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Nazara’s INR 1,000 Cr RMG Question

What a week for India’s gaming industry! From ‘fun’ to ‘fraud’ and even ‘financing of terrorism’ — real money gaming…

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The Gaps In RBI’s “Build It All, But Responsibly” Vision For AI In Fintech

Like the computer revolution, which brought sweeping changes to the Indian banking industry, AI threatens to rewrite the rules of…

22.08.2025 9

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Of India’s Quantum Computing Dream And Funding Fallacies

“By 2100, our destiny is to become like the gods we once worshipped and feared. But our tools will not…

20.08.2025 4

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OpenAI’s GPT-5 Lands Amid Accelerating India AI Race

Last week was nothing short of a whirlwind for AI enthusiasts. From Google DeepMind’s Genie 3 launch to Anthropic’s Claude…

10.08.2025 10

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India-UK FTA Sets Stage For Next-Gen Trade Ties, But What’s In It For Startups?

As India navigates through the roiling waters of geopolitics, its free trade agreement (FTA) with the UK has come as…

03.08.2025 9

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Is India’s Satcom Dream Finally Taking Off?

Much has been talked about the tragic events of April 22, when 26 civilians were murdered in Pahalgam, which led…

24.07.2025 10

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India’s Deeptech Gambit Has Begun, But Nobody Knows The Rules Of The Game

Better late than never — a sentiment blazing across the Indian deeptech ecosystem — and at the centre of the…

19.07.2025 10

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Will Wakefit Wake Up To A Blockbuster IPO?

Peak XV-backed Wakefit has become the first new-age furniture and mattress brand to file for an initial public offering (IPO).…

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YourNest VC On Finding The Patient Capital Fuel That Indian Deeptech Needs

How deep is deeptech in India, really?  Going by the government line, it’s too shallow for a strong IP-led ecosystem…

03.07.2025 10

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Desh Wapsi & IPOs: SEBI Catches Up With Startup Reality

In a recent move, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has announced two major relaxations in the shareholding…

30.06.2025 10

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China’s Rare Earth Ban: Indian OEMs Say All Bark No Bite

Geopolitics is evolving, and it is evolving fast, unpredictably and more ruthlessly than ever. However, this time the global power…

23.06.2025 20

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Inside India’s High-Stakes Bet To Build Its Own GPT

With a collaborative push from the Centre and four generative AI startups — Sarvam AI, Soket AI, Gnani.AI, and Gan.AI…

22.06.2025 10

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Ola Electric’s Missing Pieces

Ola Electric is going through the toughest period in its seven-year lifetime. That’s no exaggeration as even the most ardent…

09.06.2025 10

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Will Operation Sindoor Propel India’s Drone Tech Ecosystem?

India’s manufacturing push is gradually bearing fruit, if the drone tech ecosystem’s role in Operation Sindoor is any indication.  In…

05.06.2025 10

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Glance AI Looks To Usher In Aspirational Ecommerce; Will AI Shopping Take Off?

Didn’t you envy Monica Barbaro in that spectacular satin pink Dior gown when she graced the Oscars Red Carpet this…

28.05.2025 8

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Operation Sindoor: How AI-Powered Air Defence System Akashteer Shielded India

On the midnight of May 7, the Indian armed forces launched ‘Operation Sindoor’, targeting terrorist infrastructure at nine locations in…

17.05.2025 30

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Can CleverTap’s Deep AI Roots Withstand The GenAI Tide?

When you idly tapped on the food delivery app the other day, did you have cold coffee on your mind?…

14.05.2025 10

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The Log9 Collapse: How The Battery Tech Startup Fell From Glory

Amid the BluSmart-Gensol saga, which has become the new focal point for the debate around startup corporate governance lapses, the…

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Why AI-First Strategies Will Decide The Winners In India’s $40 Bn Quick Commerce Market

India’s quick commerce market is shifting rapidly — from a race for speed to a competition for intelligence and personalisation.…

29.04.2025 7

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Do Indian EV Startups Stand A Chance Against The Legacy Players?

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal’s comments last month that Indian startups were doing very little in the realm of…

25.04.2025 20

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Trump Tariffs Uncertainty Forces Indian VCs To Rethink Fundraise Plans

Economies around the world aren’t currently enduring the best of times, thanks to US President Donald Trump, who announced reciprocal…

21.04.2025 10

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How Whatfix Is Going All-In On AI As It Eyes A $150 Mn ARR Milestone

Amid the accelerating adoption of AI across sectors, the CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, is quite vocal about the end…

15.04.2025 10

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Inside MakeMyTrip’s GenAI Play — How The Travel Giant Has Revamped Itself For The AI Age

Last month, Nasdaq-listed Indian travel tech giant MakeMyTrip launched a GenAI-powered feature, Collections, on its platform to make hotel and…

03.04.2025 6

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Can Nexizo Be The AI Moat For OfBusiness?

