Koushik Dutta

Arif Patel Launches Dubai-Based Global Entrepreneurship Program to Support Startups and Scaleups

Arif Patel Launches Dubai-Based Global Entrepreneurship Program to Support Startups and Scaleups

Koushik Dutta

Arif Patel, a UK-based entrepreneur and investor, has launched a Dubai-headquartered Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP) aimed at accelerating high-impact startups across developed and emerging ...

Sabin Salas Punnackal: Technology, Ethics, and Impact Beyond Profits

Sabin Salas Punnackal: Technology, Ethics, and Impact Beyond Profits

Koushik Dutta

Sabin Salas Punnackal builds digital systems for areas where people are most vulnerable—employment, international travel, documentation and cross‑border mobility—prioritising transparency, accountability and compliance to ...

Agam Dang: Soulful Singer from the Valleys of Himachal Pradesh

Agam Dang: Soulful Singer from the Valleys of Himachal Pradesh

Koushik Dutta

Agam Dang, an independent singer-composer from Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, crafts music that balances emotional intimacy with precise instrumental arrangements. His work, spanning five projects, ...

Aakash Institute Co-Founder Aakash Chaudhry and ISB DLabs Invest $500,000 in AI-Powered Student Career Platform MU20

Aakash Institute Co-Founder Aakash Chaudhry and ISB DLabs Invest $500,000 in AI-Powered Student Career Platform MU20

Koushik Dutta

Education entrepreneur Aakash Chaudhry and ISB DLabs have led a $500,000 (around ₹4 crore) pre-seed investment in MU20, an AI-driven career-acceleration startup focused on ...

India's Semiconductor Drive Accelerates as Micron Prepares Commercial Chip Production by End of February

India’s Semiconductor Drive Accelerates as Micron Prepares Commercial Chip Production by End of February

Koushik Dutta

Micron Technology is expected to begin commercial chip production at its Sanand, Gujarat, facility by the end of February, Union Minister for Electronics and ...

Zoho Introduces Made-in-India ERP Platform to Streamline Operations for Growing Indian Businesses

Zoho Introduces Made-in-India ERP Platform to Streamline Operations for Growing Indian Businesses

Koushik Dutta

Zoho Corporation has launched a made-in-India Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform aimed at helping rapidly scaling businesses replace complex, costly and inflexible systems from ...

Fermi Promotes Reasoning-First AI to Revolutionize Learning for Indian Students in Modern Classrooms

Fermi Promotes Reasoning-First AI to Revolutionize Learning for Indian Students in Modern Classrooms

Koushik Dutta

As artificial intelligence becomes integral to student life, concerns are growing about over-reliance on instant answers at the expense of genuine understanding. Fermi, an ...

Karnataka High Court Lifts Bike-Taxi Ban; Rapido, Ola and Uber to Resume Services

Karnataka High Court Lifts Bike-Taxi Ban; Rapido, Ola and Uber to Resume Services

Koushik Dutta

The Karnataka High Court on January 23 lifted the statewide ban on bike taxi services, allowing app‑based operators and thousands of gig workers to ...

Juspay Becomes Unicorn After $50 Million Raise from WestBridge, Valuation Hits $1.2 Billion

Juspay Becomes Unicorn After $50 Million Raise from WestBridge, Valuation Hits $1.2 Billion

Koushik Dutta

Juspay has raised $50 million (about ₹415 crore) in a funding round led by growth investor WestBridge Capital, taking the Bengaluru-based payments infrastructure firm’s ...

Myntra Co-Founder Mukesh Bansal Launches AI-Driven Edtech Startup Fermi Focused on Deep Learning

Myntra Co-Founder Mukesh Bansal Launches AI-Driven Edtech Startup Fermi Focused on Deep Learning

Koushik Dutta

Fermi, a new AI-first edtech start-up co-founded by entrepreneur Mukesh Bansal and technology executive Peeyush Ranjan, has launched a learning platform that emphasizes conceptual ...

