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Ixigo, the Indian online travel agency founded in 2007, has quietly built a full-stack model that generates enough cash from trains.
Reporting: inc42.com
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Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath has publicly aligned himself with a blunt message to startups: raise capital now.
Reporting: msn.com
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Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal told G20 delegates this week that India does not suffer from structural excess manufacturing capacity.
Reporting: yourstory.com
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Grindr has agreed to acquire Freddie, a telehealth startup focused on specialized care, for $250 million.
Reporting: dailycal.org
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Kortext, a UK-based edtech company, has acquired StudyStash.
Reporting: tech.eu
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London healthtech Lottie has acquired CareMaster, a 25-year-old provider of care billing software, marking its second care-ops acquisition in twelve months.
Reporting: tech.eu
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Moscow recently hosted a two-day startup summit where Indian robotics, agri-tech, and medtech companies were featured.
Reporting: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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The Economic Times noted the company—valued at ₹827 crore in its last funding round—is considering a fresh fundraise, while current shareholders.
Reporting: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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Replit, the US-based AI code generator, has acquired Atta, an Egypt-based startup reportedly focused on AI analytics.
Reporting: zawya.com
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Czech medtech startup Carebot has raised €1.5 million, its largest funding round to date, to expand its AI-powered diagnostic tools.
Reporting: aroundprague.cz
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Instinct has closed a $1 billion Series C at a $10 billion valuation, led by Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, and Coatue.
Reporting: msn.com
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Zaperon has raised ₹7 crore in seed funding—again.
Reporting: ciol.com
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OpenAI’s reported solution to the Navier-Stokes equations last month has drawn skepticism from some in academia, including mathematician Tristan Buckmaster.
Reporting: inc42.com
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Meta’s latest AI advancements threaten to overwhelm the internet with synthetic content, reshaping what users see—and believe—online.
Reporting: yourstory.com
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Nebius has acquired Israeli AI startup Inferize for $100–150 million.
Reporting: moneycheck.com
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Halluminate has raised $30 million to build AI training environments for private-equity due diligence.
Reporting: msn.com
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Microsoft has released its first streaming transcription model, alongside two text-to-speech models.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Armadin has closed a $255.5 million Series B at a $2.5 billion valuation, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel, less than a year after its founding.
Reporting: msn.com
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Reports this week highlighted three Australian startups that reportedly secured funding.
Reporting: smartcompany.com.au
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CScale, a stealth startup building optical interconnects for AI data centers, has raised $145 million in a Series C round led by Nvidia and Intel Capital.
Reporting: digitimes.com
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