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Indian startup ecosystem tracker reveals FY26 saw 22 new IPOs versus 13 in FY25, with 65 of 102 tracked companies reporting profits totaling ₹14,511.8 Cr despite ₹30,950.8 Cr losses from unprofitable firms.
Feature examining variable frequency drives (VFDs) as an underutilized technology that could unlock gigawatts of grid power by improving electric motor efficiency across US industrial and commercial sectors.
Over 70 Indian new-age tech startups have achieved public listings, with 13 more crossing the milestone in 2026. Companies like Razorpay, PhonePe and others are in various stages of their IPO journey.
FirstCry, India's listed kidswear retailer, achieved strong revenue growth and narrowed losses in Q1 FY27, but faces structural challenges from its diverse business arms and heavy corporate overhead.
Rising AI infrastructure and token costs are squeezing SaaS company margins, forcing firms like Zoho to cut budgets and hiring despite AI's productivity gains.
LeadSquared's new CFO Chandra Sahal is transforming the SaaS company's finance function from back-office compliance to a strategic business decision engine.
Bengaluru-based defence tech firm Tonbo Imaging's ₹852 Cr IPO is oversubscribed with a 71% grey market premium, raising questions about valuation amid growing global demand for advanced imaging and sensing systems.
IEEE Spectrum investigates China's dominance of rare-earth processing via monazite ore and the environmental costs, examining lessons for Western supply chain independence.
Global efforts to break China's 90% dominance of rare-earth markets are emerging as a major 21st-century geopolitical struggle, with rare earths essential to semiconductors, EVs, and military systems.
A management researcher examines 'latent risk'—the danger that employees overseeing AI systems may lose the skills to intervene when automation fails, even though organizations still depend on that capability.
Feature on Fix My Curls founder Anshita Mehrotra, who left her family's successful skincare business to build a curl care product line addressing an unmet market gap for hydrating, lightweight curl products.
Researchers warn that AI image generators from OpenAI and Google are becoming easier to trick into producing non-consensual explicit content, while regulators take minimal action to address the problem.
Analysis of the emerging personal AI agent era, tracing parallels from Tamagotchi to Meta's Muse and similar autonomous agents from OpenAI and xAI that can independently perform tasks with user data access.
A California court dismissed EFF's challenge to San Jose's automated license plate reader surveillance system, a decision EFF says wrongly underestimates privacy harms and will appeal.
Inc42 explores India's quick commerce transformation, where platforms like Blinkit and Swiggy Instamart reshape retail through 10-minute delivery, with the market projected to reach $40 billion by 2030.
Brands are developing new strategies for answer engine optimization (AEO) and generative engine optimization (GEO) as consumers increasingly ask AI assistants for product recommendations instead of using traditional search.
Amazon operates over 1 million robots in warehouses alongside 1.5 million human employees, with the company planning to expand its robotic fleet further while researchers debate the impact of collaborative robots on worker safety and autonomy.
