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OpenAI backs a new venture trying to thwart AI bio attacks
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OpenAI backs a new venture trying to thwart AI bio attacks

It’s a nightmare scenario: A terrorist without much training uses an artificial intelligence program to engineer a supervirus combining the incubation period of HIV, the…

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Haryana govt, SVCL sign Rs 100 crore agreement for Atmanirbhar Startup Venture Fund
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Haryana govt, SVCL sign Rs 100 crore agreement for Atmanirbhar Startup Venture Fund

Haryana Industries and Commerce Department and SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd. (SVCL) on Friday signed a contribution agreement (CA) for capital commitment of Rs 100 crore…

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ETtech Deals Digest: Startups raise $505 million this week, up 83% on-year

Startups raised around $504.6 million between October 18 and 24, an 83.3% increase from the $275.3 million raised during the same period last year, driven…

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VCs moving into deeptech as India’s startup space matures: Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath
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VCs moving into deeptech as India’s startup space matures: Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath

Venture capital (VC) firms in India are now focussing on startups offering “more challenging, complex” solutions as the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country matures, Zerodha…

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IPO-bound Lenskart bags Rs 90 crore from DMart's Radhakishan Damani
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IPO-bound Lenskart bags Rs 90 crore from DMart’s Radhakishan Damani

Billionaire investor Radhakishan Damani, founder of Avenue Supermarts (DMart), has invested around Rs 90 crore in eyewear retailer Lenskart Solutions in a pre-IPO (initial public…

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Kerala's climate tech startup gets Rs 75 lakhs grant from Cochin Shipyard
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Kerala’s climate tech startup gets Rs 75 lakhs grant from Cochin Shipyard

Deeptech climate startup Neiox Eco Cycle has won a prototyping grant of Rs 75 lakh from Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) under the USHUS Maritime Innovation…

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Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Ashwini Vaishnaw to headline ET Startup Awards on October 31 in Bengaluru

Union minister for commerce and industry Piyush Goyal and Union minister for railways, information and broadcasting, electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw will be guests…

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ET Startup Awards 2025: Chakr Innovation eyes international foray and new technology
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ET Startup Awards 2025: Chakr Innovation eyes international foray and new technology

This is part of a series of interviews with the winners of The Economic Times Startup Awards 2025. Gurgaon-based deep-tech startup Chakr Innovation is developing…

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DPIIT inks pact with Kotak Mahindra Bank, Primus Partners to support startups
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DPIIT inks pact with Kotak Mahindra Bank, Primus Partners to support startups

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on Thursday said it has inked separate pacts with Kotak Mahindra Bank, and Primus Partners…

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Ola Electric board to decide on fresh funding in Oct 25 meet
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Ola Electric board to decide on fresh funding in Oct 25 meet

The board of electric two-wheeler maker Ola Electric Mobility will convene on October 25 to decide on raising fresh funds by issuing equity shares, according…

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