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India Trains The World’s Robots, But At What Cost?

In the 1990s, American hospitals began routing physician dictations to transcriptionists in Bangalore and Chennai. It was unglamorous work, but…

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Palak S

Indian Startup Funding Slips 9% To $5.2 Bn In H1 2026

Despite persistent global macroeconomic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions, investor interest in the Indian startup ecosystem remained largely...

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Palak S

D2C’s New Media Playbook

Everybody wants to own the media, and the country’s fastest-growing new-age consumer brands are no exception. Faced with rising customer…

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Bismah M

Flipkart, Amazon Flex Logistics Muscles; Will It Bring New Growth Levers?

When Delhivery acquired Ecom Express in 2025, the Indian logistics industry read it as a consolidation play — a larger…

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Ankush Das

Why India Needs Its Own AI Safety Net

As enterprises increasingly embed AI into customer support, software development, financial operations, healthcare systems and decision-making...

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Gargi S

Can Nykaa Live Up To Its Own Hype?

Five years ago, Nykaa was seen as India’s premium beauty retailer. Today, it wants investors to believe it’s building something…

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Lokesh C

Fintech Startups To Watch: Startups That Caught Our Eye In June

The month of June kept the Indian fintech sector busy on multiple fronts. The headline move came from CRED raising…

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Lokesh Choudhary

Kunal Shah & The WhatsApp Acid Test

“Kunal Shah represents the very best of India’s startup ecosystem: bold thinking, intellectual curiosity, relentless execution and the ability to…

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Debarghya Sil

IRDAI’s Reform Push That Can Upend Insurance Startups

When someone buys car insurance in India, it’s generally assumed that most of the premium goes towards insurance coverage. However,…

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Lokesh Choudhary

Meesho’s ₹202 Cr Question: Can It Crack India’s Kirana Code?

Meesho’s first acquisition announcement after the ecommerce company went public also marked its foray into B2B retail space from the…

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Bismah Malik

India Wants Its AI Talent Back; But What’s The Incentive?

For decades, India has exported some of its brightest minds to the world’s leading research labs. Researchers of Indian origin…

24.06.2026 20

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Ankush Das

How Smartworks Turned Managed Workspaces Into An Enterprise Play

India’s flex workspace market is witnessing one of its strongest growth phases, with the total market capacity projected to expand…

23.06.2026 10

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₹10,000 Cr AUM, MobiKwik Xtra & Per Annum: Lendbox’s Risky Regulatory Dance

Nearly two years after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tightened regulations governing India’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending industry, fresh questions…

23.06.2026 10

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Bismah Malik

The Battle For India’s Kirana Stores Has Begun

India’s kirana stores are suddenly in demand. Over the past few months, Meesho acquired Kirana Club; Udaan acquired ShopKirana; and …

23.06.2026 10

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Meha Agarwal

Meta’s $900 Mn CRED Deal And Why Kunal Shah Stepped Away

The Kunal Shah era at CRED is over. The Meta era begins. That’s just as true for Shah as CRED.…

23.06.2026 10

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Debarghya S

Why Ather Wants A Fresh Infusion Of Funds Just A Year After Its IPO

Over a year after raising ₹2,626 Cr via its IPO, Ather Energy is looking to raise more fresh capital. The…

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Gargi S

One Year After Its Discounted IPO, Why Is The Market Cheering For BlueStone?

When BlueStone launched its IPO in August 2025, many market analysts said that it was overpriced. This was because they…

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Gargi S

Why Jio Is More Than A Telecom IPO

India’s IPO market is stirring back to life. After months of delays, due to geopolitical uncertainty, volatile equity markets and…

22.06.2026 10

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Team Inc42

NEET, Telegram Ban And The Edtech Void

The paper leaks, the cancellation and the rescheduling of the NEET-UG examination has thrown the lives of over 2.2 Mn…

21.06.2026 10

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Anjali J

FY26 Financial Tracker: Tracking The Financial Performance Of Indian Startups

The Indian startup ecosystem continued to mature in FY26, with 22 new-age tech companies making their public market debut as…

20.06.2026 10

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Anjali Jain

Is Pratilipi’s Future In Physical Books?

How often does a digital media startup buy a publishing house? And even if it does, does this tech startup,…

19.06.2026 10

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Debarghya S

Turtlemint IPO: Cash Burn In Focus After ₹397 Cr Anchor Round

Insurtech startup Turtlemint has raised ₹397.2 Cr from anchor investors. The platform allotted 2.61 Cr equity shares to anchor investors…

18.06.2026 10

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Shrishti B

HCLTech’s Sarvam AI Bet: Is Patient Capital Finally Here?

Sovereign AI is back in the spotlight. India tried to position itself as a ‘neutral’ market through the India AI…

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Lokesh C

The Search For AI Guardrails

For nearly 25 years, India’s digital economy has largely been governed by the Information Technology Act, 2000, which was drafted…

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Meha A

Intimate Care Economy’s Renaissance

Earlier this year, intimate care startup Ugees partnered with premium innerwear brand Krvvy. Around the same time, menstrual hygiene startup…

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Gargi S

Can FirstCry Hold Investor Attention In A Quick Commerce World?

