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AI video generation startup Runway rolls out $10 million VC fund: Report
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AI video generation startup Runway rolls out $10 million VC fund: Report

Artificialintelligence (AI) video generation startup Runway has launched a $10 million venture fund to back early-stage startups, according to a report by TechCrunch on Tuesday….

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Google India invites AI startups for 2026 startup accelerator programme
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Google India invites AI startups for 2026 startup accelerator programme

Google India is inviting applications for the 2026 cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator programme, focussing on artificial intelligence (AI)-first startups from seed to…

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ETtech Explainer: What Emergent’s ARR reveals about AI’s numbers game
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ETtech Explainer: What Emergent’s ARR reveals about AI’s numbers game

A debate over how vibe-coding startup Emergent — backed by the likes of SoftBank, Lightspeed, and Khosla Ventures — has reported its numbers has put…

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Lux Capital warns portfolio startups to brace for market risks
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Lux Capital warns portfolio startups to brace for market risks

VC firm Lux Capital sent a letter on Tuesday to founders of its portfolio startups urging them to prepare for potential business challenges, according to…

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Andreessen Horowitz makes a $3 billion bet against the AI bubble
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Andreessen Horowitz makes a $3 billion bet against the AI bubble

An artificial intelligence startup that helps developers write and debug code is now worth nearly as much as United Airlines. A two-month-old AI computer company…

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AI comes of age while some of its founders are yet to
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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…

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From music to mind reading: AI startups bet on earbuds
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From music to mind reading: AI startups bet on earbuds

AI companies are on the hunt to design the ideal device to deliver AI’s superpowers, and some new enterprises are convinced that headphones or earbuds…

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Nexus closes new $700-million fund to back India, US startups focused on AI, enterprise, consumer sectors

Nexus Venture Partners, a backer of companies like Zepto, Rapido, and software startup Postman, has closed its eighth fund, a $700-million vehicle aimed at early-stage…

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India-born Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Google is investing $15 billion to build a 1 GW AI data centre in India, and is offering Google Gemini for free to some Reliance Jio users. (AFP)
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Google doubles down on India AI opportunity with plan to fund local AI startups| Business News

Alphabet Inc.’s Google and venture capital firm Accel will partner to fund at least 10 early-stage Indian AI startups, in the first such funding partnership…

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Accel partners with Google to back Indian AI startups with $2 million co-investment
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Accel partners with Google to back Indian AI startups with $2 million co-investment

Venture capital fund Accel and Google have joined hands to launch the 2026 AI Cohort under Accel’s Atoms programme, with plans to co-invest up to…

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