AI & DeepTech

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.

Meta quietly launched Pocket, an AI app that turns text prompts into playable “gizmos,” built on its Gizmo acquisition earlier this year.

From a Karnataka village with no internet to a NASA contract, Awais Ahmed’s Pixxel journey shows what a real deep-tech bet looks like.

Two Indian students built Tsenta, an AI tool that auto-applies to jobs, after facing thousands of internship rejections. Y Combinator just backed them.

At 14, Jainam Jain built AI startup Mengo Engine and works from Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. Here’s the story behind the viral headline.

Sarvam AI raised $234 million in its Series B round, hitting a $1.5 billion valuation with HCLTech leading. Here’s how the Bengaluru startup became India’s newest AI unicorn.

Aman Sanger started coding at 14. By 25, he’s looking at a $2.7 billion payout after SpaceX agreed to buy Cursor, the AI coding tool he co-built, for $60 billion. …

Key Takeaways Insurge AI, a Hyderabad-based SaaS startup founded by two engineering students, is turning heads across India’s tech scene in 2026. Rohith Vegesna from Manipal Institute of Technology and …

Summary Meta Muse Spark AI is finally here, and the tech world is paying close attention. After nearly a year of silence, billions in investment, and a massive talent overhaul, …