Peak XV says internal disagreement led to partner exits as it doubles down on AI |

Peak XV Partners, a leading venture capital firm in India and Southeast Asia, has seen a fresh round of senior departures. These follow other leadership…

Qualcomm backs SpotDraft to scale on-device contract AI with valuation doubling toward $400M |

As demand grows for privacy-first enterprise AI that can run without sending sensitive data to the cloud, SpotDraft has raised $8 million from Qualcomm Ventures…

Apple iPhone just had its best year in India as the smartphone market stays broadly flat |

Apple’s iPhone is gaining ground fast in India, shipping about 14 million units in 2025, based on market data shared exclusively with TechCrunch. Yet the…

OpenAI chief Sam Altman plans India visit as AI leaders converge in New Delhi: sources |

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning to visit India in mid-February, his first visit to the country in nearly a year, TechCrunch has learned. The…

Quadric rides the shift from cloud AI to on-device inference — and it’s paying off |

Companies and governments are looking for tools to run AI locally in a bid to slash cloud infrastructure costs and build sovereign capability. Quadric, a…

Tiger Global and Microsoft to fully exit Walmart-backed PhonePe via its IPO |

3:19 AM pst · January 22, Tiger Global and Microsoft are primed to fully exit PhonePe, the Walmart-backed Indian payments startup that has updated its…

Everstone combines Wingify and ABTasty for $100M+ digital experience optimization platform |

Private equity firm Everstone Capital is bringing together India’s Wingify — a company that helps businesses test different versions of their websites to improve sales…

Indian vibe-coding startup Emergent triples valuation to $300M with $70M fundraise |

In a sign of the demand, or hype, for AI startups, Emergent, an Indian startup building an AI “vibe-coding” platform, has raised $70 million less…

Tiger Global loses India tax case tied to Walmart-Flipkart deal in blow to offshore playbook |

India’s top court has ruled against Tiger Global in a tax case stemming from its Flipkart exit during Walmart’s 2018 takeover, a decision that strengthens…

Indian SpaceX rival EtherealX hits 5x valuation as it readies engine tests |

Ethereal Exploration Guild, an Indian space tech better known as EtherealX, has climbed 5.5x in valuation to $80.5 million after its latest funding round. The…