Unacademy founders Gaurav Munjal and Roman Saini plan a ₹700 crore AI and deeptech fund, targeting 25 to 28 startups through Longshot Capital.
Vectorial raises $3 million led by SenseAI Ventures to expand its AI-powered audience simulation platform for consumer research, product testing and marketing campaigns.
DeepSeek reportedly secures nearly $15 billion in funding backed by Tencent and CATL as the Chinese AI startup expands its capabilities ahead of a potential IPO.
Disney agrees to hire most Character.AI employees following its bankruptcy filing, with annual compensation estimated at $60 million and a proposed $20 million asset deal.
Former Google DeepMind researcher Thore Graepel launches Metis Reasoning, a London AI startup focused on compute-efficient models and verifiable reasoning.
India reportedly plans to add 10,000 AI chips to its national compute pool, expanding access to computing resources for startups, researchers and AI developers.
RevRag AI raises $2.5 million in seed funding led by Accion Ventures to expand AI-powered banking assistants, strengthen enterprise deployments and enter the US market.
Former Plaud executive Peter Mo's startup Ambi raises $26 million to develop an AI assistant offering real-time meeting insights, background listening and task automation.
Sarvam AI is reportedly in talks to raise up to $300 million at a $3 billion valuation, potentially doubling its valuation four months after its previous funding round.
Sarvam AI appoints former Google Cloud India MD Sashikumar Sreedharan as President and Chief Business Officer to lead enterprise expansion and sovereign AI adoption.
Cal AI's 19-year-old co-founder Zach Yadegari raises $10 million for Persona, an AI assistant startup developing a $179 wearable and advertising-supported shopping features.
Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma offers Rs 1-2 crore from personal funds to Indian founders developing AI models, encouraging domestic AI innovation.
CurvetAI has raised Rs 6 crore led by Merak Ventures to expand its multi-model AI workspace and develop agent-based capabilities for complex workflows.
Flipkart Ventures has backed AI startups Alive and Keploy with capital, mentorship and access to Flipkart's ecosystem to support their growth.
Sai Ganesh has joined AI app builder Emergent as Global Head of Brand and Marketing, bringing experience across Dunzo, Zomato and AB InBev.
Blue Cloud Softech has been confirmed as an Industry Partner for Odisha's IndiaAI Centre of Excellence, committing ₹4 crore and support for AI startups.
Anthropic has walked away from a reported $6 billion acquisition of AI startup Decart after conducting due diligence, although the companies could still collaborate.
Adobe has acquired Indian AI startup Rilo, adding its six-member team and workflow automation technology as it expands its agentic AI capabilities for marketers.
Nvidia is reportedly in talks to invest in Perplexity through a funding round that could value the AI search and agent startup at more than $30 billion.
IndiGo Ventures has invested in Sarvam AI's Series B as the companies expand their use of AI across customer service, employee productivity and airline operations.
Fireflies.ai is exploring acquisitions of Indian AI and voice AI startups while introducing a lower-priced plan to expand its presence in India.
AI safety startup Alice raises $140 million to expand its model testing and security platform as its AI business grows more than 500% in two years.
Bengaluru-based Murf AI has launched Falcon 2, a text-to-speech model built for real-time AI agents with under-100ms voice generation and support for 35+ languages.
Nvidia is reportedly in talks to invest in Perplexity through a new funding round that could value Aravind Srinivas’ AI search startup at more than $30 billion.
As India marks its 79th Independence Day, the AI sovereignty debate shifts to compute, data and indigenous models that could shape the country’s digital future.
Lovable has raised $400 million at a $13.3 billion valuation as the Swedish AI startup sees rapid growth in its vibe coding platform.
Accel has raised $550 million for its ninth India fund, maintaining its early-stage strategy as AI, deeptech and advanced manufacturing gain investment focus.
xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin’s River AI has raised $1.1 billion to expand tools that help enterprises customise AI models using their own data.
Google chief scientist Jeff Dean has left after 27 years to co-found Discovery Loop, an AI startup focused on automating machine learning and scientific research.
Smallest.ai raises $13 million in a Series A led by Seligman Ventures to scale its low-latency speech-to-speech AI platform for enterprise voice interactions.
Tamil Nadu has announced Arivagam, India's first AI and Innovation City, to strengthen AI research, startups, digital infrastructure and deep-tech investment.
Indian legal AI startup NYAI has raised $1.5 million in seed funding to expand its AI-powered legal intelligence platform for enterprises and law firms.
Enterprise AI startup Kily has raised Rs 30 crore in a funding round led by Sorin Investments to expand its agentic AI platform for consumer brands.
Former Swiggy and Zomato executives have launched enterprise AI startup Profound, securing $15 million in seed funding to build AI-powered business automation tools.
OpenAI has appointed Sarthak Arora as a founding member of its startups team in India, strengthening its engagement with the country's fast-growing AI startup ecosystem.
Midjourney has acquired astrology app Co-Star as it prepares to launch its first standalone AI image app and expand its consumer product strategy.
Microagi has partnered with Google Cloud to accelerate embodied AI development, using Google's AI infrastructure and NVIDIA Blackwell systems to scale enterprise robotics.
FireAI has secured ₹2.5 crore from SucSEED Indovation Fund to expand enterprise sales, accelerate AI R&D and strengthen its causal decision intelligence platform.
Hyderabad startup SuperClaims is using AI to automate health insurance claims, helping insurers reduce processing time, improve accuracy and lower operational costs.
SwitchOn has raised $8 million in a pre-Series B round to expand its Physical AI platform, strengthen R&D and scale AI-powered manufacturing quality inspection globally.
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines has launched Inkling, an open weight multimodal AI model designed for enterprise customisation and developer flexibility.
Trailytics AI has appointed former Nestlé India executive Chandan Mukherji to its advisory board as it expands AI-powered analytics and consumer intelligence offerings.
Indian AI coding startup Emergent has become a unicorn after raising $130 million in a Series C round, reaching a valuation of $1.5 billion.
AI video platform PixVerse has raised $439 million in a Series A extension to expand global operations and strengthen its generative AI video technology.
Jharkhand has unveiled its Draft AI Policy 2026, outlining plans to strengthen AI driven governance, digital infrastructure, startups, skills and technology investment.
Google has selected 20 Indian AI startups for its 2026 accelerator programme, offering mentorship, Gemini AI access and Google Cloud support to help them scale globally.
AI startup AskSila has onboarded Tarun Singhal as it expands its AI powered digital twin platform focused on enterprise knowledge sharing and the future of work.
Salesforce has led a $13.5 million investment in enterprise AI startup 8090 Labs to accelerate AI-powered workplace productivity solutions.
Asian AI startups are launching new frontier models as US export restrictions on Anthropic create fresh opportunities for regional AI providers.
JustAI has raised $17 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-native marketing platform and accelerate autonomous marketing for enterprises.
