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Ruchi Kumar

Ruchi Kumar is the associate editor at  Entrepreneur News Network and TVW News India, where she leads editorial strategy, brand storytelling, and startup ecosystem coverage. With a strong focus on innovation, business, and marketing insights, he curates impactful narratives that spotlight India’s evolving entrepreneurial landscape. She has written extensively on fintech, AI and emerging startups.

Sarvam AI Raises Investment From IndiGo Ventures to Expand Enterprise AI

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India’s sovereign artificial intelligence ecosystem is gaining another high-profile corporate backer. Sarvam AI, the Bengaluru-based AI startup developing foundation models for Indian languages and enterprise applications, has secured a strategic investment from IndiGo Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of IndiGo. The investment forms part of Sarvam AI’s ongoing Series B funding round and builds … Read more

Gnani.ai Launches “Artha,” India’s First Full-Stack Sovereign AI Platform Backed by the IndiaAI Mission

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NEW DELHI | AUGUST 28, 2026 – Bengaluru-based voice AI company Gnani.ai has launched Artha, an end-to-end sovereign AI stack designed for Indian enterprises and public institutions, marking a major new product push emerging from the IndiaAI Mission. The platform was formally launched at Uprashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi by Vice President C P Radhakrishnan, … Read more

Laid Off in India? Here’s What the Law Actually Says — And Who It’s Really Built For

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Laid Off in India

August 29, 2026 | 1:30 PM IST – If you’ve been laid off in India recently, or think you might be soon, you’ve probably noticed a gap between what you assumed the law protected and what actually happened to you: a two-minute video call, a revoked laptop login, a severance letter dropped in your inbox … Read more

Raksha Bandhan: How Sibling Entrepreneurs Are Building Some of India’s Most Successful Businesses

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Sibling entrepreneurs

From technology and fintech to fashion, food, healthcare and family enterprises, sibling partnerships are proving that trust and complementary strengths can become powerful business assets. Raksha Bandhan is traditionally associated with the bond between brothers and sisters. But beyond the rituals and celebrations, the relationship also offers an interesting lens through which to view entrepreneurship. … Read more

OpenAI Appoints Sandhya Devanathan to Lead Southeast Asia and Australia

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Sandhya Devanathan

August 28, 2026 – OpenAI is strengthening its leadership structure across Asia-Pacific with the appointment of Sandhya Devanathan, former Meta executive, to lead its operations across Southeast Asia and Australia. Devanathan is expected to take charge in October 2026 and will become OpenAI’s senior-most leader for the region. Her responsibilities will include driving consumer growth, … Read more

Cybersecurity Startup Echo Acquires Minimus in All-Cash Deal

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August 28, 2026 Cybersecurity company Echo has acquired the technology and other assets of Minimus in an all-cash transaction estimated to be worth a few million dollars, bringing together two companies focused on securing software infrastructure and supply chains. The deal gives Echo access to Minimus’ technology, customer relationships and selected employees, while strengthening its … Read more

InstaAstro Raises $12M Series A to Build AI Tools for India’s Spiritual Wellness Market

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Dubai, August 27, 2026 –  InstaAstro, a Gurugram-based spiritual wellness platform, has raised $12 million in a Series A round led by Singularity AMC and Artha Venture Fund, according to a report from published August 27, 2026. Founder Nitin Verma and Artha managing partner Anirudh Damani also participated in the round in their personal capacities. … Read more

Startup Spotlight: Hugging Face, the Teen Chatbot That Became AI’s Most Valuable Open-Source Platform

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Hugging Face

From a Teen Chatbot to the “GitHub of AI” Few startups pivot as dramatically as Hugging Face did. Founded in 2016 in Brooklyn by Clément Delangue, Julien Chaumond, and Thomas Wolf, the company’s original product was a chatbot app aimed at teenagers — its quirky name borrowed from the 🤗 emoji. That consumer app barely … Read more

Salesforce and Anthropic Launch Claudeforce to Bring Agentic AI Into Enterprise CRM

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San Francisco, California, August 26, 2026 – Salesforce and Anthropic are expanding their strategic partnership with Claudeforce, a new initiative designed to combine Anthropic’s Claude AI with Salesforce’s enterprise data, workflows, business logic and governance. Announced on August 26, 2026, the partnership aims to move enterprise AI beyond answering questions and generating content toward reasoning, … Read more

