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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
