India’s Airbound bags $37M to take on trucks with rocket-like drones |

Airbound, an Indian startup building autonomous drones, has raised $37 million in fresh capital as it pushes to make moving goods through the air as…

Two years after launch, Walmart's Flipkart is closing in on India's quick-commerce leaders |

Indian startups spent years getting consumers accustomed to having groceries and everyday goods delivered within minutes. Now Walmart-owned Flipkart is rapidly closing the gap with…

Two years after launch, Walmart’s Flipkart is closing in on India’s quick-commerce leaders |

Indian startups spent years getting consumers accustomed to having groceries and everyday goods delivered within minutes. Now Walmart-owned Flipkart is rapidly closing the gap with…

Binance now lets AI agents trade, but keeping them in check is largely up to users |

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange with more than 300 million registered users, on Thursday launched a platform that lets AI agents analyze markets and…

Sachin Bansal’s fintech Navi raises first outside capital with $100M Prosus investment |

8:01 AM PDT · August 19, 2026 Indian fintech Navi has raised $100 million from Prosus, marking the first institutional funding for the eight-year-old startup…

Sachin Bansal's fintech Navi raises first outside capital with $100M Prosus investment |

8:01 AM PDT · August 19, 2026 Indian fintech Navi has raised $100 million from Prosus, marking the first institutional funding for the eight-year-old startup…

Perplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in India |

Perplexity spent the past year running one of the biggest AI growth experiments, giving its premium service away to customers of Indian telecom giant Airtel.…

AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year |

As AI makes coding dramatically faster, the next big challenge in software development is testing and validating all that code. Blacksmith has raised a new…

India’s Yulu raises $93M as quick-commerce boom fuels e-bike demand |

As India’s quick-commerce platforms race to deliver everything from groceries to smartphones in minutes, electric mobility startup Yulu has seized the boom, raising $93 million…

Saudi Aramco backs India’s Mitti Labs to make Asia’s rice farming more water-resilient |

As rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns put Asia’s water-intensive rice farming under pressure, Mitti Labs, a New York- and Bengaluru-headquartered climate-tech startup, has raised…