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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicTech startups

Topic: Tech startups

Bengaluru to Palghar, potholes are a death trap. AI startups racing to solve it

With two bikers crushed this week and a BJP protest in Bengaluru, potholes are a gaping hole in India’s road success story. AI startups are now tracking and mapping them.

Axiom-4 has venture capitalists looking skyward, but investment in space tech needs an attitude reset

Space tech start-ups in India are banking on the success of the mission to attract more funding, which is often difficult for these firms. Returns in space tech investment come with patience.

Tissue engineering, satellites—science & tech startups to watch out for in 2025

Through eco-friendly building materials, lithium-ion alternatives, or solutions to reduce food waste, these startups contribute to a greener, cleaner, & healthier planet.

These are the Bengaluru startups bringing AI and farmers together

Agritech startups like Fyllo, AgWise, and BeePrecise are revolutionising farming across India, offering farmers in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Telangana AI-driven solutions.

Startup Mahakumbh: India’s top startups come together to aim for economic transformation

First day of event witnessed keynotes & panel discussions across various industry sectors, including AI, Fintech, Deep Tech, Biotech & Pharma.

IISc deep tech startups are pushing India into elite league. Baby firms with big ambitions

IISc Bengaluru’s deep tech incubator cell is going where few countries have gone before. AI, quantum computing, robotics, biotechnology to provide solutions in healthcare, edtech, space, agriculture, and more.

Chicken feather plastics, temple flower foam—IIT Kanpur is changing India’s startup scene

IIT-Kanpur's SIIC has been leading the innovation race. The incubation centre is connecting entrepreneurs and scientists to funders while providing infrastructural support.

The India tech layoffs story isn’t all gloom and doom. But there’s a ‘40-40 problem’

In India, there is life after layoffs — even if it is in WhatsApp groups and LinkedIn, and in start-ups such as Koo.

How India is trying to win the semiconductor race, fighting decades of challenges & setbacks

India lagged in semiconductor revolution of the 1980s, while countries like China and Taiwan raced ahead. Some start-ups are doing cutting-edge work, but there’s a long way to go.

Where do founders of 100 Indian unicorns come from? IIT Delhi tops list, IIMs nurtured many too

More than 50% of founders of start-ups worth over $1 billion are IIT graduates. IIT Delhi conducive to start-ups thanks to networking & academic support, says alumni alumni association ex-chief.

On Camera

India’s think tanks double up as lobbyists, give no disclosures. Hurt policymaking

Many 'independent' reports, intended to shape policies, are sponsored by industry groups or entities with deep pockets and vested interests. This process must become transparent.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.