Category: Startups
Actress Samantha Prabhu’s perfume brand Secret Alchemist secures $3 million from Unilever Ventures, others
Secret Alchemist, a clean perfume brand backed by actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu, has raised $3 million is a funding round led by Unilever Ventures, with…
OpenAI acquires healthcare startup Torch, deal pegged at $100 million
OpenAI on Monday announced that it has acquired healthtech startup Torch as part of its strategic push into artificial intelligence (AI)-powered healthcare tools. The deal…
Ride-hailing firm inDrive forays into grocery delivery in Pak, launches in-app ads in top markets
Bid-based ride-hailing platform inDrive has rolled out in-app ads across its top 20 markets and is expanding into grocery delivery in Pakistan, per a report…
Security startup Torq raises cash at $1.2 billion valuation
The Israeli cybersecurity startup Torq is planning to announce Sunday that it has closed a $140 million funding round, raising its valuation to $1.2 billion….
India AI Mission fuels startup ecosystem, strengthens push to make India ‘global AI producer’: Experts
Industry leaders and startup ecosystem enablers have hailed the Government of India‘s ambitious IndiaAI Mission, calling it a transformative step toward making India a global…
PM Modi tells IndiaAI startups to showcase local AI use cases at February summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Indian artificial intelligence (AI) startups to showcase their strongest offerings at the upcoming India AI Impact Summit 2026, calling it…
AI comes of age while some of its founders are yet to
Ahmad Abdur Rahman Khan, a 21-year-old from Kolkata, had just finished his second year at the University of Waterloo, Canada, when he co-founded Anytool, an…
PM Modi to Indian AI startups: Build LLMs for global good
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked founders of Indian startups currently engaged in building large language models (LLMs) to create made-in-India artificial intelligence solutions for…
CES 2026: From digital to physical, AI is touching every aspect of consumer life
Las Vegas: From AI-powered home chefs, AI-infused dental floss, AI-powered shape shifting beds, ‘smart pets’, to humanoid robots that give the aged company and do…
Skydo receives final RBI nod to operate as cross-border payment aggregator
Cross-border payments platform Skydo has received the final authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a Payment Aggregator-Cross Border (PA-CB) entity,…