The ministry will actively incorporate feedback on the challenges faced during its first large-scale AI splash into next year’s plans, according to Abhishek Singh, additional secretary, MeitY, and chief executive of the IndiaAI Mission.
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The fund will be operated by Qualcomm Ventures, the venture capital division of the chipmaker, and be made available in India as a ‘strategic AI ventures fund’
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Startups at the India AI Impact Summit are questioning their investments, as high stall costs and disappointing visitor quality lead to concerns over returns. Tighter restrictions due to VIP visits and organizational chaos have compounded frustrations among exhibitors seeking serious investors.
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A rising tide may lift all boats. But lately it lifts California boats the most. In 2025, only two states with a sizable venture scene saw a year-over-year gain in their share of U.S. venture funding: California and Washington. This held true even though several others, including New York and Texas, actually saw a pretty
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At the India AI Impact Summit, government-backed startups are set to showcase their models as shifting AI economics put New Delhi’s compute-led strategy under scrutiny.
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India AI Impact Summit 2026: Over 600 startups to 2.5 lakh visitors are set to attend the mega AI event between 16 to 20 February 2026. Here’s what Meity Secretary S Krishnan said about the event beating government expectations.
A total of 31 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in January, the largest count of companies to join in a single month since June 2022. Collectively, those companies added $9.3 billion in funding and $58.5 billion in value to the board. And underlining the pace at which some startups are now sprinting to billion-dollar-plus
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Generative AI company Anthropic announced Thursday that it raised $30 billion in a massive Series G funding round that values it at $380 billion post-money. The financing marks the largest venture funding deal of 2026 so far and the second-largest of all time, per Crunchbase data, following only rival OpenAI’s $40 billion funding in 2025.
As global energy demand continues to surge, driven by both rising household consumption and fast-expanding AI infrastructure, startup investors are increasingly turning to nuclear fusion and fission startups to supply our power-hungry era. They’re not afraid to write big checks either. The latest evidence of this was a $450 million Series A that Livermore, California-based
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Accel to Antler: how VCs are reining in India’s AI startups The Ken
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