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Reliance Brands has struck an exclusive deal to bring Kim Kardashian’s $5 billion SKIMS to India, starting with stores in Delhi and Mumbai.

Zepto deferred its IPO for a smaller pre-IPO raise as public investors balked at its valuation. Here’s the full India startup funding roundup for the week, deal by deal.

Sarvam AI, fresh off unicorn status, is targeting a trillion-parameter model to rival OpenAI and Anthropic. Here’s the funding, timeline, and reality check.

Google has launched Gemini Spark in India, a 24/7 background AI agent for Google AI Pro and Ultra users that works inside Gmail, Docs and Sheets without waiting to be …

WhatsApp Web now supports calls, announced by CRED founder Kunal Shah in his first big move as WhatsApp’s new global CEO.

Apollo Hospitals has signed an MoU with ePlane to bring electric air ambulances and medical drones into India’s emergency care system.

Ashneer Grover has launched Fund My Staff, a platform where employers guarantee employee loans disbursed by an RBI-registered NBFC, targeting workers with little to no formal credit history.

Indian startups raised $297.25 million this week, up 125% WoW, led by Emergent’s unicorn round. Udaan separately closed a $160 million balance sheet fix amid a Singapore insolvency case.

TCS expands its 20-year ABB partnership into a multi-million AI-driven network deal, arriving amid layoffs across Indian IT.

Indian startups raised $228.2 Mn this week, led by Yotta’s $150 Mn AI infra round, with four more deals across edtech, fashion, jewellery and rural commerce.