Chinese filing implies DeepSeek valuation of around $52 billionAnhui Korrun's subsidiary invested 2.90 billion yuan in DeepSeek. This investment secured an indirect 0.8265% stake in the company. The dea...
16 Jul, 2026, 08.48 PM IST
Meet the Indian startups that joined the billion-dollar club in H1 2026The startups span artificial intelligence, fintech, spacetech, and proptech, portraying the growing diversity of India’s startup ecosystem....
16 Jul, 2026, 07.46 PM IST
MDR on UPI on the cards; Emergent enters unicorn clubThe government is mulling restoring MDR on UPI transactions for large merchants. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
16 Jul, 2026, 02.38 PM IST
China's DeepSeek to raise fresh capital at $74 billion valuation ahead of onshore IPOThe plan comes just weeks after the Hangzhou-based company, which drew global attention with its low-cost AI models in 2025, raised about $...
15 Jul, 2026, 06.48 PM IST
Vibe-coding startup Emergent's valuation jumps 5x to $1.5 billion in new fundingThe latest financing takes Emergent's total capital raised since inception to $230 million. The startup last raised $70 million in January,...
15 Jul, 2026, 06.29 PM IST
Meet Apurva Shrivastava: How this MIT graduate turned missed calls into billion-dollar AI business worth over Rs 8,300 croreApurva Shrivastava's childhood experiences inspired him to co-found the AI startup Avoca, which answers customer calls for home service bus...
15 Jul, 2026, 12.01 PM IST
AI startup UnifyApps eyes $120 million from EQT as valuation set to tripleThe investment, which comes less than a year after the New York and Gurgaon-based startup raised $50 million from WestBridge Capital, is ex...
15 Jul, 2026, 08.39 AM IST
BigBasket’s profitability plan; UnifyApps eyes $100 million fundingHappy Wednesday! BigBasket is slashing its operational footprint to stay relevant in the quick commerce race. This and more in today’s ETec...
15 Jul, 2026, 08.39 AM IST
Elevation Capital closes $500 million India fund; to back startups building on AI’s app layerThrough its ninth India fund, Elevation will back early-stage startups building AI-led businesses tackling India's large, operationally com...
14 Jul, 2026, 05.14 PM IST
China's DeepSeek considers new fundraising after first roundChinese AI startup DeepSeek is considering another funding round. This comes just one month after closing its initial financing. The compan...
14 Jul, 2026, 04.31 PM IST
Meet DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng, the Chinese entrepreneur who is now world's richest AI founder, surpassing Anthropic's Dario AmodeiDeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng's net worth has significantly increased after a recent funding round. He is now the world's wealthiest creat...
14 Jul, 2026, 01.01 PM IST
DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng tops Dario Amodei and Greg Brockman as richest AI founderLiang is now worth $36 billion, up from about $16.7 billion previously, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That ranks him well ...
14 Jul, 2026, 12.01 PM IST
Elevation’s new India fund; InsuranceDekho charts D-Street pathHappy Tuesday! Elevation Capital is looking to back early-stage AI startups in India from its newest fund. This and more in today’s ETtech ...
14 Jul, 2026, 07.55 AM IST
He learned one lesson at his family's Michigan business. Now it's a $1 billion AI startupApurva Shrivastava, an Indian-origin entrepreneur who studied in MIT, founded Avoca after observing missed customer calls. This AI startup ...
13 Jul, 2026, 07.55 PM IST
Tech IPOs find stable ground in India’s deepening markets: B CapitalIPO pricing for venture-backed companies in India has stabilised as deeper markets, supported by domestic mutual funds, provide more stabil...
13 Jul, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
US chip startup SambaNova scores billion-dollar funding roundAmerican AI chip startup SambaNova secured $1 billion in new funding. This investment values the company at an impressive eleven billion do...
08 Jul, 2026, 01.48 PM IST
AI data center startup Crusoe in talks to raise $3 billion funding: reportThe startup has contracts to supply AI computing power for the likes of Meta and Oracle, the report said, as technology giants spend bill...
03 Jul, 2026, 07.39 AM IST