Dhun Raises $4 Million from SRF and Havells to Fund Multi-City Expansion

Dhun Raises $4 Million from SRF and Havells to Fund Multi-City Expansion

Koushik Dutta

Mumbai-based urban wellness startup Dhun Wellness has raised $4 million (about ₹36.6 crore) in a new funding round led by SRF Ltd and Havells ...

Upstox Reports ₹1,208 Crore Revenue and ₹215 Crore Net Profit for FY25

Upstox Reports ₹1,208 Crore Revenue and ₹215 Crore Net Profit for FY25

Koushik Dutta

Upstox reported a resilient performance for the financial year ended March 2025, posting total income of ₹1,208 crore and a net profit of ₹215 ...

Kolkata Embraces SENNES Brand, Introducing Conscious Luxury to the City

Kolkata Embraces SENNES Brand, Introducing Conscious Luxury to the City

Koushik Dutta

Kolkata marked the arrival of SENNES, the contemporary lifestyle label from the House of Senco, on January 16, with an opening that combined design, ...

Ixigo Posts ₹317 Crore Q3 FY26 Revenue; Profit Rises 55% on Strong Travel Demand

Ixigo Posts ₹317 Crore Q3 FY26 Revenue; Profit Rises 55% on Strong Travel Demand

Koushik Dutta

Ixigo reported robust Q3 FY26 results, with revenue from operations rising to ₹317 crore—about 31% year‑on‑year—driven by sustained demand across rail, air and road ...

Maharashtra Signs ₹2,500 Crore Agriculture MoU With Nutrifresh at Davos to Promote Tech-Led Farming

Maharashtra Signs ₹2,500 Crore Agriculture MoU With Nutrifresh at Davos to Promote Tech-Led Farming

Koushik Dutta

Maharashtra has signed a ₹2,500 crore memorandum of understanding with Nutrifresh Farm Tech India Pvt. Ltd. and Rural Enhancers Group at the World Economic ...

Razorpay POS Gets RBI Approval for Offline Payment Aggregator License, Boosting In‑Store Digital Payments

Razorpay POS Gets RBI Approval for Offline Payment Aggregator License, Boosting In‑Store Digital Payments

Koushik Dutta

Razorpay’s offline payments unit, Razorpay POS, has received RBI approval to operate as an offline Payment Aggregator (PA-P), enabling the company to legally facilitate ...

IAN Group Leads ₹22 Crore Investment in Chargeup to Boost Last-Mile Electric Mobility in India

IAN Group Leads ₹22 Crore Investment in Chargeup to Boost Last-Mile Electric Mobility in India

Koushik Dutta

Delhi-based electric mobility startup Chargeup has secured ₹22 crore in fresh funding led by the IAN Group, with participation from Cap-A and existing backers. ...

India-focused cooling startup Optimist raises $12M seed round led by Accel and Arkam Ventures

India-focused cooling startup Optimist raises $12M seed round led by Accel and Arkam Ventures

Koushik Dutta

Cooling startup Optimist has raised $12 million (about ₹105 crore) in a seed round led by Accel and Arkam Ventures, with participation from a ...

Meet the 23-Year-Old Who Asked Why Indian Data Must Be Sent to California

Meet the 23-Year-Old Who Asked Why Indian Data Must Be Sent to California

Koushik Dutta

Abhishek Dixit’s concern over data leaving the country during his research at IIT Madras led him to challenge the dominant cloud-centric model of AI. ...

Indian startup Sensesemi raises ₹25 crore to develop power-efficient edge AI chips

Indian startup Sensesemi raises ₹25 crore to develop power-efficient edge AI chips

Koushik Dutta

Bengaluru-based fabless semiconductor startup Sensesemi Technologies has raised ₹25 crore in a seed round led by Piper Serica, with participation from LetsVenture Angel Fund, ...