TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 opens at Moscone West in San Francisco, bringing 10,000-plus founders and investors, 300 exhibiting startups and a Startup Battlefield 200 competing for $100,000 and the Disrupt Cup, with AI dominating the agenda.
Google has unveiled the Fitbit Edge, a $179.99 fitness tracker with an OLED display, built-in GPS, seven-day battery and a replaceable battery, positioned between the screenless Fitbit Air and the Pixel Watch as the wearables race intensifies.
The US AI cloud provider will be the sole tenant of three 80 MW buildings at AdaniConneX's Taloja campus, with an option to double capacity to 480 MW and Nvidia Vera Rubin systems due from mid-2028.
The D2C lifestyle accessories brand is now valued at ₹1,050 crore after a round co-led by Xponentia, Anicut and Axiom Asia, and plans 150 exclusive stores over five years.
The 0.40% merchant discount rate on larger UPI payments, due on October 15, could be pushed to January 1 next year, with an exemption for merchants with turnover up to ₹40 lakh under consideration.
NABARD's venture arm has secured ₹450 crore towards a ₹1,500 crore fund for agritech, rural fintech and climate-smart start-ups, at a time when agritech funding has fallen to multi-year lows.
The Mumbai-based company behind the Miko companion robot has launched a family of perception, action and safety models for robots, and is finalising a ₹300 crore round that would take total funding to $100 million.
After 14 years as an Indian Air Force engineer keeping helicopters flying from Siachen to Bastar, Wing Commander (Retd) Shikha Chaudhary is building a café brand in Mumbai — and planning a chain.
The Vietnamese EV maker has signed letters of intent with more than 50 dealers across 15 states and union territories as it moves into India's fiercely contested electric two-wheeler market.
Naukri's parent grew standalone billings 12.8% year on year to ₹822.3 crore, led by a 21.2% jump at 99acres, while education portal Shiksha fell 27.2% as AI-driven search cut traffic.