Mythic, a Palo Alto-based AI chip company, has raised $125 million in a funding round to develop analog processing units designed to cut AI energy use by up to 100x compared with GPUs.  The round was led by deep tech-focused venture capital firm DCVC and…

India’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Pune has demonstrated a mobile quantum communication system using a drone-enabled platform, marking a step towards infrastructure-independent quantum networks.  The demonstration involved mobility…

For decades, Lenovo was recognised mainly as a global PC pioneer, innovating form factors, developing rugged ThinkPads, and eventually becoming a leading PC manufacturer. But today, the company finds itself at the heart of a vastly different opportunity:…

Gnani.ai, India’s conversational AI company, announced the launch of Vachana speech-to-text (STT), an Indic STT model trained on over one million hours of real-world voice data, as part of its selection under the Indian government’s IndiaAI Mission.  The…

The Indian deep tech ecosystem has already begun treating 2026 as a delivery deadline. Over the next year, public funding, industrial policy and private capital are expected to converge in ways that could determine whether the country finally moves deep tech…

With AI becoming mainstream, demand for data scientists has climbed sharply across experience levels over the past year, extending beyond Tier 1 hubs and into Tier 2 cities. A recent TeamLease report points to demand for nearly 45,000 AI-related roles, led…

As demand for large language models and real-time AI applications accelerates, the constraint is no longer just chips or capital, but electricity. Across the country, data centre operators are prioritising access to power over geography, snapping up any parcel…

In March last year, the launch of the IndiaAI Mission drew a lot of attention at the global stage. Aimed to create a robust AI ecosystem in the country by building sovereign large language models (LLMs), the mission has had its share of hits and misses. Twelve…

The Karnataka government has moved to deepen its role in startup financing by encouraging state public sector enterprises (PSEs) to invest in government-backed venture capital funds, such as Karnataka Information Technology Venture Capital Fund (KITVEN).…