THE BRIJ Incubator concludes Foundry Cohort 2 in Jaipur, with 13 creative startups presenting growth strategies focused on revenue, pricing, profitability and customer demand.
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.
Formial Labs raises Rs 2.88 crore in pre-seed funding led by Zeropearl VC to expand AI-enabled personalised skincare, clinical consultations and dermatology technology.
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.
Deepinder Goyal's Temple wearable may cost ₹72,000 and launch in 2026. The head-worn device uses BrainFlow technology to monitor blood-flow-related signals.
Jammu and Kashmir aims to attract Global Capability Centres as its startup count rises to 1,305. LG Manoj Sinha outlines a five-year roadmap for GCC growth.
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.
Fintech Premier League Season 2 begins across Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, bringing together 38 teams, 34 organisations and over 570 players for 82 cricket matches.
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.
Karnataka is expanding AI in agriculture with farm-to-consumer crop tracking, personalised farmer advisories and 27 shortlisted agritech innovations.
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.
Kerala-based Dartle has raised $100,000 to expand in the US and strengthen AI capabilities across its SaaS platform for youth sports academies.
Google DeepMind has selected four Indian startups for its first AI for the Planet accelerator, supporting AI-led solutions across agriculture, carbon and biodiversity.
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.
Higgsfield raises $400 million at a $5.4 billion valuation as the AI video startup expands enterprise tools for marketing and creative workflows.
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.
Yellow.ai will go public through a $550 million merger with BlueRock Acquisition Corp, strengthening its enterprise agentic AI platform and global expansion plans.
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.
Cursor has launched a ₹649 India-only subscription plan, marking its biggest expansion in the country ahead of its proposed $60 billion SpaceX acquisition.
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.
Telangana will establish India's first Green Pharma-focused Applied AI Centre of Excellence in Hyderabad to advance AI skills, sustainable manufacturing and life sciences.
AI-powered travel platform Fora has raised $60 million, achieving unicorn status as it expands AI tools for travel advisors and global growth.
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.
