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For a brief period, the agritech boom across Southeast and South Asia looked like a familiar venture capital story. Between 2020 and 2022, more than $750 million flowed into Indian agritech startups promising to digitise agriculture across emerging markets, said a report by agritech focused venture firm Omnivore. The pitch was straightforward: millions of smallholder farmers, large agricultural output, and rising demand would combine with technology to produce venture-scale outcomes. By 2025, t

India is at an interesting point in its AI story. The foundation model debate, of how large, how many parameters, and who builds it, is largely settled. What remains is the harder question: how do you actually run AI in production, at India's scale, under India's cost constraints, without the infrastructure budgets that the problems seem to demand? That was the question the Akamai Digital Leadership Summit set out to explore, and on a Friday evening in Bengaluru, with 125 senior technology leade

KreditBee, a fintech startup headquartered in Bengaluru, has raised $280 million in its Series E funding round, achieving unicorn status with a post-money valuation of $1.5 billion.The funding round, which is a mix of primary and secondary capital, was led by Motilal Oswal Alternates, Hornbill Capital, and MUFG-backed Dragon Funds. It also saw participation from WhiteOak Capital, A.P. Moller Holding, and existing investors Premji Invest and Advent International.KreditBee said it will deploy the

Hello,After AI, robotics seems to be the ‘next big thing’ in the world of technology. A Chinese robot maker is reportedly offering a whopping $18 million a year for its new chief scientist. The development is unique in the sense that few companies in China lure global candidates with high pay packages unlike their peers in other countries. Once a part of labs or industrial applications, robots designed for homes are getting efficient at house chores.ICYMI: The four astronauts of NASA's Arte

Payment fintech unicorn CRED has upgraded its mutual platform, Kuvera, targeting the affluent Indians to make prudent investment decisions through better discipline, assets allocation and performance.A statement from CRED noted that the upgrade enables not just the tools to invest, but to create outsized positive impact over the long term by improving decision-making capabilities around what, when, why, and how they invest.CRED acquired Kuvera in February 2024 as part of its strategy to get into

India's developer ecosystem is evolving rapidly, but the more meaningful shift lies in where AI workloads are being run today. At DevSparks Pune 2026, YourStory Media's flagship developer summit, NVIDIA, along with RP Tech, an NVIDIA partner, hosted a masterclass session titled Introduction to NVIDIA DGX Spark and Building a VSS Agent, led by Ajay Kumar Kuruba, Senior Solutions Architect at NVIDIA. Rather than presenting local AI deployment as a niche concern, the session made a case for why run

India's developer ecosystem is evolving rapidly, but the more meaningful shift lies in where AI workloads are actually being run. At DevSparks Pune 2026, YourStory Media's flagship developer summit, NVIDIA, along with RP Tech, an NVIDIA partner, hosted a masterclass titled Building a Fully Autonomous AI Workstation on NVIDIA DGX Spark, led by Manasi Mahadik, Senior Solutions Architect for Gen AI at NVIDIA.Rather than framing local AI as a distant possibility, the session showed how developers ca

An idea that could potentially disrupt the prominent developer platform GitHub is taking shape in Finland’s capital, Helsinki, helmed by two brothers from Bengaluru.  Akshay and Anirudh Oppiliappan started Tangled about a year ago to ensure that the way developers collaborate on code keeps pace with the growing role of generative AI-based autonomous agents in the process.“Tangled is our take on the next generation of what social coding or developer collaboration looks like,” CEO Anirud

GLAAS, an embedded credit infrastructure platform focused on MSMEs has raised $5 million from Devesh Sachdev who has been appointed as co-founder and managing director of the company. He previously founded Fusion Finance Limited which had its IPO in 2022.With the fresh capital and leadership expansion, GLAAS plans to strengthen the balance sheet of its in-house NBFC, Gromor Finance, expand its co-lending partnerships, and deepen its integration with digital platforms across sectors such as e-com

