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REDMOND, Wash – Starcloud, a company developing data centers in space, has raised $250 million in a Series A extension round, valuing the company at $2.3 billion post-money. The funding round was led by Manhattan West, with participation from existing investors including Benchmark, EQT, Soma, NFX and 776. New investors joining the round include NVIDIA, … Read more
Hyderabad, India | August 21, 2026 — Global customer experience solutions company TDCX has opened its second campus in Hyderabad, expanding its presence in one of India’s fastest-growing technology and services markets. Located at Meenakshi Eco Park, the new facility marks another step in TDCX’s India expansion and comes after the company increased its India … Read more
Fleetx.ai has acquired transportation management system (TMS) provider Pando.ai in a move aimed at bringing fleet visibility, freight execution and artificial intelligence together on a single technology platform. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition comes as logistics companies increasingly adopt digital tools to improve fleet utilisation, freight planning, operational visibility … Read more
By ENN | Entrepreneur News Network, New Delhi, India | August 21, 2026 Open any major job portal today and the numbers appear encouraging: thousands of vacancies, new listings every day, filters for every skill and location, and countless “urgently hiring” labels. Yet for many jobseekers, the experience is completely different. Applications disappear without responses. … Read more
Mumbai, India — August 21, 2026: Gaurav Agrawal has joined Reliance Intelligence as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the United States, marking a new chapter in his career focused on connecting the US artificial intelligence ecosystem with India’s rapidly expanding AI opportunity. Agrawal announced the appointment in a LinkedIn post, outlining a vision centred on … Read more
Boise, Idaho — August 20, 2026: Micron Technology has announced the launch of Micron Research Labs, a new U.S.-based long-horizon research institution focused on developing next-generation memory, computing architectures, semiconductor packaging and manufacturing technologies for the AI era. Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, the research hub is backed by a planned $10 billion investment over the … Read more
Dubai, UAE — August 21, 2026: Dubai Chambers has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) to strengthen cooperation in Agentic AI and support Indian companies developing advanced AI and deeptech solutions as they expand into Dubai. The partnership is designed to connect the technology ecosystems … Read more
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
