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Tech Startups Just Raised a Record $297 Billion in Q1 2026 - Here's Where the Money Is Going
The first quarter of 2026 has rewritten the record books for startup funding. Globally, startups raised approximately $297 billion in Q1 2026 — the highest quarterly total ever recorded, fueled almost entirely by a surge of mega-deals in AI…
Y Combinator brings 'Startup School India' to Bengaluru: Founders and investors gather at Electronic City
2 min read Bengaluru Make us preferred source on Google A US-based startup incubator, Y Combinator, is holding a two-day Startup School India event in Bengaluru on Saturday at the White Feather Convention Centre in Electronic City. According to Y…
India adds record 55,200 startups in FY26; total crosses 2.23 lakh
The government recognised more than 55,200 startups during the financial year 2025-26, marking the highest annual addition since the launch of the Startup India initiative, according the Ministry of Commerce & Industry.The total number of…
Do Or Die: How EV Startups Rivian, Lucid, And Slate Are Navigating Their Most Important Year Yet
Rivian, Lucid, and Slate need to get this year right. All three are planning to launch crucial products this year, and all three are racing to scale up and start earning money. But in the meantime, they're trying to stay alive and relevant in an…
Original home of ChatGPT hits the market for $1.5M
The San Francisco apartment where Sam Altman and Greg Brockman first got OpenAI off the ground, located at 2977A 21st St., just hit the market for $1,545,000. The home is a two-level Victorian flat on a nondescript block between Folsom Street and…
I wanted more from life: How IIT Guwahati is helping me rewrite my future
I am 19, a sophomore at IIT Guwahati pursuing Data Science and Artificial Intelligence as my major. I come from the steel city of Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, while my roots are connected to Odisha. I mostly grew up in Jamshedpur, completing my entire…
Anthropic's relationship with the Trump administration seems to be thawing
Despite recently being designated a supply-chain risk by the Pentagon, Anthropic is still talking to high-level members of the Trump administration. There were earlier signs of a thawing relationship — or a sense that not every part of the…
Dynamic Founders Redefining Success Across Industries
Mahesh Kudav - Chairman & Managing Director at Venus Safety & Health Pvt. Ltd. Mahesh Kudav's journey is not just a business success story—it's a blueprint for redefining leadership and innovation in India's safety manufacturing landscape.
The App Store is booming again, and AI may be why
Everyone said AI would kill apps. Instead, new app launches are soaring. According to a new analysis from market intelligence provider Appfigures, worldwide app releases in the first quarter of 2026 were up 60% year-over-year across both Apple's…
White House and Anthropic CEO discuss working together amid rising fear about Mythos model
The Trump administration and Anthropic's CEO on Friday discussed working together for the first time since a dispute earlier this year between the Pentagon and the AI firm over how that company's models should be used. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH…
Jaguar's marketing machine runs on something most car brands refuse to track
Tension: Automakers collect mountains of data but avoid measuring the emotional journey that actually drives purchase decisions. Noise: The industry obsesses over click-through rates and lead volume while ignoring the cross-tier consistency that…
Record 55,000 start-ups recognised by Government in FY26
Under the Startup India initiative, the union government has recognised more than 55,200 startups during Financial Year 2025-26, the highest number of startups recognized in a single year since the launch initiative in 2016. The number of startups…
Apple's upcoming AirPods Pro 3 variant could debut a groundbreaking new feature
Earlier this year, Apple acquired a secretive startup: Q.ai, for over 2 billion dollars. It's the companies second largest acquisition to date, and it leaves you wondering: what's the end game here? While smart glasses seem like an obvious play…
Stablecoins Behave Like FX Markets as Liquidity Splits: Eco CEO
Stablecoins behave like a fragmented foreign exchange market, where liquidity is spread across blockchains and pools, creating price differences and uneven access to dollar liquidity. Moving stablecoins looks simple on the surface. But under the…
TotalAV Keeps Prices Low While Covering the Basics of Online Protection
TotalAV isn't a name most people grew up hearing. Norton and McAfee have decades of marketing behind them. TotalAV showed up in 2016 and spent its early years largely under the radar. What got it noticed wasn't buzz. It was pricing. The entry-level…
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