Top tech and startup stories this weekWelcome to a new edition of ETtech Unwrapped — our weekend newsletter packed with the most important stories this week. Let's take a look.
29 Nov, 2025, 09.02 AM IST
Tata Electronics hits a wall at Dholera; Blinkit’s fresh fundingHappy Thursday! Tata Electronics ordered a major redesign of its Gujarat semiconductor plant's foundations. This and more in today’s ETtech...
27 Nov, 2025, 10.20 AM IST
Krutrim’s semicon team exits loom over chip plansClose to half a dozen senior employees and executives from the chip design team of Ola’s AI arm, Krutrim, have left the firm since Septembe...
27 Nov, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Fresh exits at Krutrim as company ramps up work on AI models and semicon chipsKrutrim, Ola's AI arm, faces executive departures and some layoffs. Despite this, Krutrim continues AI semiconductor and model development....
20 Jun, 2025, 11.05 AM IST
Intel, AMD former executives throw the hat into AI semiconductor ringExecutives from major semiconductor companies like Intel and AMD are leaving to launch AI chip startups in India, fuelled by government inc...
29 May, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
PhonePe’s pre-IPO challenges; VC funds get AI edgeHappy Monday! Digital payments leader PhonePe is struggling with diversifying its revenue streams on the road to IPO. This and more in toda...
19 May, 2025, 06.57 AM IST
AI startups look for acqui-hires, mergers to accelerate journeySome of the startups that have made acquisitions in the last two years include Krutrim and Sarvam, with many companies evaluating potential...
18 Apr, 2025, 10.04 AM IST
Mature nodes more viable for fabless sector in India: Marvell India manager Navin BishnoiThe Santa Clara-headquartered company with $5.5 billion revenue has three R&D centres in India and is looking to double its capacity at its...
13 Feb, 2025, 10.08 AM IST
Multi-lingual AI chatbot to assist visitors during Maha Kumbh Mela 2025Prime minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath launched an AI-powered, multilingual chatbot, Kumbh Sah'AI'ya...
13 Dec, 2024, 09.58 PM IST
Ola’s plans around EVs, quick commerce, more out on Independence DayOla Cabs rebranded itself as Ola Consumer to go beyond ride-hailing and also launched fully automated dark stores for use by ONDC. On Indep...
15 Aug, 2024, 11.37 PM IST
Krutrim to launch first AI chip in 2026: Bhavish AggarwalThe Bengaluru-based company is working on four chips: Bodhi 1, Bodhi 2, Sarv 1 and Ojas. Sarv 1, its cloud native CPU, will be introduced i...
15 Aug, 2024, 11.09 PM IST
AI startup Sarvam AI unveils mix of open source, enterprise productsSarvam AI, an AI startup from Bengaluru, introduced new generative AI products. Key offerings include Sarvam Agents, Sarvam 2B, Shuka 1.0, ...
13 Aug, 2024, 06.04 PM IST
India's GenAI bet: going beyond LLMs?If India has to compete in the global AI race, it may be a better approach for its startups to focus on building cost-effective application...
06 Aug, 2024, 10.13 AM IST
Synopsys will help Tata Electronics design custom chipsUS-based chip design company Synopsys will help Tata Electronics in multiple aspects of its fab facility—India’s first—coming up in Gujarat...
28 Jun, 2024, 10.15 AM IST
Unicorn sightings slump; Tata’s chip exportsHappy Tuesday! Despite deal activity in late-stage startups showing signs of a revival, new unicorns aren’t being birthed. This and more in...
07 May, 2024, 07.18 AM IST
Bhavish Aggarwal's Krutrim AI launches mobile app, opens up cloud infra for businessesKrutrim AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup founded by Ola Electric's Bhavish Aggarwal, has opened up its cloud for entrepreneurs a...
04 May, 2024, 08.50 PM IST
Ola chief Bhavish Aggarwal floats new company, likely to enter AI spaceThis April, Bhavish Aggarwal registered a new company named Krutrim SI Designs Private Ltd. He and Tenneti Venugopala Krishnamurthy are the...
01 Jun, 2023, 05.40 PM IST