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Here is how AI can help disrupt credit access for Indian MSMEs by utilizing real-time financial data to assess creditworthiness

Today, a new set of companies, including hyper-local, kitchen-first platforms like Swish, are attracting large cheques, despite operating in what appears to be an already “solved” category. What exactly are investors seeing that others don’t?

The vision is compelling: AI that does not just answer questions but actually completes work.

The Modern Founder’s Dilemma: Remote Work, Dead Devices, and Charging Chaos.

India seeks intermediaries to implement strict labelling, traceability, and rapid takedown protocols for AI-generated content (SGI)

Non-human AI agents have entered the chat. They help real employees. They respond, initiate, and act just like humans.

The recent new deep-tech startup classification is seen as a game-changer for IP-led, long-gestation technology companies by providing regulatory certainty and patient capital access.

Among the wave of tech companies preparing to get listed in 2026, two standouts are InMobi, the country’s first unicorn, and Fractal Analytics, a deep-tech AI and analytics firm.

India's apex court pulls up WhatsApp and its parent company Meta over its user data sharing practices.

Anthropic's new Claude Cowork plugins have caused a 'SaaSpocalypse' panic among IT and SaaS firms but experts say the fear may be premature.

India recently introduced a 20-year tax exemption for global companies that use data centres to service global clients.

The new India-US trade agreement, reducing the US reciprocal tariff to 18%, is set to attract major US investments in tech and AI, and provide a significant competitive advantage and predictable growth for Indian MSMEs.

Union Budget 2026, presented by FM Nirmala Sitharaman, focuses heavily on technology, new AI initiatives, alongside fiscal updates, tax reforms, and a push for skilling and emerging sectors like AVGC and electric mobility.

With an allocation of INR 40,000 crore for manufacturing electronics components, furthering the India semiconductor mission - India is moving beyond chip assembly to build a complete, self-reliant semiconductor ecosystem.

The extensive mention of AI in the survey signals the government focus on the socio-economic impact of the technology.

Total funding nearly doubled year-over-year, largely driven by Raphe mPhibr’s USD 100M Series B round led by global investments firm General Catalyst. The number of annual funding rounds increased from 5 in 2016 to 42 in 2024, before moderating in 2025 YTD.

India’s internet story is increasingly being shaped not by the metros but by what lies beyond. While the country has crossed an estimated 958 million internet users, according to Kantar’s Internet in India report 2025, penetration remains uneven across states.

In the age of AI, the top choice for entrepreneurs isn't the company that has been around the longest, but the one that has finally figured out how to turn bureaucracy into code.

Touted as the 'Mother of all Deals', India-EU Free Trade Agreement also deepens technological cooperation, including joint initiatives, and investment in critical emerging technologies.

As unverified AI-generated content threatens to degrade future large language models, enterprises are scrambling to build a zero-trust data governance framework.

Policy, capital, and infrastructure set to make India a launch hub and global supplier of satellites and subsystems by 2030.

What if there was a way to unlock your child's potential? To supercharge their learning and focus in ways that last for years?

Shakespeare AI, turns that vision into reality: an open-source AI web builder that lets anyone design their own websites and online communities freely.

As India gears up to sharpen its fiscal priorities ahead of the Union Budget 2026, the virtual digital assets (VDA) and web3 ecosystem finds itself at a strategic inflection point.

Leading this transformation is World TradeX, an emerging force in agri-tech and financial innovation, whose mission is to empower farmers, create local micro-economies, and help feed the world.

India introduced a new New Digital Credit Assessment Model for MSMEs in the Union Budget 2024-25.