Nimble companies are succeeding in the AI era: YC's Jared FriedmanAI startup founders are pivoting faster and more often in the era of AI, and strong engineering talent in India gives them an edge, said Ja...
18 Apr, 2026, 07.11 AM IST
Large AI firms hoovering maximum funding, not enough for smaller startups: Y Combinator’s Ankit GuptaAnkit Gupta spoke to ET ahead of the accelerator’s Startup School event in Bengaluru on April 18 — the first in India. In order to tap aspi...
13 Apr, 2026, 11.25 AM IST
Chinese AI firm MiniMax, others launch Hong Kong IPOs in year-end rushHong Kong's stock market is experiencing a significant revival, fueled by AI and chip companies. Chinese AI startup MiniMax Group has spear...
31 Dec, 2025, 08.12 PM IST
Keen to bet more on Indian founders amid strong show: YC PartnerY Combinator partner Ankit Gupta says funding appetite for Indian founders is surging as India produces young, highly technical, AI native ...
23 Dec, 2025, 09.08 AM IST
Y Combinator exec on Indian founders; FMCGs qcomm costHappy Tuesday! Y Combinator general partner Ankit Gupta said AI is making young Indian founders attractive to investors. This and more in t...
23 Dec, 2025, 07.40 AM IST
“We are building a tech bridge between Russia and India”—Herman Gref of Sberbank on bilateral tech tiesSberbank CEO Herman Gref highlights Russia's leadership in payment technologies and generative AI, emphasizing unique solutions like biomet...
03 Dec, 2025, 11.26 AM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Startups raise $1.7 billion in November so far, up 3x on-yearIndian startups raised about $1.7 billion in funding between November 1 and 28, marking a more than threefold increase from November 2024, ...
28 Nov, 2025, 10.17 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Startups raise $297.5 million this week, up 208% on-yearDespite the higher value, the number of deals during the week was down at 22 transactions, compared with 36 in the corresponding week last ...
07 Nov, 2025, 09.35 PM IST
IITian once rejected Stanford PhD, Rs 4 crore job to work on his AI startup. Today his business raised $61 millionIIT Kharagpur alumni Varun Vummadi and Esha Manideep secured $61 million in Series A funding for their AI startup, Giga. They famously turn...
07 Nov, 2025, 06.43 PM IST
Infy, Eternal Q2 report; Zepto's latest funding roundHappy Friday! As the earnings season progresses, IT giants Infosys and Wipro, and Eternal, reported their Q2 numbers. This and more in toda...
17 Oct, 2025, 07.34 AM IST
Can Reliance + Saudi's Humain make a reliable AI alliance?Conventionally AI build outs have been restricted to managing scarce resources like land, capital, power and GPU supplies. Reliance has all...
15 Sep, 2025, 12.00 AM IST
IBM acquires Bengaluru SaaS firm Prescinto for renewables business“The acquisition of Prescinto will enhance the capabilities of IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS), IBM’s solution for asset lifecycle manag...
15 Oct, 2024, 12.43 PM IST
Vibrant Gujarat Summit: Big names pledge megabucksApart from announcing the $24 billion investment, India's richest man Gautam Adani said his group will also invest about $100 billion to he...
12 Jan, 2024, 01.53 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Startups raise $80 million funding in yet another dry weekA majority share -- $45.2 million -- of the total funding went to early-stage startups, making up 57% of the total weekly funding. Late-sta...
27 Oct, 2023, 05.31 PM IST
PM Modi inaugurates 7th Edition of India Mobile Congress 2023 in DelhiPrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 7th Edition of the India Mobile Congress on Friday at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, New Del...
27 Oct, 2023, 02.09 PM IST
LLM deployment platform Giga ML raises $3.6 million from Nexus Venture Partners, othersThe Bengaluru-based startup aims to assist businesses that want to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) and LLM-powered solutions, by tackli...
23 Oct, 2023, 12.15 PM IST
Russia's Sberbank releases ChatGPT rival GigaChatSberbank said what sets GigaChat apart was its ability to communicate more intelligently in Russian than other foreign neural networks.
24 Apr, 2023, 02.54 PM IST