At least seven times during FirstCry’s March-quarter earnings call, the company returned to a familiar theme: rationalisation. Competition, the...

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Team Inc42

Zepto’s Battle Beyond Speed

For Blinkit, Zepto and Swiggy Instamart, much of the post-pandemic era was spent persuading urban Indians to prioritise convenience over…

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Akshit p

Why Avataar Is Bullish About Cracking AI Video And Outdoing Global Giants

The race in AI video generation is currently being dominated by global giants like OpenAI, Google and Chinese startups flush…

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Shraddha g

How OneAssist’s AI Stack Is Giving Older Smartphones An Insured Future

India’s smartphone market may no longer be growing rapidly in unit terms (as per IDC’s May 2026 report), but consumers…

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Debarghya s

A Day Late And A Dollar Short: Zepto Fixes Unit Economics, But What About Profitability?

Earlier this week, Zepto filed its updated draft red herring prospectus (UDRHP) with the market regulator SEBI. The startup intends…

10.06.2026 10

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Anjali J

ZEE5’s FIFA World Cup Gamble All Set For Litmus Test

Indian football fans were worried till just a few days ago that the 2026 FIFA World Cup might just be…

10.06.2026 20

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Ankush Das

Who Gets Hired In An AI-First World?

Ever since they have been around, technology companies hired for pedigree, technical depth, experience and execution speed. But, with AI…

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Bismah m

Glam On Demand: Making Sense Of The 15-Minute At-Home Beauty Boom

Forget quick commerce or instant househelp services — instant at-home beauty is looking like the next big thing in the…

09.06.2026 20

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Palak s

When AI Is Your Shopping Wingman

The familiar ritual of seeking a friend’s opinion and scrolling through endless product listings before making an online purchase is…

09.06.2026 20

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Ankush Das

How AI Is Taking Over The Director’s Chair

For decades, the industry operated one-dimensionally, with large production houses controlling access to expensive cameras and movies requiring...

08.06.2026 20

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Debarghya s

India’s First Microdrama IPO Arrives, But Will Investors Tune In?

Thus far, India’s startup IPO story has mostly remained dominated by startups in sectors like ecommerce, fintech and SaaS. But…

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Bismah m

Ola Consumer’s Race Against Time

In the summer of 2021, Bhavish Aggarwal was arguably India’s most audacious tech entrepreneur. Ola Cabs (now Ola Consumer), the…

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Team Inc42

The AI Bill Is Coming Due: GitHub’s Copilot Move Has Startups On Alert

From June 1, the code repository platform GitHub moved its Copilot AI-coding assistant from a flat subscription-based model to a…

05.06.2026 20

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Lokesh c

How The Hindware-Google Verdict Will Shape Advertising In The AI Age

In a landmark judgement, the Delhi High Court (HC) imposed a fine of ₹30 Lakh on search and AI giant…

04.06.2026 20

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Ankush Das

Cracking The Enterprise AI Sales Code

When Praveer Kochhar, the cofounder of KOGO AI, an enterprise AI platform, was asked about his first enterprise deal, he…

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Meha A

D2C Goes On A Short Break

Open Zepto, Blinkit, or Swiggy Instamart right now, and you’ll notice something unusual. Instead of pushing everyday essentials, these platforms…

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Akshit p

Can PhysicsWallah Be Both Educator & Lender?

In a move that echoes a controversial chapter in India’s edtech history, PhysicsWallah (PW) is betting big on student financing.…

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Akshit Pushkarna

Real Money Gaming’s GST Soup: Beating A Dead Horse

Death by a thousand cuts. That’s perhaps the most fitting way to describe the state of India’s real-money gaming (RMG)…

31.05.2026 20

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Gargi Sarkar

Behind Awfis’ Premiumisation Bid To Capture The GCC Boom

Since becoming the first new-age coworking space provider to list in India, Awfis has steadily grown its top line while…

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Gaurav Bagur

Why Airtel’s Priority Postpaid Plan Triggered A Net Neutrality Debate

Airtel finds itself into a familiar battleground – the net neutrality debate. India’s second largest telecom operator stirred up the…

29.05.2026 30

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Team Inc42

India’s Sovereign AI Reality Check

India was quick to respond to Sam Altman when he underestimated the country’s ability to build something even remotely comparable…

27.05.2026 40

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Ankush Das

The Personality Rights Battle: When Startup Founders Become Celebrities

For most of India’s legal history, personality rights were concerns largely reserved for film stars and cricketers. Amitabh Bachchan went…

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Lokesh Choudhary

The D2C Math Is Breaking: West Asia War Forces Brands Into Repricing Mode

In the last few years, the world has adapted to new waves of uncertainty. From Covid to various economic slowdowns…

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Palak Sharma

Beyond Instant: India’s Coffee Awakening

Every few years, the coffee market transitions towards a new trend or niche in the search of finding the next…

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Palak Sharma

Why Swiggy Failed The Shareholder Litmus Test

In October last year, Swiggy CEO Sriharsha Majety called Instamart’s shift to an inventory-led model an eventuality. That conviction, it…

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Debarghya Sil