small direct report count, focusing his time on big-picture strategy and culture. This leadersh...
10 Jun, 2026, 07.59 PM IST
Anthropic releases Fable 5, first public model from Mythos familyAnthropic, maker of the Claude artificial intelligence (AI) models, on Tuesday made the most powerful version of its technology available t...
10 Jun, 2026, 01.36 AM IST
Zepto's market position; TCS' AI verdict at AGMZepto pulls ahead of Swiggy Instamart on orders, but heavy burn continues. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
09 Jun, 2026, 10.09 PM IST
H-1B filings rise at OpenAI, Anthropic and Nvidia as companies expand overseas recruitmentAI firms OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia are boosting H-1B visa applications. This comes as they compete for specialized talent. Other major ...
09 Jun, 2026, 02.39 PM IST
AI coding startup Cursor, courted by SpaceX, picks London as European hubElon Musk's SpaceX, which is readying for a closely watched IPO this week, said in April it had secured an option to either acquire code-...
09 Jun, 2026, 10.35 AM IST