DRDO India successfully completed User Evaluation Trials of the Next Generation Akash (Akash-NG) missile system, paving the way for its induction into the Indian Armed Forces. The system demonstrated high precision against diverse aerial threats, including high-speed, low-altitude and long-range high-altitude targets.
Equipped with an indigenous RF seeker, dual-pulse solid rocket motor, and fully homegrown radars and C2 systems, Akash-NG marks a major boost to India’s air defence capability.
@DRDO_India
🇮🇳ISRO’s LVM3‑M6 just lofted the 6.1‑tonne BlueBird Block‑2 comsat to LEO – the heaviest payload ever carried by India’s Bahubali rocket! 🛰️
Built by @AST_SpaceMobile this bird will beam 4G/5G broadband directly to smartphones, shrinking the global connectivity gap.
@isro#ISRO #LVM3 #BlueBird
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SpaceX is preparing to go public next year and has opened a secondary share sale that would value the company at $800 billion, according to a letter to shareholders sent by the company’s CFO Bret Johnsen and reviewed by Reuters.
Top 10 private space companies in the world.
1. SpaceX
Valuation: Approximately $800 billion (as of late 2025, based on insider share sales, with a possible $1 trillion valuation projected for an IPO).
Key Focus: Reusable launch vehicles (Falcon 9, Starship), satellite internet (Starlink), and human spaceflight.
2. Blue Origin
Valuation: As a privately held company owned by Jeff Bezos, its exact valuation is not publicly confirmed, but it is considered the second most valuable "NewSpace" company.
Key Focus: Suborbital tourism (New Shepard), heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle (New Glenn), and lunar lander development (Blue Moon).
3. Relativity Space
Valuation: Approximately $5.86 billion (as of 2024 funding rounds).
Key Focus: 3D-printed rockets (Terran 1, Terran R).
4. Sierra Space
Valuation: $5.3 billion (as of a late 2023 funding round).
Key Focus: Space station infrastructure (LIFE habitat), spaceplanes (Dream Chaser), and space components.
5. Axiom Space
Valuation: Approximately $2 billion (as of a March 2025 funding round).
Key Focus: Commercial space station development (Axiom Station) and private astronaut missions to the ISS.
6. K2 Space
Valuation: $3 billion (as of late 2025 Series C funding).
Key Focus: "Mega Class" satellites and spacecraft manufacturing.
7. Rocket Lab
Valuation: Rocket Lab is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: RKLB), but consistently ranks among the most valuable private-sector space firms. Its market capitalization is approximately $2.97 billion (as of late 2025).
Key Focus: Small satellite launch services (Electron rocket) and satellite manufacturing (Photon).
8. Virgin Galactic
Valuation: Virgin Galactic is also a publicly traded company (NYSE: SPCE), with a market capitalization often fluctuating around $1 - $2 billion.
Key Focus: Suborbital space tourism.
9. Maxar Technologies
Valuation: (Note: Maxar was acquired by Advent International, a private equity firm, in 2023 for $6.4 billion, making it a large private entity).
Key Focus: Earth intelligence, satellite imagery, and space infrastructure.
10. Firefly Aerospace
Valuation: Estimated at approximately $318.66 million (based on available data).
Key Focus: Small to medium-lift launch vehicles (Alpha rocket) and lunar landers (Blue Ghost).
How Pype AI is Bringing AI Voice Agents to Healthcare
India’s health-tech scene just got a major boost.
Pype AI, a Bengaluru-based agentic-AI startup, has raised $1.2M pre-seed led by Kalaari Capital.
So what are they building? Let’s dig in.
Pype AI is creating AI-powered voice agents for hospitals and clinics — think of it as an intelligent AI front desk that answers patient queries, schedules appointments, and reduces waiting time.
Most hospitals struggle with:
• Long call queues
• Slow manual appointment booking
• Staff overload
• Poor patient experience
Pype AI wants to fix exactly this using autonomous AI agents that sound natural and respond instantly.
Why healthcare?
Because hospitals get thousands of calls daily, and even big chains fail to manage volume.
A 24×7 voice agent can boost patient satisfaction while reducing operational cost — a perfect use case for AI.
The founders, Dhruv Mehra & Ashish Tripathy, started Pype AI in 2024 with a belief that voice is the most natural interface — especially in India, where not everyone is comfortable with apps.
Where the new funding will go?
• Scaling voice-agent accuracy
• Expanding to more hospitals
• Deepening integrations with EMRs
• Building multilingual support (a huge unlock for India 🇮🇳)
Why this matters:
Agentic AI isn’t the future — it’s already here.
Pype AI is tapping a massive opportunity in a sector that desperately needs automation.
Startups like Pype AI show that India isn’t just consuming AI — it's building AI-first products for real-world problems.
Congrats to the team
Excited to see how AI reshapes healthcare interactions in the next few years.
Exciting news from the Indian space startup ecosystem today! @AgnikulCosmos , an Indian rocket startup, has raised $17 million in funding at a valuation of $500 million.
This fresh capital will help Agnikul focus on advancing their orbital launch vehicle and booster recovery technologies, key enablers for cost-effective space access.
Wispr Flow just announced a $25M Series A2 led by @hanstung at @notablecap, bringing total funding to $81M for their voice operating system!
The company 10x'd its ARR in the last 5 months and is experiencing 40% MoM revenue growth.
70% one-year user retention (rare for consumer tech).
Used by teams at 270 of the Fortune 500.
Wispr's voice tech is benchmarked as 3-4x more accurate than OpenAI, ElevenLabs, and Siri.
They're not just transcribing—they've "cracked voice input" with true human-like understanding. Now, they're building the next-gen assistant that acts for you.
@StevenBartlett also joins as an investor and partner.
@WisprFlow@tankots
🧵 Japan's Historic Military Investment: The Shift from Post-War Pacifism
Japan is undergoing the most significant defense policy shift since WWII, driven by a complex and worsening regional security environment. This thread breaks down the massive investment and what it means for the Indo-Pacific.
Google just launched @antigravity , a next-gen agentic development platform.
It’s not just an IDE — it lets developers:
• Orchestrate task-level agents
• Run parallel workflows across workspaces
• Build almost anything with Gemini 3 Pro
The future of dev tooling has officially arrived.
Jack Dorsey says Elon Musk's $1T pay package is about a 'principled engineering approach' for the future, not just compensation. That's a fascinating reframe. Does tying a CEO's wealth to massive long-term tech goals (like 1M Robotaxis) actually breed better innovation? Discuss. #Tesla #ElonMusk #BigTech