Asia’s startup ecosystem closed the first week of August with a burst of activity, led by a handful of large late-stage rounds and a long tail of early-stage bets across fintech, mobility, AI and insurtech. Ten deals stood out across the region, and in India specifically, the week marked a sharp rebound from a quiet … Read more
THE $60 BILLION GUESSING GAME How AI That Predicts Cancer Drug Response Could Let India Skip Ahead in the Race A data-driven look at why the world’s most genetically diverse, fastest-growing cancer population may also be its smartest testing ground Every oncology drug that enters a clinical trial is, in a very real sense, a … Read more
New Hyderabad cloud region reinforces Microsoft’s long-term India strategy as demand for AI, cloud computing, and digital infrastructure continues to accelerate. Microsoft has expanded its cloud infrastructure in India with the launch of its India South Central Azure cloud region in Hyderabad, taking the company’s total number of cloud regions in the country to four. … Read more
At 23, Jyothis Indirabhai left India for Japan to work as a design consultant for Hitachi. Two decades and several semiconductor companies later, including a nearly ten-year stint at Intel from 2005 to 2014 as a design manager and micro-architect, he made the opposite journey: back to Thiruvananthapuram, the city where he once studied electronics … Read more
BENGALURU, Aug. 7 — Global payments technology company Visa has appointed Adrija Banerjee as Head of AI Practice for North America (Senior Director), strengthening its leadership team as the company accelerates the adoption of artificial intelligence across its payments and financial services business. Banerjee brings more than a decade of experience spanning artificial intelligence, … Read more
BENGALURU, Aug 6 (ENN) – Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL), India’s largest retailer, said on Wednesday it has acquired Furrl, a Bengaluru-based fashion discovery startup, in an all-cash deal for an undisclosed sum, as it looks to expand its artificial intelligence capabilities in fashion e-commerce. Furrl’s entire team, its proprietary AI styling platform and its … Read more
MUMBAI, Aug 6 ( Entrepreneur News Network): The headline number tells you how many jobs are coming. It does not tell you which skill to build, or how the people already inside these companies are quietly getting there first. The Number: 510,452 India’s Global Capability Centres are on track to cross half a million new … Read more
A decade ago, Startup India was a bet that the country could build companies, not just consume products. Today the bet has matured into something more ambitious: Atmanirbhar Bharat, a push to build the sovereign capability — in chips, rockets, batteries, and quantum machines — that a rising power can no longer afford to import. … Read more
WhatsApp had just killed his last business. So when Ahmet Bahadir Özdemir walked into an investor pitch, he didn’t bring a deck — he brought a eulogy. That single unconventional pitch, backed by Antler, became the origin story of Airalo, now the world’s largest eSIM marketplace. The Pitch That Wasn’t a Pitch Picture a standard … Read more
Padua, Italy: Critical digital infrastructure provider Vertiv has announced new investments at its Tognana campus near Padua, Italy, aimed at expanding manufacturing capacity and advanced testing capabilities for data center cooling systems. The expansion comes as demand for AI-ready infrastructure and high-density computing continues to surge worldwide. Vertiv expects the investment to double its chiller … Read more
New Delhi, India: Yotta Data Services has launched a ₹10,000 Free Credits Program for Shakti Studio, its AI development and inference platform, aimed at helping developers, startups, enterprises, researchers, and Global Capability Centers (GCCs) build and deploy artificial intelligence applications without the upfront cost of GPU infrastructure. The initiative provides complimentary access to serverless GPU … Read more
New Delhi, India: FMCG major Dabur India Limited has announced a multi-year strategic collaboration with Accenture to accelerate enterprise-wide artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, strengthen data-driven decision-making, and build a future-ready digital business. The partnership marks the next phase of Dabur’s digital transformation journey, with a focus on integrating AI across core business functions to improve … Read more
In today’s rapidly evolving digital economy, organizations are under constant pressure to embrace artificial intelligence, automation, cloud computing, and digital transformation. Yet many technology investments fail—not because of the technology itself, but because businesses adopt solutions before understanding the problems they need to solve. For Abhishek Harshay, Principal Consultant & Founder of Nyrmiti, technology has … Read more
Pune, India: Global sportswear giant PUMA Group is strengthening its technology footprint in India with the launch of a new Global Capability Centre (GCC) TechHub in Pune, reinforcing the country’s growing role as a strategic hub for digital engineering, artificial intelligence (AI), and product innovation. The new centre will support PUMA’s global retail and e-commerce … Read more
Gurugram, India: Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has joined UN:BLOC, the new healthcare venture founded by serial entrepreneur Deepak Sahni, as an investor and a member of the company’s founding team. The partnership marks the second entrepreneurial collaboration between the two after their successful association with healthtech company Healthians. The move highlights the growing interest … Read more
Mumbai, India: Coffee equipment and services company Kaapi Machines has secured a ₹50 crore equity investment from Sedna HoReCa (Sedna), a private equity-backed B2B HoReCa solutions provider. Alongside the investment, both companies have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating growth in India’s rapidly expanding coffee and hospitality industry. The partnership is expected to … Read more
Mumbai, India: Professional education company Imarticus Learning has acquired Singapore-based BELLS Institute of Higher Learning, strengthening its presence in Southeast Asia and expanding its capabilities in workforce development, artificial intelligence (AI), enterprise learning, and professional education. The acquisition marks a significant step in Imarticus Learning’s international expansion strategy, bringing together two education providers with a … Read more
Bengaluru, India: AI-powered robotics company Agile Robots has acquired a majority stake in Bengaluru-based XNG Automation, strengthening its presence in India’s fast-growing industrial automation market and accelerating the adoption of intelligent manufacturing solutions. The acquisition will enable Agile Robots to combine its advanced robotics and artificial intelligence technologies with XNG Automation’s expertise in factory automation, … Read more
August 2026: Venture capital activity across Asia remained strong this week, with startups spanning cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), fintech, healthcare, e-commerce, and sports technology collectively raising hundreds of millions of dollars to accelerate growth and product development. Leading this week’s funding activity was cybersecurity startup Onyx Security, which secured $113 million in a Series B … Read more
Visakhapatnam, India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lay the foundation stone for ASIP Technologies’ ₹2,388 crore semiconductor facility in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, marking a major milestone in India’s ambition to become a global semiconductor manufacturing hub. The project will be the first approved semiconductor facility in Andhra Pradesh under the India Semiconductor Mission … Read more
