RDI fund to deploy Rs 7,131 crore; Blume, Speciale Invest, Kalaari, Chiratae among 19 fund managers in first cohortThe selected cohort comprises 14 alternative investment funds (AIFs) and five focused research organisations (FROs), which will channel lon...
13 Oct, 2026, 12.23 PM IST
Sarvam plans big fundraise; HCLTech's Q2 profit jumpsHappy Tuesday! Sarvam is in talks for a big round that could double its valuation to $3 billion. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Di...
13 Oct, 2026, 08.27 AM IST
AI startup Sarvam in talks for $300 million top-up; valuation may double to $3 billionThe startup builds Indian-language AI models and applications for government agencies and businesses, including banks and insurers. Its cus...
13 Oct, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Meet Aidan Guo, young entrepreneur building an AI desktop assistant, his startup has already attracted about $1.6 million in fundingGuo's interest in technology began when he was young. On his personal website, he says he started sneaker botting at the age of 13, The act...
12 Oct, 2026, 07.19 PM IST
Amazon in talks to buy AI startup Decart for around $7 billion: ReportAmazon is reportedly in talks to acquire artificial-intelligence startup Decart for about $7 billion. The acquisition would give Amazon sig...
12 Oct, 2026, 08.10 AM IST
Sequoia-backed chip startup Nuvacore raising funds at about a $2.5 billion valuationNuvacore is seeking to raise the funds as the appetite for central processors has swollen due to the thirst for data-crunching capacity to ...
11 Oct, 2026, 06.19 PM IST
Meet Akshat Kannan and William Zhang, college dropouts who launched AI startup Zeroset, here's how it emerged with $5.2 million in fundingThe company's first product, Nebula, collects information form workplace software and tracks how tasks, decision and activities change over...
10 Oct, 2026, 07.11 PM IST
AI surveillance startup Flock Safety to cut several hundred jobs amid backlashFlock Safety plans to let go of about 18% of its employees, people with direct knowledge of the plans said on Thursday, as the maker of AI-...
09 Oct, 2026, 08.10 AM IST
Winners of The ET Startup Awards 2026 to be feted todayHappy Friday! The who's who of the startup ecosystem will come together in Bengaluru today to honour the winners of The Economic Times Star...
09 Oct, 2026, 07.44 AM IST
Manus raises more than $500 million after Meta exitManus, the AI startup formerly under the umbrella of Meta, has achieved a remarkable funding milestone, securing over $500 million in its l...
08 Oct, 2026, 04.24 PM IST
Trump’s former AI advisor Sriram Krishnan seeks $500 million for new venture fundSriram Krishnan is planning to raise a $500 million venture fund dedicated to AI companies. This fund will target businesses that have reac...
08 Oct, 2026, 11.01 AM IST
US government, Google join Zuckerberg-backed Biohub in $1.8 billion push for AI biology dataThe US government and tech heavyweights Meta Platforms and Google parent Alphabet are joining nonprofit Biohub to build open datasets to tr...
07 Oct, 2026, 09.51 PM IST
Credfix raises Rs 16.1 crore in seed funding led by Tanglin Venture PartnersThe investment will focus on enhancing artificial intelligence functions and extending support to borrowers nationwide.
07 Oct, 2026, 02.27 PM IST
Prosus steps up India fintech bets with Kiwi, Oolka funding talksProsus has held exploratory talks to invest in Kiwi, which offers bank-issued RuPay credit cards and credit lines for Unified Payments Inte...
07 Oct, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
CurvetAI raises Rs 6 crore in pre-seed funding led by Merak VenturesCurvetAI has secured Rs 6 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by Merak Ventures. The platform aims to streamline AI tools by integrating ...
06 Oct, 2026, 05.36 PM IST
Software startup Vinci raises $250 million at a $1.5 billion valuationThe Palo Alto, California-based company is entering a market that includes similar AI-based simulation products from established chip desig...
06 Oct, 2026, 05.25 PM IST
ETtech Q&A: From Anthropic to OpenRouter, Menlo Ventures' Matt Murphy and Venky Ganesan on how the firm bets on AIPartners Matt Murphy and Venky Ganesan on the Anthropic bet, life beyond it, where the firm is putting its money now, and why India's AI fu...
06 Oct, 2026, 07.59 AM IST