Contributing Writer at Launch91 covering India's startup and technology ecosystem.
Rapido faces renewed scrutiny over operational integrity after a shooting incident, adding to its ongoing challenges with fragmented regulatory compliance, a CCPA fine, and unauthorized operations.
New research from arXiv details how multilingual AI models struggle with cross-script entity matching, showing a Qwen2.5-7B accuracy drop from 35.1% to 8.5% for Devanagari names. Another paper introduces a 15.45-hour Nepali-English code-switched ASR benchmark, highlighting the role of synthetic data.
AuxoAI, an Indian forward deployed AI company, raised $20.7 million in a Series A round led by NTTVC, a Silicon Valley VC backed by NTT, following its recognition as a Google AI Pureplay Partner.
Mistral AI launched Voxtral 3 speech models and Timestral time series models, following its 1.05T parameter Le Chonk release, signaling a rapid diversification strategy.
Eternal, formerly Zomato, reported Rs 125 Cr profit in Q2 FY27. The company will hold a 4.4% stake in the Mygate-Adonmo merged entity and launched Dark.AI, a privacy-focused AI assistant.
State Bank of India confirms 3,897 customer records, including client IDs, mobile numbers, and banking details, were exposed on the dark web, raising urgent questions about digital security and customer protection amidst the bank's growth plans.
Quick commerce unicorn Zepto receives fresh FSSAI show-cause notices, marking a pattern of regulatory challenges including prior food safety violations and penalties for dark patterns.
Oura secured $900 million, two weeks before a review highlighted its Oura Ring 4's new GLP-1 features, designed to track body changes, as a reviewer's ring became loose.
Jio's IPO boosts the Rupee to 94.62 against the dollar, providing capital for its 2027 satellite network, while regulatory challenges for satcom providers like Starlink and OneWeb persist.
Tonbo Imaging's IPO saw oversubscription of 40.82X on its third day, following regulatory approval and ₹255 crore from anchor investors, highlighting strong investor confidence in defence tech.