Sarvam raises $234 million led by HCLTech at $1.5 billion valuationIndia's Sarvam AI has secured $234 million in a funding round led by HCLTech, valuing the homegrown AI startup at $1.5 billion. This invest...
15 Jun, 2026, 09.11 PM IST
Fable 5 shock puts sovereign AI back on India’s agendaUS export controls on advanced AI models have spurred India's call for sovereign AI development. Industry leaders warn against reliance on ...
15 Jun, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Your vote for their prompts: Risk of ‘AI swarms’ automating political movements risesThey said 2026 marked the first year of grand-scale AI adoption in political management, the results of which will likely be visible in 202...
09 Jun, 2026, 07.31 AM IST
Kuku FM readies public market debut; SoftBank books Lenskart gainsKuku FM's parent has taken the first step towards a stock market listing. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
04 Jun, 2026, 08.01 PM IST
Together Fund’s Manav Garg joins portfolio firm Emergent as executive chairmanAnnouncing the move in a LinkedIn post on Thursday, Garg stated that he will continue supporting founders and portfolio companies at Togeth...
04 Jun, 2026, 07.30 PM IST
Her Wi-Fi stopped working, so she worked from cow shed. Corporate woman's hilarious work-from-home struggle sparks reactions onlineA corporate employee's remote work day took an unexpected turn when a WiFi outage forced her to find a new workspace. Unable to connect ind...
30 May, 2026, 07.05 AM IST
Cautious on valuations, bullish on insurance and IT: How Nilesh Shetty is positioning for the next 12 monthsA cautious Nilesh Shetty of Quantum Advisors warns of a possible earnings disappointment in the next three to six months, citing El Niño ri...
26 May, 2026, 09.00 AM IST
Meet Andrej Karpathy, OpenAI founding researcher hired by rival Anthropic; His education, Tesla role and othersAndrej Karpathy joins Anthropic: Andrej Karpathy — one of the most recognised names in artificial intelligence and a founding member of Ope...
20 May, 2026, 01.21 PM IST
India’s brandy boom still feels uncool. Liquor cos want to give it a makeoverBrandy, a spirit deeply entrenched in South India's culture and cinema, is now undergoing a national makeover. Despite being India's second...
20 May, 2026, 11.38 AM IST
Employee requests for his unpaid salary, gets terminated the next day without any money. 'Don't know what do now'A software engineer’s Reddit post has gone viral after he claimed that a Noida startup terminated him just a day after he emailed HR about ...
19 May, 2026, 10.07 PM IST
The bug stops here: Tips and tricks to help propel you ahead in the AI raceCEOs will soon be coders, not by learning to code, but by describing their needs in plain English. AI will then build the tools, transformi...
19 May, 2026, 09.22 AM IST
Gig workers' incentives cool; YC attendees resell AI creditsHappy Tuesday! Despite a shortage of delivery workers, payouts for gig riders have increased only slightly this summer. This and more in to...
19 May, 2026, 07.44 AM IST
SoftBank logs $600 million paper loss on India-listed portfolio in March quarterSoftBank's Indian investments faced a significant downturn in the January-March quarter. Several prominent companies like Swiggy and Ola El...
14 May, 2026, 08.07 AM 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
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
Premji eyes Emergent bet; Krutrim plans unravelHappy Wednesday! Premji Invest is circling Emergent, looking to join its latest fundraise at a $1.5 billion valuation. This and more in tod...
06 May, 2026, 07.37 AM IST
Vibe coding gets a big reality checkVibe coding startups are riding high on easy app creation via prompts, but as AI advances and margins shrink, questions grow over their lon...
21 Apr, 2026, 06.01 AM IST