Startup incubator and deep‑tech ecosystem organiser Startup Stairs has announced Startup League 2026, a national‑level deep‑tech hackathon and funding‑arena event aimed at accelerating India’s next generation of AI and hardware‑driven startups. The initiative, scheduled for 11 June 2026, is being positioned as a structured bridge between early‑stage innovation and commercial scale, targeting a segment of the Indian startup ecosystem where AI, drones, robotics, EVs,...

The IndiaAI Mission has selected 10 cutting-edge Indian AI startups for Cohort II of its Global Acceleration Programme, expanding a push to position Indian founders on the world stage through international exposure, mentorship, and market access. The programme, run under MeitY’s Startup Financing Pillar in partnership with Station F, Paris, and HEC Paris, is designed to help promising startups scale globally while staying rooted...

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has notified Startup India Fund of Funds (FoF) 2.0 with a ₹10,000 crore corpus to support startups through SEBI-registered Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), prioritising deeptech, early growth-stage companies and technology-driven manufacturing ventures. The Cabinet approved scheme, managed primarily by Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), builds on the original 2016 FoF and introduces co-investment...

In a relatively short span of time, SEESEC has emerged as a focused and fast‑evolving player in the cloud and Gen AI solutions space. Completing its first year of operations, the company reflects a journey defined not just by rapid execution, but by a strong emphasis on building the right foundations—both in technology and talent. Insights from the leadership team, led by Founder &...

Gnani.ai, India's trailblazing voice-first agentic AI platform, announced a $10 million first tranche of Series B funding led by Aavishkaar Capital alongside existing backer Info Edge Ventures, propelling the company to profitability with 133% FY25 revenue growth. Processing over 30 million voice interactions daily across 12+ Indic languages for 200+ enterprise clients—including Fortune 500 giants—the capital infusion positions Gnani.ai to dominate the $1 billion...

In a strategic pivot towards empowering the backbone of global economies, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg has greenlit Meta Small Business, a dedicated company-wide programme aimed at equipping tens of millions of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with artificial intelligence capabilities to thrive in the era of "superintelligence." The announcement, circulated via internal memo and first reported by Axios, comes as Meta grapples with...

Consumr.ai’s proprietary AI Twins technology is transforming consumer intelligence for Indian enterprises, delivering 80–90% faster insights and 20–40% more accurate targeting across financial services, nutrition, and wellness sectors. This behavioural AI platform, validated by the MRSI Best Startup of the Year award, empowers brands to shift from slow survey-based research to real-time predictive simulations of customer behaviour. For decision-makers in India’s competitive market, Consumr.ai’s...

From over 4,000 applications, Accel Atoms and Google’s AI Futures Fund have chosen five startups—K-Dense, Dodge.ai, Persistence Labs, Zingroll and LevelPlane—for the 2026 Atoms AI Cohort, providing up to $2 million co-investment per company alongside $350,000 in Google Cloud, Gemini and DeepMind compute credits. Launched from Bengaluru’s Google Ananta, the programme blends Accel’s founder-building playbook with Google’s frontier models and infrastructure, targeting pre-seed teams...

Sarvam AI has introduced the Sarvam Startup Programme, providing early-stage companies with up to 12 months of API credits, priority engineering support and production-ready infrastructure to build multilingual AI applications without backend complexities. Founders Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar positioned the initiative to empower India’s developer ecosystem with high-quality models fluent in 22+ Indian languages and English, enabling full agency in creating voice agents,...

Linux Foundation Research and Meta have published "AI for Economic and Social Good in India," analysing AI's economic and social impact across judicial, healthcare, agriculture, and creator economy sectors. The report finds 76 percent of Indian startups leverage open source AI for cost-effective innovation and customisation. India's AI market, valued at $6 billion in 2024, is projected to reach $32 billion by 2031, driven...