AI & DeepTech

Summary Bengaluru-based Airbound raised $37 million in Series A funding led by Greenoaks, with DoorDash, Lachy Groom, Lightspeed, and Humba Ventures participating. The startup builds tail-sitter drones that weigh less …

Rillet, AI accounting startup, raised $100M in 48 hours at a $1B valuation. Here’s what that says about hiring at consulting firms, and what Indian founders should watch.

Summary Reliance and Rolls-Royce announced strategic intent on August 14 to co-develop a sovereign engine for India’s AMCA fighter jet. The move lands right as a rival Safran-GTRE engine deal, …

Wispr Flow raised $280M at a $2B valuation, with Peak XV Partners and Together Fund joining as new investors, signaling Indian VC appetite for global AI bets.

Indian startups raised $151.5M this week, down 60%, even as Astrotalk hit unicorn status and Accel closed a $550M India fund.

Maharashtra has approved a ₹11.26 crore deployment of Sarvam AI’s Indus for 2,500 officials, marking one of India’s largest sovereign AI government rollouts.

Cars24 has launched Deployment Inc with a $5 million investment, betting that enterprise AI’s real challenge is deployment, not the model. (25 words) Suggested Categories: News, Funding, AI & DeepTech

Summary Indian startups raised $383.5 million across 28 deals this week, a 4.7x jump from last week’s $82.2 million. River Mobility’s $120 million Series C and Sarvam AI’s $74 million …

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 …