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🚨 Gurugram-based spacetech founder Shreyans Jain is building a rockoon system that carries launch vehicles 20 km above Earth's surface.

His startup is called @celestial_aero.

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Every wonder how Indian Railways inpects bedsheets?

@SakarRobotics, a Pune-based robotics startup, has built an AI-powered machine that does exactly that.

They've now deployed these machines across Pune, Jaipur, and Jodhpur, and will expand to other cities across India soon.

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Most of India's drone motors come from China.

In 2019, the founders of Vector Technics, @prudhvirajp + Karna Raj, set out to change that in a 400 sq. ft. Hyderabad office.

Today, @vectortechnics is India's largest indigenous drone motor manufacturer, producing 5k motors/month.

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After Coimbatore, Delhi, and Bengaluru, Runtime will be hosting its fourth meetup of 2026 in Hyderabad!

Please make sure to link your Luma to your X or LinkedIn so that we can learn more about you and approve your request to attend!

https://t.co/FDwUinTaV3

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@Abhinav70006946 So glad you're enjoying these Abhinav! Many more videos like this one in the works.

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Every four minutes, a worker dies in India due to unsafe working conditions.

While enforcement of national occupational safety norms is one solution, <40% of Indian companies comply fully with these rules.

Here's another solution: robots.

Bengaluru-based Flo Mobility (@Flo_Mobility) just raised a $2.5M pre-Series A from Mela Ventures (@Mela_Ventures) and Arali Ventures to build the future of safe, compliant robotic construction automation. Their robots have:

- Reduced workplace accidents by 30%
- Moved 250,000 tonnes of material
- 500 kg payload capacity per robot
- Collectively traveled 50,000+ km
- Achieved 99.9% uptime

We visited their HSR Layout facility to see how they're getting it done.

00:00 - Flo Mobility in a Nutshell
00:25 - Entering Flo Mobility’s Workshop
01:18 - Flo Mobility’s Early Prototype
02:42 - Flo Mobility’s Latest Robot
05:24 - The Importance of Data in Robotic Automation
06:14 - Testing Flo Mobility’s Robot Out
09:05 - Flo Mobility’s Current Field-Deployment Model
10:18 - The Flo Mobility Story
19:26 - Exploring Flo Mobility’s Robotics Stack
20:37 - What’s Next for Flo Mobility?

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@narendran_93 👀 00:30 Narendran spotted!

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On Sunday, @GalaxEye's Mission Dristhti satellite successfully separated from SpaceX's Falcon 9.

This is India's largest privately developed satellite, and it's also the first-ever satellite to combine MSI with SAR.

We took a tour of their facility to see what it's like to be at the cutting edge of spacetech.

00:00 - GalaxEye's Origin Story with Co-Founder Kishan Thakkar (VP Engineering)
04:35 - Hands-on with Proprietary SAR Prototypes
11:14 - GalaxEye's Aircraft-Mounted SAR Prototype
16:41 - GalaxEye's PCB Lab
17:21 - The Stages of Building and Deploying a Satellite
22:45 - GalaxEye's POEM Launch
24:48 - GalaxEye's Mission Drishti Satellite
26:45 - Why Hasn't Anyone Else Done This?
29:56 - GalaxEye's S2O Foundation Model with Co-Founder Rakshit Bhatt (VP of Product)
36:57 - GalaxEye's World Model
38:16 - GalaxEye's Future Trajectory with Co-Founder Denil Chawda (CTO)
46:00 - India's Spacetech Industry with Co-Founder Suyash Singh (CEO)

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@Ftsatya33 https://t.co/LRsbdKSO7X

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"It's just a fancy balloon."

Many people have misunderstood what @DashagrivAero is building.

Drones have limited flight duration. Satellites are costly and orbit far from Earth.

HAPS like Megnath solve both problems by floating in the stratosphere for high-quality EO/comms.

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Liftoff for Falcon 9 and @GalaxEye's Mission Drishti!

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@thesuyashsingh And liftoff!! Godspeed #missiondrishti @SpaceX

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🚨 Chennai-based @DashagrivAero has successfully deployed and tested their high-altitude airship prototype, Megnath, off the coast of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu.

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The future of AI interfaces is being built on Hosur Road.

A week ago, @ProjectMirageHQ launched their first AI interface, Dune. This was after ~5 months of R&amp;D.

We visited Project Mirage's Bengaluru facility to find out what it's like inside of an Indian consumer tech startup:

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🚨 Water Robotics, founded by Teja Vinukollu, is building a robotic bed with 10,752 sensors and 42 actuators in Hyderabad.

The bed, called CAMA, uses in-house AI models to sense, analyse, and adjust your position as you sleep.

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Arctus Aerospace built the AX1 in 150 days.

With a team of 10 people.

It's a 200 kg Earth observation UAV that can fly for 10 hours at 20,000 feet.

Here's Runtime's conversation with Shreepoorna S Rao, the founder of Arctus Aerospace.

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Delhi-based @dpropulse is building India's first rotating detonation engine (RDE).

This is the video to watch if you want to understand why that's a big deal, and why @SJha1618 and team are so well-poised to pull this off.

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First look at the AX1 long endurance UAV from @arctusaerospace.

Primary intended use case: Earth observation.

200 kg vehicle weight.
Flies at 20,000 feet.
50 kg max payload.
10 hour flight time.

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🚨 India's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor has achieved criticality.

In parallel, four Indian startups have been building into the liberalised nuclear vision outlined in the SHANTI Bill 2025.

1. @PranosFusion
2. Anubal Fusion
3. @hylenrtech
4. @YouthIyns

Here's more info:

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@jerxn_ 👨🏻✨

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Ola Electric will begin integrating their new LFP 46100 cells into two-wheelers next quarter.

What does that mean for Ola's customers though?

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🚨 Hyderabad-based @FarmRobo7 has launched their all-new R1v2 made‑in‑India electric farm robot.