Contributing Writer at Launch91 covering India's startup and technology ecosystem.
Bengaluru-based deep-tech aerospace startup Alteon raised $2.5 million in a pre-seed round led by Lachy Groom, with participation from Together Fund, to develop long-endurance autonomous aircraft.
New research details Arkios, a 1.04B-parameter English-Nepali LLM with a Devanagari-aware tokenizer, and IndicDetect, a benchmark for AI-generated text detection in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil. Another study explores cross-lingual transfer for Tulu legal comprehension.
a16z launches a $1.1 billion 'Machine Age' fund for AI hardware, while former biotech partner Vijay Pande's VZVC pursues smaller, open-data AI-native biology ventures. This highlights contrasting investment strategies for AI.
Abhishek Singh, a former executive at the fintech unicorn Upstox, has taken on a new challenge, stepping in as Chief Executive Officer for Raise Financial…
NPCI is set to introduce UPI AutoPay mandate portability, allowing users to switch apps easily. This comes as the Allahabad High Court issues notice to NPCI and RBI regarding user control and privacy for incoming digital payments, impacting Indian startups.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott freezes state spending on Flock AI surveillance cameras after a $30 million investment, highlighting growing privacy concerns and documented misuse cases.
Deepinder Goyal is building healthtech startup Temple with a pre-launch acquisition and investing in profitable clean air company YOGa Clean Air, showcasing a dual approach to India's startup challenges.
Hero MotoCorp has increased its stake in electric two-wheeler maker Ather Energy to around 32.8% with a Rs 1,758.24 crore investment, signaling a dual strategy for EV market entry ahead of its own electric motorcycle launch in 2027.
Ather Energy launches its ₹99,999 Konarc e-scooter and new charging solutions, following a ₹1,758 crore investment by Hero MotoCorp, signaling growth in India's EV market.
Salesforce integrates Anthropic's Claude AI into its CRM platform with Claudeforce, while simultaneously optimizing AI model deployment for Multi-AZ high availability and cost efficiency on AWS SageMaker.