Ruchi Kumar 
Bengaluru, India: Bengaluru-based babycare quick-commerce startup Peeko has raised $7 million (approximately ₹67.4 crore) in a Series A funding round as it looks to expand its rapid-delivery model and strengthen its presence in the Indian babycare market. The round was led by Chiratae Ventures, with participation from existing investor Stellaris Venture Partners and a group … Read more
Mumbai, August 20, 2026: When India talks about Atmanirbhar Bharat — the national push toward self-reliance across pharmaceuticals, defence, chemicals, space and agriculture — the conversation tends to default to policy schemes and large industrial houses. But some of the most concrete, on-the-ground progress toward that vision is coming from companies built and led by women. … Read more
HYDERABAD, India — August 20, 2026: Global professional services firm Guidehouse has expanded its presence in India with the opening of a new hub in Hyderabad. The move strengthens the company’s delivery capabilities in technology-enabled managed services while creating new career opportunities across technology, analytics and digital transformation. The Hyderabad expansion is part of Guidehouse’s … Read more
Hyderabad, India, August 19, 2026: Cybersecurity company Proofpoint, Inc. is significantly expanding its presence in India as organisations accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence and face growing challenges around data protection, AI security and privacy compliance. The company has announced a new AI Security Engineering Centre of Excellence in Hyderabad, alongside plans to hire more … Read more
Google is expanding its AI-powered education tools with new study features designed to help students prepare for competitive and standardised exams, including NEET, JEE, GRE, SAT, AP and MCAT. The company is also offering free AI subscriptions to eligible college students across more than 140 countries. Google has introduced a new set of AI-powered study … Read more
Mumbai, India: Butterfly Learnings, a Mumbai-based startup focused on behavioural health and developmental support for children, has raised ₹65 crore (approximately $6.7 million) in a Pre-Series B funding round. The round was led by Inflexor Ventures, with existing investors Enzia Ventures, Insitor Impact Asia Fund and IIMA Ventures also participating. The fresh capital will help … Read more
Mumbai, August 18, 2026: SNP SE, a global provider of software for digital transformation, data migration and data management in SAP environments, has appointed Neeraj Athalye as Managing Director for India. Based in Mumbai, Athalye will lead SNP’s India operations and focus on expanding the company’s presence in the market while helping enterprises build stronger … Read more
Bengaluru, Karnataka | August 18, 2026: Sonata Software has appointed Hariprasad Rebala (Hari) as Chief AI Officer, strengthening the company’s leadership team as it accelerates its transformation into an AI-native enterprise. The appointment is expected to further strengthen Sonata Software’s AI strategy across its offerings, service delivery, technology platforms, engineering capabilities, ecosystem and strategic partnerships. … Read more
Zerodha co-founder and investor Nikhil Kamath has invested around ₹200 crore in CtrlS Datacenters, one of India’s major hyperscale data centre operators. Entrepreneur Sreeram Reddy Vanga has also invested approximately ₹50 crore in the company. The fresh capital is expected to support CtrlS’s infrastructure expansion and data centre capacity build-out as demand for cloud computing, … Read more
Infosys has announced a long-term strategic collaboration with Knorr-Bremse AG to modernise the manufacturer’s enterprise IT landscape and strengthen its global technology operations. As part of Knorr-Bremse’s Tech4Value (T4V) IT transformation programme, Infosys will provide end-to-end managed services across the company’s enterprise application ecosystem, covering both its Rail and Commercial Vehicle businesses. The partnership is … Read more
Yotta Data Services has entered into a strategic partnership with IntelliDB Enterprise to offer AI-powered Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) on Yotta’s sovereign cloud platform. The collaboration aims to help enterprises and government organisations deploy modern database infrastructure for AI applications while keeping data hosted within India. The partnership combines Yotta’s sovereign cloud infrastructure with IntelliDB Enterprise’s AI-powered … Read more
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala, August 18, 2026: Experion Technologies has inaugurated a 58,000-square-foot development centre at Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram, marking the company’s largest development facility to date and strengthening its focus on AI-native product engineering. The new centre will accommodate more than 700 engineers and operate as Experion’s AI Center of Excellence (AI CoE). The facility is designed … Read more
Astrotalk, an astrology and spiritual-commerce app, is now worth $1 billion. It got there without taking a single rupee from a new investor. On August 12, the Noida-based company told Entrackr and YourStory it had crossed unicorn status through an ESOP buyback — more than 100 employees selling a slice of their shares back to … Read more
AI company ShepHertz Technologies has launched AgentAnywhere, a sovereign agentic AI platform designed to help banks, insurers, hospitals, government organisations and BPOs deploy AI agents within their own infrastructure, cloud environments and encryption frameworks. The platform is aimed at organisations that want to adopt agentic AI while maintaining control over sensitive data, model access, security … Read more
LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo has unveiled the company’s first bipedal humanoid robot, marking a major step in LG’s push into robotics, artificial intelligence and next-generation mobility. The company plans to officially launch the humanoid robot in the first quarter of 2027. The prototype was showcased during Koo Kwang-mo’s meeting with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang … Read more
Bengaluru-based quick home services startup Snabbit has appointed Pradeep Yadav as its new Head of Operations, bringing in an experienced consumer internet and supply-chain leader as the company looks to strengthen execution and scale its home services network across India. Yadav will oversee Snabbit’s operations, with a focus on service delivery, operational efficiency, supply-chain systems … Read more
August 16, 2026 | ENN India’s startup funding market saw a sharp slowdown this week, with startups raising $151.5 million across 14 funding rounds between August 9 and August 14, compared with approximately $383.8 million across 28 deals in the previous week. Despite the decline, the week delivered several notable developments across electric mobility, fintech, … Read more
In 2020, building a data center cost roughly $7.7 million per megawatt of capacity. By 2026, that global benchmark has climbed to $11.3 million per megawatt — a 47% increase in six years, driven mostly by construction labor, electrical equipment, and land scarcity near power-rich sites. That was already a steep curve. Then artificial intelligence … Read more
New Delhi | Thursday, August 14, 2026 | 11:30 AM IST – Tata Consultancy Services was among India’s biggest technology job cutters during the recent workforce correction. Yet its latest numbers tell a more complicated story: the company added 9,279 employees in the quarter ended June 30, 2026, taking its total workforce to 593,798. The … Read more
New Delhi | August 2026 — South Korean gaming and technology company Krafton is deepening its investment commitment to India with a fresh $150 million investment mandate, signalling a broader strategy that extends beyond gaming into artificial intelligence, robotics, consumer technology and digital content. The new commitment follows previous investment allocations of $150 million in … Read more
