Navana.ai’s New Bodhi TTS Is 8x Cheaper Than ElevenLabs, and It Speaks 10 Indian Languages
Navana.ai’s Bodhi TTS brings 50+ Indian voices across 10 languages at a fraction of ElevenLabs and Sarvam AI’s pricing, built for Indian banks.
Navana.ai’s Bodhi TTS brings 50+ Indian voices across 10 languages at a fraction of ElevenLabs and Sarvam AI’s pricing, built for Indian banks.
Meta’s Muse Charm, a keychain-sized 5G gadget for its Muse AI agent, ships in December. Muse isn’t in India yet, but the shift from apps to agents matters for Indian founders.
Bengaluru EV maker Ultraviolette has raised $85 million from Yali Capital, TDK Ventures and Lip-Bu Tan to scale production, build new platforms and target a 2027 US entry. Here’s what we know and what’s undisclosed.
Indian voice AI startups have raised over ₹280 crore in a year. Here’s what’s driving the funding rush, from Ringg AI’s Peak XV-backed round to the enterprise demand behind it.
Kiddo has raised Rs 12.5 crore in pre-seed funding led by Campus Fund to build a baby-only quick commerce app in Delhi NCR, entering a race Peeko and OZi already lead.
Indian startups raised about $62M between Sep 14 and 19, and Flam’s $40M Series B made up roughly 65% of it. Here are the deals, charts and what founders should take from them.
Flam raised $40 million in Series B funding led by QED Investors, with Shah Rukh Khan joining the round backing its AI content stack.
Indian startups raised $356.8 million this week, led by Pixxel’s record spacetech round, Nua and Popo Global. Plus, Swiggy sells Lynk Logistics to Udaan.
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas has open-sourced Numbat, a free tool that monitors AI coding agents for risky behaviour, offering startups a low-cost way to watch what their AI agents are actually doing.
Summary 25 Indian startups raised $303.7 million this week (Aug 31–Sep 5), a 39% jump from last week’s $218.7 million, per Entrackr. Slice ($100 Mn) and Ultrahuman ($70 Mn) led…