Ruchi Kumar 
A new McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) report, “Colocation data centers: The infrastructure race behind AI,” lays out a striking number: global data center demand could almost triple between 2025 and 2030 — from about 82 gigawatts (GW) to roughly 220 GW. AI alone is expected to drive nearly 70% of that growth, with AI-related demand … Read more
India’s Global Capability Center (GCC) ecosystem has crossed another milestone in FY2026, and the numbers tell a story that goes well beyond scale. According to the newly released Zinnov-Nasscom “GCC Value Orbit: From Delivery Engine to Enterprise Nerve Centre” report, India is now home to 2,117 GCCs, generating $98.4 billion in revenue and employing 2.36 … Read more
New Delhi: Thailand-based Amity Robotics, a startup developing AI-powered robots for customer-facing real-world applications, has raised US$7 million in a seed funding round through a combination of equity and debt financing. The fresh capital will support product innovation, international expansion and the commercial launch of the company’s first mobile robot, ARC Move. The funding round … Read more
New Delhi: Indian kitchenware brand The Indus Valley has secured US$17 million in a Series B funding round led by Gaja Capital, as the company looks to strengthen its position in the fast-growing healthy cookware market. Existing investors DSG Consumer Partners, Rukam Capital, and The Chennai Angels also participated in the investment round. The fresh … Read more
New Delhi: Vertiv India has partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi to launch the Undergraduate Research Avenue (UGRA), a new initiative designed to strengthen research, innovation and practical semiconductor training for undergraduate engineering students. The collaboration aims to equip future engineers with industry-relevant skills as India accelerates efforts to build a globally … Read more
New Delhi: AI-powered education startup YoLearn.ai has raised $500,000 in a pre-seed funding round at a valuation of $5 million. The investment was co-led by DataAlpha.ai and White Swan Global, with participation from a group of angel investors. The fresh capital will be used to strengthen the company’s voice-first AI tutoring platform, enhance product capabilities … Read more
New Delhi: AI-powered code editor Cursor has launched its native iOS application in public beta, enabling developers to manage AI coding agents, review code changes and monitor software development projects directly from their iPhones. The launch represents a significant expansion of AI-assisted software development beyond the desktop, giving developers the ability to collaborate with AI … Read more
New Delhi: Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation has appointed Chae Lee as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective July 1, 2026, as the company strengthens its leadership team to accelerate growth across high-value semiconductor markets. Lee is also expected to join the company’s Board of Directors, while Camillo Martino, who has served as Interim CEO since … Read more
New Delhi: As India accelerates its ambition to become a global semiconductor manufacturing hub, reliable water infrastructure is emerging as one of the industry’s most critical requirements. Addressing this growing demand, Membrane Group India and Japan’s Kurita Water Industries have announced a strategic joint venture to deliver advanced water and wastewater treatment solutions for semiconductor … Read more
New Delhi: Qualcomm Technologies has announced a major expansion into the artificial intelligence (AI) data center market, unveiling new hardware platforms, strategic partnerships with Meta and Microsoft, and the acquisition of AI software company Modular as it looks to strengthen its position in the rapidly growing AI infrastructure industry. The announcement marks one of Qualcomm’s … Read more
New Delhi: Pristine Logistics & Infraprojects Limited has taken a significant step toward entering the public markets by confidentially filing its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) under the regulator’s pre-filing route. The confidential filing marks the beginning of the company’s proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO), allowing … Read more
What if the next interface you use isn’t a screen, a button, or your voice — but a blink, a clenched jaw, or the subtle tilt of your head? That’s the premise behind Naqi Logix, a neurotechnology company that has turned an ordinary-looking earbud into what it calls an “Invisible User Interface” — a way … Read more
In India, booking a plumber, a massage therapist, or a deep-cleaning crew through an app has become routine enough that the market built around it is now worth roughly $60 billion, with three well-funded startups burning real money to fight over the fastest-growing slice of it. In most of Southeast Asia, the equivalent transaction still … Read more
India’s startup ecosystem witnessed one of its strongest funding weeks of 2026, with 20 startups raising nearly $1.11 billion across 19 disclosed funding rounds between 21 June and 27 June 2026. The week was marked by a major investment from Meta into CRED, the emergence of a new unicorn, several high-profile executive appointments, acquisitions, and … Read more
Asian startups continued to attract strong investor interest this week, with venture capital firms and angel investors backing companies across artificial intelligence, fintech, cybersecurity, blockchain, healthcare, deeptech, and IoT. Between 21 June and 26 June 2026, startups across Singapore, India, the UAE, Australia, and other Asian markets announced fresh funding rounds aimed at accelerating product … Read more
Singapore-based AI startup Samepage has raised US$4.85 million in a funding round led by Craft Ventures, Freestyle VC, and Glasswing Ventures, as the company looks to accelerate the development of its AI-powered product management platform and expand adoption of its flagship solution, Samepage Signals. The round also attracted several prominent angel investors, including Justin Kan, … Read more
Uber India and South Asia President Prabhjeet Singh has stepped down after nearly 11 years with the global ride-hailing company, marking the end of a leadership tenure that oversaw the company’s expansion across mobility, multimodal transportation, and digital public infrastructure initiatives in the region. The development was confirmed by an Uber spokesperson, who acknowledged Singh’s … Read more
Two engineering graduates from Indian universities now sit inside the world’s most exclusive — and most scrutinised — pay bracket. When the Wall Street Journal published its closely watched annual ranking of the highest-paid chief executives at S&P 500 companies, an Indian-origin name landed in second place globally, trailing only Tesla’s Elon Musk. The executive … Read more
MyRepublic Broadband Pte Ltd and TP-Link Corporation Pte Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand their strategic partnership, strengthening their commitment to providing advanced internet connectivity and enterprise networking solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore. The agreement will enable both companies to collaborate on delivering next-generation networking infrastructure, helping … Read more
There’s an uncomfortable conversation happening in the war rooms of enterprise IT right now, and it goes something like this: we invested in AI to reduce costs, so why is the invoice getting larger? A new Gartner prediction, published June 2026, puts a hard date on what many engineering leaders already quietly suspect. By 2028, … Read more
