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…

India’s Emversity doubles valuation as it scales workers AI can’t replace |

As AI automates parts of the workforce, Emversity, an Indian workforce-training startup, is building talent pipelines for roles it sees AI can’t replace, and has…

Former Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvilla’s startup triples to $100M valuation |

Spangle, an AI e-commerce startup founded by former Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvilla, has raised $15 million in a new funding round, valuing the company at…

Intel spinout Articul8 raises more than half of $70M round at $500M valuation |

Articul8, an enterprise AI company spun out of Intel in early 2024, has secured more than half of a planned $70 million funding round at…