Vanguard slashes Ola value; War chokes PCB supplyAmerican investor Vanguard has sharply cut the fair value of Ola's parent company. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
04 Jun, 2026, 09.11 AM IST
PM Modi’s high stakes push for sovereign AI faces reality checkIndia is striving to build its own artificial intelligence capabilities, aiming for self-reliance and global export. However, the nation fa...
03 Jun, 2026, 07.53 PM IST
The world is becoming training data for AI, for which everyone is unprotectedPronto, a home services startup, is facing criticism for using body-camera footage from workers inside customers’ homes to train AI and rob...
29 May, 2026, 11.20 PM IST
From financial services to healthcare, enterprises driving AI adoption in India are all in Mumbai: TEAMOn the eve of Mumbai Tech Week, Sharad Sanghi of Neysa AI, Aakrit Vaish of Activate, and Naiyya Saggi of EDT spoke with ETtech editor Samid...
28 May, 2026, 09.16 PM IST
Peak XV, Activate in talks to invest in Silicon Valley AI dictation startup Wispr FlowFounded by Stanford graduates Tanay Kothari and Sahaj Garg, Wispr Flow develops a voice dictation tool that allows users to speak into apps...
27 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Nvidia may lead AI startup Simplismart’s $20 million fundraise at $100 million valuationChipmaking giant Nvidia is reportedly in advanced talks to lead a $20 million funding round for Simplismart, valuing the AI infrastructure ...
18 May, 2026, 10.45 AM IST
Why Sarvam's Vivek Raghavan calls ‘data in motion’ the most valuable asset for AI startupsSarvam AI cofounder Vivek Raghavan highlighted "data in motion"—user interaction data with AI systems—as the most valuable asset for AI com...
15 May, 2026, 09.43 PM IST
Sarvam AI and Pixxel’s collaboration to build satellites that think before they transmit dataSarvam AI and Pixxel are collaborating on Pathfinder, India’s first orbital AI system that processes satellite data in space.The mission us...
13 May, 2026, 12.39 PM IST
Lightspeed eyes new India fund, plans smaller corpus of $300–350 million amid AI focusThe venture capital firm, which was initially looking to raise as much as $500 million for its fifth India fund, has now cut the target siz...
13 May, 2026, 10.10 AM IST
Groww investors reap bumper returns; Lightspeed’s India rethinkHappy Wednesday! Groww delivered strong gains to early investors after the IPO lock-in expired. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dis...
13 May, 2026, 09.17 AM IST
India cannot afford to be just an AI consumer: Sarvam AI’s Pratyush KumarIndia needs to develop its own large-scale artificial intelligence models. Sarvam AI plans to train a trillion-parameter AI model soon. Thi...
12 May, 2026, 03.13 PM IST
Paperwork causing AI mission lag as startups flag funding, IP concernsIndiaAI mission startups face delays in formal agreements, impacting non-compute support and raising IP concerns. While compute access is p...
10 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Skyroot Aerospace, KreditBee among latest startups to enter unicorn clubIndia's startup scene is experiencing significant growth. Several new companies have achieved unicorn status, valued at over $1 billion. Sk...
08 May, 2026, 11.52 AM IST
Early-stage tech draws VC interest across aviation, biotech, precision manufacturingInvestors are prioritising smaller, early-stage deals in deeptech sectors like AI, healthcare, and precision manufacturing, shying away fro...
07 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Premji Invest in talks to join Emergent fundraisePremji Invest is reportedly in talks for a significant investment in coding platform Emergent's $250 million funding round, which could val...
06 May, 2026, 09.52 AM IST
Pixxel & Sarvam take AI to orbit; Fintechs flock to Gift CityHappy Tuesday! Spacetech startup Pixxel is joining forces with AI company Sarvam to launch an orbital data centre satellite — bringing comp...
05 May, 2026, 07.48 AM IST
Pixxel, Sarvam plan orbital data centre after Agnikul Cosmos-Neev CloudIndian space company Pixxel and AI firm Sarvam are collaborating on a groundbreaking orbital data centre satellite. This satellite, named P...
04 May, 2026, 06.03 PM IST