OFF/BEAT, a new venture founded by Aman Gupta, the co-founder of boAt, has raised Rs 100 crore in a seed round of funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners.The details of the new venture remain sketchy but the statement has hinted that this would be a business at the intersection of AI and content.“Having built from scratch before, I know what capital can do and what it cannot. This time, I was looking for partners with a global perspective who can help me leverage technology and AI, because that

You can’t use an old map to create a new worldWhile widely attributed to Albert Einstein, the idea resonates far beyond physics. It speaks to a fundamental truth about progress: transformation demands new thinking, not recycled frameworks.The illusion of familiar solutionsIn moments of uncertainty, individuals and organisations instinctively reach for what has worked before. Old strategies feel safe. Established models offer clarity. But in a rapidly evolving world, these “maps” often lead nowhe

Beauty salon professionals get the tech boost to their careers and earnings as an edtech continues to evolve, YourStory brings you today’s headlines with the latest developments across sectors.Featured storiesHow Yes Madam fixed salons’ biggest problems and built a 58-city empireAfter encountering fake products and inconsistent pricing, 3 founders built Yes Madam, a tech-led home beauty platform focused on transparency, verified products, and trained professionals. Now in 58 cities, it is empowe

Asset-based rewards company GoSats on Tuesday raised $5 million in a Series A funding round, led by Konvoy. The round also saw participation from Y Combinator and Taisu Ventures along with select angel investors. The newly-raised capital will be used to help accelerate use acquisition, expand its fintech product suite with reward experiences and for investing in AI-driven personalisation to deliver recommendations. GoSats will also continue building its core teams in engineering, product, and gr

Many people believe that writing is a gift—you either have it or you don’t. But the truth is far more empowering.Writing is not about being naturally talented or magically creative. It’s about learning how to think clearly, express ideas effectively, and communicate in a way that connects with others. Like any other skill, it can be developed with the right guidance, consistent practice, and a willingness to improve.In today’s world, writing is more important than ever. Whether you’re sending em

Hello,Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are hitting an unexpected roadblock in their race to scale computing power. A wave of community opposition has forced the tech giants to pause multibillion-dollar data center projects, just as shareholder scrutiny over their environmental impact intensifies.With annual shareholder meetings approaching, investors are pressing for greater transparency around water usage and conservation, highlighting the growing tension between rapid AI-driven expansion and sust

India’s beauty services market is booming, but beneath the gloss lies a trust problem. Fake products, uneven pricing, and unreliable service quality have become common complaints. For brothers Mayank and Aditya Arya, the problem became personal. After calling a local salon professional home, their wives reported red, irritated skin. The cause? Counterfeit products are passed off as premium brands. Digging deeper, the founders uncovered a widespread problem: bulk bottles of brands like L'Oré

Early-stage investment platform JITO Incubation and Innovation Foundation (JIIF) plans to invest around Rs 80–100 crore in Indian startups over the next 12–18 months. Over the past two years, it has already deployed more than Rs 150 crore across 100+ pre-seed and seed-stage startups.The foundation aims to back 20–25 startups each year, with typical investment sizes ranging from Rs 1.5 crore to Rs 2 crore, depending on the stage and sector.JIIF has also invested Rs 26.5 crore in Mumbai-based Atom

Amazon is preparing to pull back from a key layer of its grocery delivery stack in India, as the company leans harder into speed. It is planning to wind down its 4–24 hour delivery service, Amazon Fresh, in 10–15 major Indian cities as it shifts focus to its quick commerce offering, AmazonNow, according to a UBS Global Research report.  The move signals a broader recalibration underway inside Amazon’s India business, where the middle ground between scheduled and instant delivery is rap

From women entrepreneurs building for Bharat to the latest funding rounds in the startup ecosystem, YourStory brings you today’s headlines with the latest developments across sectors.Featured storiesMeet the women entrepreneurs building for Bharat Across India, women entrepreneurs are quietly redefining what success looks like by focusing on participation and community impact rather than numbers and scale. Their startups are solving for credit access, creating market linkages, ensuring comm