Honeywell Technologies is expanding its India education and skilling programmes through new partnerships with IIT Bombay, BharatCares, the Ladli Foundation and an IISc-Bengaluru affiliate, building on a decade of work that has already reached 1.3 million beneficiaries.
Target has created a dedicated chief AI officer role for the first time in its history, naming Indian-origin retail technology veteran Chandhu Nair to unify artificial intelligence strategy across the Minneapolis-based retailer as competitors race to embed the technology into shopping.
Honeywell Technologies is expanding its education and skilling programmes through new partnerships with IIT Bombay, BharatCares, the Ladli Foundation and an IISc-Bengaluru affiliate, building on a decade that has reached 13 lakh beneficiaries.
IIT Madras Research Park-based Quarkitech has raised Rs 2 crore in pre-seed funding and a Rs 1.5 crore National Quantum Mission grant to build compression technology that shrinks sensor data 10 to 100 times at the source.
Uber is entering 100 new Indian cities anchored by its Bike taxi service, one of its largest domestic expansions yet, deepening competition with market leader Rapido in India's fast-growing two-wheeler mobility segment.
Accel has closed a $550 million ninth early-stage India fund, oversubscribed and closed within weeks, as the venture firm bets on AI, advanced manufacturing and deeptech even with over half its previous fund still undeployed.
Noida-based spiritual-tech platform Astrotalk has become India's 133rd unicorn after an ESOP buyback valued the company at $1 billion, funded entirely from operating profits rather than a fresh funding round.
Bengaluru-headquartered TableSpace Technologies has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus with SEBI for an IPO comprising a Rs 800 crore fresh issue and an offer for sale of up to 6.55 crore shares, as the managed workspace operator behind global capability centre clients moves toward a public listing.
Indore-based RoadGrid India has received Rs 13 crore from the government's Technology Development Board to build a manufacturing facility for its patented 140 kW Universal EV Charger, a project expected to produce 2,000 chargers annually and create over 100 direct jobs.
Chennai-based Solinas Integrity has raised $5.5 million in Series A1 funding led by Hero Enterprise Partner Ventures and Mela Ventures, scaling a robotics platform that inspects and cleans underground pipelines as Indian cities lose roughly 38% of treated water to unseen leaks.