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Underwater robots built for the Pacific Ocean failed in the Ganga.

A startup from Bengal turned that failure into India's indigenous underwater robotics breakthrough.

https://t.co/UmP8hMlhEk

#Robotics #DeepTech #StartupIndia #Innovation #Technology #Engineering #AI

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Skydo may have just pulled off one of the biggest regulatory wins in Indian fintech this year.

https://t.co/izGVh50JUL

#Fintech #CrossBorderPayments #GlobalPayments

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India’s AI creator economy is no longer coming, it’s here.

Short Flixx is betting that AI-generated video tools + direct monetization can help first-time creators, especially in tier-2 and tier-3 India.

https://t.co/BNc0QdvMyN

#CreatorEconomy #ShortVideo #DigitalCreators

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India’s skilled workers are ready for the world.
The hiring system wasn’t. Until now.

Kovon is building an AI-powered global hiring platform connecting Indian blue-collar workers with verified overseas employers.

https://t.co/uQmHOVQAkI

#Startup #IndiaStartups #FutureOfWork

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India’s logistics AI is scaling fast.

But it has a blind spot.

The most critical intelligence in a $354B supply chain isn’t in data.
It’s in people’s heads.

https://t.co/i4redtnMej

#AI #SupplyChain #Logistics #Startups #India #Automation #Tech #Innovation #GlobalTrade

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What happens when our stories are no longer heard?”

This question led to Artograph AI — a platform using AI to support memory, therapy, and emotional care without replacing clinicians.

https://t.co/UOqwpYTd8w

#AI #MentalHealth #HealthTech #AIForGood #DigitalHealth #Startups

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India’s retail cameras are getting an AI upgrade.

Noida-based Enalytix is turning existing CCTV into real-time retail intelligence for brands like Biba, Puma, and Nike, tracking without new hardware.

https://t.co/EPfW7532Qp

#AI #ComputerVision #RetailTech

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India has 2.1 lakh+ startups.
Hundreds of incubation centres.

But here’s the truth no one says:
Many founders are mentored by people who’ve never built a company.

https://t.co/6hluOKS55I

#Startups #IndiaTech #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Founders #VentureCapital

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India’s logistics industry has an AI problem.

Not because AI is weak.
Because the data underneath it doesn’t exist.

https://t.co/eIkprQ1dTz

#Logistics #AI #SupplyChain #Startups #India #Tech #Warehousing #Data #Innovation #GlobalMarkets #Business #Operations

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India’s ₹25,938 Cr Auto PLI scheme may have backed the wrong winners.

Now, after pressure from Startup Policy Forum and voices like Ather Energy, change is on the table.

https://t.co/9dK0mVdceU

#ElectricVehicles #India #Startups #CleanTech #Mobility #Policy #GlobalTech

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India’s hydrogen economy is finally getting real.

Startup Newtrace raises $6.3M to scale electrolyser tech—marking a shift from policy hype to commercial execution.

https://t.co/rkh7DFb4hY

#GreenHydrogen #HydrogenEconomy #CleanEnergy #ClimateTech

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India’s startup boom is hitting a painful AI reset.

SaaS, BPO, IT services, AI wrappers, and EdTech are all under pressure as funding dries up and old business models break.

https://t.co/mBLLHp0JHP

#Startups #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #SaaS #BPO #EdTech #VentureCapital

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India’s AI chip startups are quietly building the hardware layer of the AI revolution.

30+ startups
$150B domestic demand by 2030
460% funding jump in one year
Global giants investing billions

https://t.co/CL94nkbQJf

#AIChips #Semiconductors #ArtificialIntelligence #RISCv

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India’s IPO divide is brutal.

PolicyBazaar: +56%
FirstCry: -53%
Mamaearth: -12%
Nykaa: barely beating fixed deposits
This isn’t random. It’s business model math.

https://t.co/gQsLK5EZQ1

#IPO #StartupIndia #Fintech #ConsumerTech #VentureCapital #GlobalInvesting #PublicMarkets

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India’s quick commerce just had its “split-screen” moment.
Same day:
Blinkit → INR 4 Cr EBITDA profit
Swiggy → INR 1,065 Cr loss
Zepto → Cuts burn, preps IPO
Three dark-store players. Three radically different futures.

https://t.co/uj2PV3XQhr

#QuickCommerce #IndiaStartups

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India AI Impact Summit (New Delhi, Feb 16–20): the hype is easy. The hard part is budgets + deadlines + enforcement. Here’s what founders/investors should actually watch.

https://t.co/9aLGVXD2Mo

#AI #AIGovernance #DataProtection #GlobalSouth

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India ranks high in global AI readiness.
But are we measuring the wrong thing?

https://t.co/qNfpAsZe9N

#ArtificialIntelligence #AIGovernance #AIAccountability #TechPolicy #DigitalGovernance #ResponsibleAI #PublicPolicy #GovTech #GlobalTech #EmergingEconomies

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India just became the first major economy to impose binding watermarking rules on AI-generated content.
Deepfakes now require permanent identification.

https://t.co/71HlsQSiAZ

#AI #Deepfakes #TechPolicy #GenerativeAI

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India’s Union Budget 2026–27 is not about creating more startups.
It is about scaling fewer, stronger deep-tech winners.

https://t.co/jrR20n4WJd

#UnionBudget2026 #DeepTech #Startups #Semiconductors #AI #QuantumComputing #Biotech #VentureCapital #IndiaTech #GlobalMarkets

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100+ Indian AI founders moved to the US in one year.

At the same time, $14.5B in diaspora capital is flowing back into India.

This isn’t contradiction. It’s economics.

https://t.co/WL3Rpa7rZk

#AI #Startups #VentureCapital #DeepTech #SiliconValley #GlobalTech