Tag: ai-startups
Selective VCs turning more to experienced founders, says report
Senior executives who have spent years building India’s largest startups before turning into founders themselves are attracting a disproportionate share of venture capital, according to…
Meet the Indian startups that joined the billion-dollar club in H1 2026
India added five new unicorns in the first half of the year, according to Tracxn’s India Tech H1 2026 report. The startups span artificial intelligence,…
Vibe-coding startup Emergent’s valuation jumps 5x to $1.5 billion in new funding
Vibe-coding startup Emergent has raised $130 million in a funding round led by private equity firm Creaegis, alongside Ranjan Pai’s family office vehicles MNI Ventures…
Why Sarvam’s Vivek Raghavan calls ‘data in motion’ the most valuable asset for AI startups
Sarvam AI cofounder Vivek Raghavan believes that “data in motion” — usage data generated by users interacting with artificial intelligence (AI) systems — is emerging…
AI startups don’t enjoy SaaS-era margins: Here’s what Kalaari Capital’s Harshit Kumar says founders should do instead
AI-native startups will not enjoy the same luxury of high gross margins that traditional software-as-a-service (SaaS) firms once did, said Harshit Kumar, associate vice president…
Microsoft eyeing startup deals for life after OpenAI
Microsoft is shopping for artificial-intelligence startups as the software company prepares for a future independent of its once-vital partner OpenAI, five people familiar with the…
AI is driving new wave of startups with smaller teams: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, said artificial intelligence is enabling a new generation of startups and could lead to significant breakthroughs in science, mathematics…
Nimble companies are succeeding in the AI era: YC’s Jared Friedman
AI startup founders are pivoting faster and more often in the era of AI, and strong engineering talent in India gives them an edge, said…
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….
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…