Why Wipro Just Bet on Dog Food: Inside Snuggles and India’s Pet Food Boom

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Wipro Snuggles pet food

On August 26, 2026 — International Dog Day — Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting (WCCL), the unlisted FMCG arm of Azim Premji’s Wipro Enterprises, announced its entry into one of India’s fastest-growing consumer categories with a new brand called Snuggles. It is a small, almost easy-to-miss headline next to the company’s usual news about soaps … Read more

AI Industry Moves Today: Amazon Retires Mechanical Turk, Waymo Picks Munich, DeepSeek Nears $74B Round

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AI Moves Today

Bengaluru, August, 2026 – Amazon is shutting down its 21-year-old Mechanical Turk crowdwork platform as AI-native data-labeling firms take over, Waymo named Munich its first European robotaxi market, and China’s DeepSeek is closing in on a $74 billion funding round ahead of a planned Shanghai listing. Amazon Winds Down Mechanical Turk as AI-Native Labeling Rivals … Read more

Runable Raises $21 Million Series A to Scale Agentic AI for Small Businesses

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BENGALURU, INDIA — August 26, 2026: Bengaluru-based agentic AI startup Runable has raised $21 million in Series A funding as it looks to expand its AI-powered platform for small businesses. The funding round was co-led by Susquehanna Venture Capital and Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Together Fund and Array VC. Runable plans … Read more

India’s 5,000-GCC Target Needs Double the Current Pace

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Delhi wants India to support 5,000 Global Capability Centres by 2030. The ambition is enormous. The bigger question is whether the current pace of expansion is fast enough to get there. India’s Global Capability Centre (GCC) story has moved well beyond the old outsourcing narrative. These centres are increasingly becoming engineering, product, artificial intelligence, data … Read more

MathCo Appoints Shiva Kolkalam as Head of Engineering

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MathCo has appointed Shiva Kolkalam as its new Head of Engineering, bringing more than two decades of experience across engineering, data, artificial intelligence, cloud technologies and digital transformation. The leadership appointment comes as MathCo continues to scale its global operations and strengthen its engineering capabilities to support growing demand for data and AI-driven enterprise transformation. … Read more

Kyndryl and Bridgepath Partner to Help Enterprises Build AI-Native Global Capability Centers

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Kyndryl

BENGALURU, August 25, 2026: Kyndryl and Bridgepath Innovations have announced a collaboration aimed at helping enterprises design, build, operate and scale AI-native Global Capability Centers (GCCs). The partnership focuses on helping organizations move beyond traditional GCC models by embedding artificial intelligence into delivery, operations and governance. As enterprises increasingly use AI to redesign global technology … Read more

Scooby’s Club Raises $250K Pre-Seed to Build Premium Dog Care Hubs Across India

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Scooby Founder

BENGALURU, August 26, 2026: Scooby’s Club, a Bengaluru-based pet-care startup building a network of premium neighbourhood dog-care hubs, has raised $250,000 in pre-seed funding in a round led by TDV Partners. The company plans to use the fresh capital to expand its presence across Bengaluru, strengthen its team of canine coaches and develop its model … Read more

Airbound Raises $37 Mn to Build Autonomous Aircraft for Cargo and Passengers

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Bengaluru-based aerospace startup Airbound has raised $37 million in Series A funding as it moves closer to commercialising autonomous aircraft for logistics and, eventually, passenger transportation. The funding round was led by Greenoaks, with participation from DoorDash, Lachy Groom, Lightspeed and Humba Ventures. Airbound plans to use the fresh capital to accelerate aircraft engineering, large-scale … Read more

India’s Data Centre Boom: 101 Million Sq Ft Footprint and $300 Billion Investment Wave by 2030

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India’s data centre industry is rapidly emerging as a major real estate and infrastructure opportunity, with its footprint projected to exceed 101 million sq ft by 2030, according to a new report by Anarock Capital. Once considered a niche technology segment, data centres are becoming critical infrastructure for India’s digital economy as cloud computing, artificial … Read more

Raff Raises $1.7 Million Pre-Seed to Transform Offline Retail Distribution Across MENA

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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — August 25, 2026: Saudi-based retail technology startup Raff has raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding to simplify how consumer brands enter and scale across physical retail markets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The funding round was led by Vision Ventures, with participation from 500 Global, Palm VC, Oqal … Read more

India’s Semiconductor Market Could Reach $155 Billion by 2031: Kotak MF Report

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New Delhi, India – India’s semiconductor industry is entering a high-growth phase, driven by rising electronics consumption, chip-design capabilities, government incentives and investments in domestic manufacturing and packaging. According to a report by Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund, India’s semiconductor market could grow to $155 billion by calendar year 2031 (CY31) from an estimated $62 billion … Read more