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India's First Rs 250 Crore Deep Tech Fund Launched By IIT Bombay
IIT Bombay launched the Y-Point Venture Capital Fund, India's first deep tech VC fund linked to an academia incubator, to support early-stage startups in high-impact technology sectors.
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US Startup Founder Champions Work-Life Balance For Staff: "They Didn't Sign Up To Be Entrepreneurs"
The serial entrepreneur encourages her staffers to totally disconnect from work once theyre off the clock.
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Government To Fund Quantum Research Labs In 100 Engineering Colleges Across India
Two major quantum fabrication facilities worth Rs 720 crore will be established at IIT Bombay and IISc Bengaluru to indigenise quantum chip and sensor production under the National Quantum Mission.
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Ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal's AI Search Startup Raises $100 Million
AI startup Parallel Web Systems, founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, has raised $100 million to build web search infrastructure for artificial intelligence agents and fund deals with online content owners, Agrawal said in an interview.
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3 AI Founders, Including 2 Indian-Americans, Become World's Youngest Self-Made Billionaires
These three high school friends founded the AI recruiting startup Mercor, which recently secured $350 million in funding, valuing the company at $10 billion.
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French Groom Sells 26 Ad Spots On His Tuxedo To Cover Wedding Costs, Internet Applauds Creativity
On October 25, Dagobert Renouf tied the knot while wearing a tuxedo covered in ads from more than 20 companies.
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Former Vice President At Meta Reveals Challenges Of Building Startup In Bihar
Amit Kumar's post attracted widespread attention. Professionals across India left thousands of responses to the LinkedIn post.
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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Ex-Girlfriend Sues Him Over Alleged Stalking, Abuse: Report
The dispute came amid financial disagreements and a failed artificial intelligence startup.
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Reflect Orbital Plans to Light Up Parts of Earth Where Sunlight Does Not Reach by April 2026
Reflect Orbital recently filed an application with the US FCC Space Bureau seeking permission to test launch its Earendil-1 non-geostationary orbit satellite. With this, the startup plans to begin redirecting the light emitted by the Sun with the help of glass-like satellites to dimly lit parts of the Earth. After closing its Series A round earlier...
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Nvidia To Finance Elon Musk's xAI Chips As Part Of $20 Billion Deal
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is raising more financing than initially planned, tapping backers including Nvidia Corp. to lift its ongoing funding round to $20 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Who Is Dhravya Shah? Mumbai Man Who Raised $3 Million For AI Startup From Silicon Valley Bigwigs
Shah dropped out of IIT prep to launch Supermemory AI, an innovative startup that's making waves in the tech world.
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23-Year-Old Duo Exited Amazon And Microsoft To Build AI Startup, Raised $4 million
Bluejay focuses on testing AI voice and text agents using synthetic customers to identify weaknesses.
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Perplexity to Reportedly Expand Its Revenue Sharing Programme for Publishers to Comet Browser
Perplexity, the Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, has reportedly expanded its revenue-sharing programme for publishers. As per the report, the company will now compensate media houses and website publishers when their content appears on the Comet web browser’s AI searches. The expansion follows last year’s announcement ...
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A Warning On Start-Up Valuations By Narayana Murthy-Owned Firm
The family office of tech billionaire Narayana Murthy is growing cautious on startups in India, pointing to steep discounts driven by funds that need to exit their investments.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Compares AI Hype to Dot-Com Bubble, Warns ‘Someone’s Gonna Get Burned’: Report
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly admitted last week that the ongoing excitement around the generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology resembles the 1990s dot-com bubble. As per the report, Altman made the comments during an interview with a group of journalists, and highlighted that investors funding AI startups at high valuations could get...
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India's First Rs 250 Crore Deep Tech Fund Launched By IIT Bombay
IIT Bombay launched the Y-Point Venture Capital Fund, India's first deep tech VC fund linked to an academia incubator, to support early-stage startups in high-impact technology sectors.
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US Startup Founder Champions Work-Life Balance For Staff: "They Didn't Sign Up To Be Entrepreneurs"
The serial entrepreneur encourages her staffers to totally disconnect from work once theyre off the clock.
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Government To Fund Quantum Research Labs In 100 Engineering Colleges Across India
Two major quantum fabrication facilities worth Rs 720 crore will be established at IIT Bombay and IISc Bengaluru to indigenise quantum chip and sensor production under the National Quantum Mission.
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Ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal's AI Search Startup Raises $100 Million
AI startup Parallel Web Systems, founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, has raised $100 million to build web search infrastructure for artificial intelligence agents and fund deals with online content owners, Agrawal said in an interview.
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3 AI Founders, Including 2 Indian-Americans, Become World's Youngest Self-Made Billionaires
These three high school friends founded the AI recruiting startup Mercor, which recently secured $350 million in funding, valuing the company at $10 billion.
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French Groom Sells 26 Ad Spots On His Tuxedo To Cover Wedding Costs, Internet Applauds Creativity
On October 25, Dagobert Renouf tied the knot while wearing a tuxedo covered in ads from more than 20 companies.
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Former Vice President At Meta Reveals Challenges Of Building Startup In Bihar
Amit Kumar's post attracted widespread attention. Professionals across India left thousands of responses to the LinkedIn post.
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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Ex-Girlfriend Sues Him Over Alleged Stalking, Abuse: Report
The dispute came amid financial disagreements and a failed artificial intelligence startup.
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Reflect Orbital Plans to Light Up Parts of Earth Where Sunlight Does Not Reach by April 2026
Reflect Orbital recently filed an application with the US FCC Space Bureau seeking permission to test launch its Earendil-1 non-geostationary orbit satellite. With this, the startup plans to begin redirecting the light emitted by the Sun with the help of glass-like satellites to dimly lit parts of the Earth. After closing its Series A round earlier...
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Nvidia To Finance Elon Musk's xAI Chips As Part Of $20 Billion Deal
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is raising more financing than initially planned, tapping backers including Nvidia Corp. to lift its ongoing funding round to $20 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Who Is Dhravya Shah? Mumbai Man Who Raised $3 Million For AI Startup From Silicon Valley Bigwigs
Shah dropped out of IIT prep to launch Supermemory AI, an innovative startup that's making waves in the tech world.
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23-Year-Old Duo Exited Amazon And Microsoft To Build AI Startup, Raised $4 million
Bluejay focuses on testing AI voice and text agents using synthetic customers to identify weaknesses.
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Perplexity to Reportedly Expand Its Revenue Sharing Programme for Publishers to Comet Browser
Perplexity, the Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, has reportedly expanded its revenue-sharing programme for publishers. As per the report, the company will now compensate media houses and website publishers when their content appears on the Comet web browser’s AI searches. The expansion follows last year’s announcement ...
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A Warning On Start-Up Valuations By Narayana Murthy-Owned Firm
The family office of tech billionaire Narayana Murthy is growing cautious on startups in India, pointing to steep discounts driven by funds that need to exit their investments.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Compares AI Hype to Dot-Com Bubble, Warns ‘Someone’s Gonna Get Burned’: Report
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly admitted last week that the ongoing excitement around the generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology resembles the 1990s dot-com bubble. As per the report, Altman made the comments during an interview with a group of journalists, and highlighted that investors funding AI startups at high valuations could get...
