“Where’s the exit?” For years, venture capitalists investing in India’s deep-tech ecosystem have had to answer this tricky question from their limited partners.  Billion-dollar deals like Flipkart and Paytm in consumer-tech or fintech once provided investors…

India’s startup ecosystem is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by a robust network of government-backed incubators that nurture and support entrepreneurs. These incubators provide invaluable resources such as mentorship, funding opportunities…

Japanese investors exploring India’s startup ecosystem a decade ago sought scale. What they discovered instead was a rare combination of scale and science, a market where innovation was frugal, but matching global standards.  India, today, is not merely an…

India’s strides in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are often described in terms of venture funding, unicorn valuations, or the global race to access GPU clusters. But, beneath these headlines lies a quieter, foundational movement, one powered not by governments…

AI startups today are finding success by solving specific, high-value problems in narrow domains, while the general-purpose AI market is being dominated by tech giants.  These startups integrate AI into industry-specific workflows, automating tasks such as…

On the demand side, friction-heavy moments within India’s digital payments ecosystem are creating high-volume entry points for voice automation. For instance, 19.63 billion UPI transactions in September 2025 generated millions of PIN resets, refund requests…

2025 has been a pivotal year for AI, with technology finally moving from hype to actual deployment and models becoming more capable. However, a few AI startups couldn’t keep up with the race and had to shut shop due to lack of investor interest, poor product…

India’s edtech sector is entering its second act, one marked by an aggressive shift offline. After years of digital disruption, leading players are investing in physical centres to rebuild trust, improve outcomes, and achieve sustainable unit economics. PhysicsWallah…

It has been more than a year since the IndiaAI Mission was announced, yet the country awaits its homegrown LLM. While there have been efforts across compute, datasets and research collaborations, the Mission’s progress remains far behind global labs that…

Indian SaaS companies once grew by identifying sharp vertical problems and solving them at speed. That model involving point solutions focused on a single issue no longer aligns with enterprise expectations. Globally, organisations now demand platforms that…

In early 2024, as the world cautiously emerged from COVID’s long shadow, two engineers began asking a simple question: Why is the healthcare system built for systems, not for people? For Dhruv Mehra, cofounder and CEO of Pype AI and a former Meta engineer…