At a time when an increasing number of new-age tech ventures in the country are launching AI platforms for various…

30.03.2025 20

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Inside Licious’ High-Stakes Bet On Quick Commerce & The Omnichannel Game Plan

Licious has hoisted its sail for the D-Street voyage. With this, the Bengaluru-based startup, which almost defined and shaped the…

06.03.2025 20

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Stellaris’ Alok Goyal On How SaaS Bets Are Evolving In The AI Boom

In the past three years what we have come to realise is that AI is set to bring in sweeping…

27.02.2025 10

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From Zomato To Infosys: Why India’s Biggest Companies Are Betting On Agentic AI

Proactiveness. That’s how Enver Cetin, an AI expert at global Experience Engineering firm Ciklum, described Agentic AI in a Harvard…

22.02.2025 10

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India’s Push For Green Fuel Unravels Gold In Ethanol

The year 2070 may appear a long way, when India has pledged to go net-zero on emissions, but the country…

15.02.2025 10

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Flexible Work, Fixed Returns? Breaking Down WeWork India & IndiQube’s Public Listings

It’s raining IPOs in some of India’s most exciting new-age sectors, from fintech to travel tech and foodtech to enterprise…

13.02.2025 10

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Budget 2025: India Goes For Manufacturing Gold

As anticipated by experts, the manufacturing industry received a significant boost from the central government during the Union Budget 2025-26…

01.02.2025 3

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Budget 2025: What Can We Expect On The Deeptech, Manufacturing Front?

India’s vast manufacturing industry, which contributes around 17% of the nation’s GDP, is expecting the central government to make some…

31.01.2025 8

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growX ventures’ Deeptech Bet: Building A Playbook For Patient Capital

India’s burgeoning deeptech — spacetech, AI, semiconductor, robotics and IoT — sector is calling for more venture capital (VC) money…

30.01.2025 9

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Budget 2025: Chip Makers, Designers Demand Higher Outlay, Lower Tax Load

An expansion of the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, particularly a higher allocation for the sops, tops the wish list of…

30.01.2025 8

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Data Privacy Day: How Far Has India Progressed In Protecting Your Information?

Had it been some six decades later, poor McKenna wouldn’t have taken such a fateful journey, but just logged into…

28.01.2025 40

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The Startup Founder’s Dilemma: Success At The Cost Of Health

Don’t keep off spring, dear startup founders, even when funds freeze in winter chill. When Zerodha cofounder and chief executive…

27.01.2025 7

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How MeitY’s Draft AI Guidelines Ensure A Transparent Route Towards Accountable Innovation

India’s AI ecosystem has undergone a major shift in the last few years, especially with the advent of GenAI. The…

15.01.2025 20

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Pixxel Satellites Launch: Cofounders On Choosing SpaceX Over ISRO & More

Google-backed spacetech startup Pixxel is set for the launch of the first three hyperspectral imaging satellites of its Firefly constellation…

14.01.2025 10

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Semiconductor Startups Raise Over $28 Mn In 2024; Will This Year Be Any Better?

The year 2024 was upbeat on the funding front for the Indian semiconductor space. What pushed the envelope last year…

08.01.2025 10

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Two-Wheeler EV Sales In 2024: Ola Retains Top Spot But Bajaj, TVS On The Prowl

The Indian electric vehicle (EV) industry witnessed another year of maturity in 2024. On the back of improving charging infrastructure,…

04.01.2025 8

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New-Age Tech Stocks In 2024: Bad Year For Honasa, But Who Gained The Most?

It was an eventful year for new-age tech companies on the IPO front, with 13 startups going public in 2024.…

25.12.2024 8

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Startup IPOs In 2025: Why Investors Expect A Record-Breaking Year

India’s new-age tech IPO market saw a massive upswing in 2024, driven by increased investor confidence and a favourable macroeconomic…

24.12.2024 8

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M-Cap Of 32 New-Age Tech Stocks Crosses $100 Bn Mark In 2024

The cumulative market capitalisation of 19 new-age tech stocks, which stood at $40.6 Bn at the end of 2023, zoomed…

24.12.2024 7

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The Year Of Green Hydrogen? Cleantech Predictions For India In 2025

India’s cleantech narrative witnessed some important shifts in 2024 helped by investments into solar power and electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure...

24.12.2024 6

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The Era Of Agentic AI, Hyper-Personalisation & More: GenAI Predictions For 2025

By the end of 2023, the generative AI (GenAI) fever was deemed to be more than just a fad. And…

21.12.2024 6

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VCs Mint Big Returns As Startup IPOs Light Up D-Street In 2024

The year 2024 saw a flurry of initial public offerings (IPOs) of new-age tech companies, as startups brushed off the…

20.12.2024 5

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Ola Electric In 2024: Between Bhavish Aggarwal’s Dreams And The Ground Reality

“Tesla is for the West; Ola is for the rest,” declared India’s much-celebrated (often controversial) entrepreneur and the founder and…

19.12.2024 9

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Why Are Large-Scale Indian Enterprises Lagging Globally In AI Adoption?

At a time when AI adoption is on the rise around the world, India’s large-scale enterprises seem to be trailing…

05.12.2024 5

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Why Are Investors Betting on AI Skyscrapers, Not Foundational Models?

As the adoption of GenAI grows in the country, varied applications, draped as horizontal and vertical solutions, are increasingly finding…

01.12.2024 10

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ideaForge CEO On Why The Company Slipped Into Losses In Q2 FY25

When ideaForge went public in July last year, the drone startup had just recovered from a loss. It posted a…

26.11.2024 5

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Unusually Long Contract Processing Expose Us To Financial Uncertainty: ideaForge CEO

When ideaForge went public in July last year, the drone startup had just recovered from a loss. It posted a…

26.11.2024 5

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