Latest Indian startups News & Updates

Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Union government, on Saturday, inaugurated the two-day Bharat Innovates Deep-Tech Pre-Summit at IIT Bombay, highlighting the importance of deep-tech innovation to India’s technological leadership and global competitiveness. Delivering his inaugural address, Sood, who is the chairperson of the Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC), highlighted the role of academic institutions, r…

New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) In conjunction with Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon’s participation in the ‘India AI Impact Summit’ here, the chip major on Wednesday announced plans to invest up to $150 million through Qualcomm Ventures to back Indian startups across all stages.The US-based company aims “to support India’s rapidly expanding technology and AI startup ecosystem, with a focus on AI for automotive, IoT, robotics and mobile,” it said in a statement.“Through our new Strategic AI Venture Fu…

New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Under the gaming and interactive technology category at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, five Indian startups will showcase AI‑powered solutions that highlight “India’s growing leadership at the intersection of AI, gaming, immersive media and enterprise transformation,” the government said on Monday.The participation of these startups’ underscores expanding capabilities in AI‑powered gaming, immersive experiences, cognitive transformation and interactive storytelli…

New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The national finale of India’s largest ‘GenAI Innovation Challenge’ will be held here on February 17, during a session at the ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’, where over 300 students will get the opportunity to pitch their AI-solutions on a global stage to solve real-world social issues, it was announced on Friday.OpenAI Academy and NxtWave Disruptive Technologies said the ‘Buildathon,’ co-organised by them, will feature 300 students who have been selected from 70,00…

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The number of space startups have reached more than 400, while the investment in such startups crossed more than $500 million, the Parliament was informed on Wednesday.Two private sector companies tested and flown their launch vehicles at sub-orbital orbit in November 2022 and May 2024, said Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.“A total of 25 payloads flown/going to fly on PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM) which helps NGE’s te…

New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday referred to the ‘2026 is the new 2016’ trend on social media and shared his memories of a decade ago when the government launched the Startup India programme, calling it “very important” for the youth and the future of the country. He called the youth the “heroes” of the “amazing journey” of the Startup India programme and said that now, Indian startups are working in every sector.Addressing the 130th episode of his monthly radio pr…