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Blackstone bets big on education; banks push UPI creditHappy Tuesday! Blackstone is in talks to acquire a controlling stake in Jayshree Periwal International School (JPIS). This and more in toda...- Need AI friend? Companion startups are a click awayAccording to a report from IT industry body Nasscom, the global AI companion market is estimated to have touched $28 billion in size this y...
- India AI Mission cohort 2.0; Tata's Apple windfallIndia AI Mission has selected eight more firms to build foundational AI models. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
- AI rush prompts investors to increase focusAmong these VC firms that have come up in the last two years are Boundless Ventures, founded by former Kae Capital investor Natasha Malpani...
- Indian GenAI companies turn into bigger investment magnetsIndian GenAI startups witnessed a funding surge, securing $524 million in the first seven months of 2025, marking a five-year high. This in...
- ONDC dangles discount carrot; Tariff woes hit TCSHappy Friday! ONDC is set to reintroduce incentives amid food delivery growth cooling off. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
- Indian startups poised to ride vertical AI opportunity: ReportPer the report titled “Vibe50 Emerging Vertical AI Startups,” by AI startup accelerator Upekkha, Indian companies enjoy certain structural ...
- From 66 to 4: Why Y Combinator backed fewer Indian startups in 2024Y Combinator's selection of Indian startups has decreased significantly. This decline is attributed to factors like YC's US incorporation r...
- Y Combinator’s spring 2025 batch features 70 startups focused on agentic AIY Combinator’s Spring 2025 batch featured 70 agentic AI startups, each receiving $500,000. Leadership changes include Dalton Caldwell and M...
- PCI’s MDR plea; India’s AI startups, acceleratedHappy Tuesday! The Payments Council of India has urged the PMO to reinstate the merchant discount rate (MDR) on UPI and RuPay debit card pa...
- SaaS will turn into software and services in GenAI: Upekkha-WestBridge reportUpekkha-WestBridge predicts an IT services-like offering merged with SaaS.
- Exclusive: Malabar eyes Sugar stake; India’s deep tech policy coming soonIndia-focused Malabar Investments is in talks to pick a Rs 80-100 crore stake in Sugar Cosmetics via a secondary deal. This and more in tod...
- Ecommerce roll-up firms in distress; how Krafton scripted BGMI returnThrasio-style ecommerce roll-up companies such as Goat Brand Labs are struggling to survive amid an overall funding squeeze. This and more ...
- Footpath Ventures eyes stake in Rajasthan Royals; IT hiring picks upUS-based Footpath Ventures is in advanced talks to pick up a stake in Rajasthan Royals, a franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Thi...
- Least amount of distress sales, shutdowns in SaaS: Upekkha reportManaging partner Thiyagarajan Maruthavanan said a lot of the consolidation and acquisitions will broadly be enabled by networks built out b...
- In big relief, US regulators backstop all Silicon Valley Bank deposits, while HSBC buys UK arm of failed bankCapping days of chaos and uncertainty among startup founders and venture capital investors, US regulators stepped in to backstop all deposi...
- Indian SaaS firms are on an efficient, resilient growth path: reportIndian SaaS growth is highly capital-efficient by default across stages and remains largely unmoved by recessionary trends of the past year...
- Twitter responds to Rahul Gandhi; key takeaways from Boat’s IPO filingTwitter said on Thursday that follower counts on its platform can fluctuate as it removes millions of accounts every week for violating its...
- Five in 10 companies have dedicated members managing employee wellness: SurveyOnly 56.6% said they have dedicated members managing their employee wellness - nearly half of the responses came from companies having empl...
- Stressed startup founders approach experts to calm nerves as Covid wreaks havocIssues facing startup founders include cash flow concerns, logistical uncertainties with respect to red zones, precariousness of manufactur...
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