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'CEA wants to talk with you': Startup founder surprised to get an invite from Finance Ministry to talk about his challenges and policy changes needed to grow businesses in IndiaChandru Rajendran, founder of Procurio, received an email invite from India's Ministry of Finance saying the chief economic adviser wanted ...
ETtech Explainer: Google’s Mechanize deal and acqui-hiresGoogle’s deals with chatbot platform Character.AI and AI coding platform Windsurf, Microsoft’s deal with AI assistant company Inflection AI...
SBI Research, IDFC First expect rate hike in October as crude prices climb: Higher oil prices & inflation raise likelihood of policy tighteningEconomists are gearing up for a potential rate hike from the central bank as soon as October, driven by escalating crude oil prices and ong...
China's DeepSeek hires dealmaker as CFO ahead of possible IPOA CFO typically plays a central role in managing investor communications, financial controls, capital allocation and disclosure processes ...
Info Edge appoints former Adobe India MD to its board, Himanshu Agarwal as new CFO amid leadership reshuffleNaresh Chand Gupta has been appointed by Info Edge as a non-executive director, while Himanshu Agarwal steps into the role of chief financi...
Business growth has changed. Has the founder evolved? Why scaling a business demands a new kind of leadershipAs businesses scale, founders must evolve from hands-on operators into strategic leaders who build systems, empower teams and think beyond ...
SoftBank shares slide 13% after AI chiefs sound alarm on safetyThe company plans a ¥1 trillion ($6.5 billion) retail bond issue and a $10 billion loan linked to OpenAI shares as it finances deals such a...
Mid-tier VCs scout deeptech deals; ETSA winner Varaha’s India playHappy Monday! Sector-agnostic mid-tier venture capital investors are recaliberating focus on India's deeptech startups. This and more in to...
Japan emerges as a new market for Indian spacetech startupsStartups such as Digantara Industries, Bellatrix Aerospace, Xovian Aerospace, SatNxt, and Manastu Space are seeing growing interest from Ja...
Mid-tier VCs rewrite playbooks to chase India's deeptech betsSo far in calendar year (CY) 2026, deeptech startups have attracted $574 million across 61 deals, which is almost 84% of the $679 million r...
India's physical AI boom spawns a new class of robot workersData collection related to basic human activity and on the shop floor was the first layer, and is well documented, but now teleoperators, r...
I quit my Rs 75 LPA job to build a startup and ChatGPT, Google AI made it irrelevant. We lost all customer in 30 days: Techie shares the hard reality of entrepreneurshipA tech entrepreneur who quit a ₹75 lakh-per-year job to build a startup says the company's first product became irrelevant within 30 days a...
BRICS Business Forum 2026: Jaishankar calls for resilient supply chains, predictable business environment across BRICS countriesExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar urged BRICS nations for predictable business environments. He called for resilient supply chains and...
China's Xi Jinping to visit India for first time in seven years as New Delhi hosts BRICS SummitChinese President Xi Jinping is set to participate in the BRICS Summit in India this week, marking his first visit in seven years. As Prime...
Global Fintech Fest 2026: Nandan Nilekani says risk of losing jobs due to AI lower in small companiesNandan Nilekani foresees artificial intelligence posing greater job risks for large structured companies. He emphasizes that millions of sm...
Habuild CEO on user loyalty; Flipkart Minutes gets its own appHappy Thursday! Habuild CEO Saurabh Bothra said repeat users are helping the company drive growth. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning ...
Amazon, Flipkart's multi-front war; India set for more GCCsHappy Wednesday! Amazon and Flipkart have broadened their bets as quick commerce platforms chip away at their share of user base. This and ...
Alco-bev startup Marmalade raises Rs 6 crore from angel investorsMarmalade, the startup behind Brightside whiskey, has raised Rs 6 crore from about 20 angel investors. The company plans to expand distribu...
Rentomojo’s valuation jump; SoftBank’s Meesho windfallRentomojo is expected to go public at a valuation nearly five times higher than its previous private market round. This and more in today's...
India's strong economic momentum continues despite global uncertainties, says Chief Economic AdviserIndia's economy shows strong near-term momentum, driven by domestic factors and exports. The Reserve Bank of India's deposit mobilisation o...