Healthcare AI is steadily moving beyond research labs and pilot programmes into real-world public systems. From diagnostics to workflow automation, artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming part of how healthcare systems operate and scale
The most astonishing number in software this year is not the latest mega-round from OpenAI or Anthropic. It is this: a platform that lets anyone build a production-ready application on a smartphone, without writing a single line of code, crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue in under eight months. The platform is called Emergent. Its founders are twin brothers Mukund and Madhav Jha. And the speed of their ascent has left seasoned venture capitalists struggling to recalibrate their models. The raw statistics are almost too clean to believe. Six million builders. Seven million applications created. Revenue doubling in a single 30-day period. A platform that slashes the cost of custom software from an industry average of $500,000 to as little as $5,000. Emergent has not merely entered a market. It has conjured a market into existence—a global population of creators who never previously thought of themselves as software developers because no one had ever handed them a tool that made it possible.
As artificial intelligence becomes part of everyday life, digital inclusion may increasingly depend on more than internet access. The next challenge could be ensuring technology understands the languages, cultures, and communities it aims to serve
The email landed in a corporate inbox at 9:42 a.m. on a Tuesday. It appeared to come from the CFO. It referenced a real vendor, a real invoice number, and a real project that had been discussed in a company-wide memo the previous week. The language was flawless. The tone was perfect. The attachment, disguised as a PDF, contained a zero-day exploit that had never been seen in the wild. The entire attack—from reconnaissance to payload delivery—was generated by an AI agent in under four minutes.
Mekr Technologies’ ₹67 crore funding round reflects growing investor confidence in India’s manufacturing transformation. As venture capital expands beyond software, industrial and design-led manufacturing startups are increasingly emerging as the next frontier of innovation
Somewhere in the American Midwest, a roofing contractor closes his laptop at 5:03 p.m. and walks out into the evening sun. For twenty-three years, he had never left the office before 8 p.m. on a Monday. The culprit was always the same: invoices, job costing, crew dispatch logs, supplier reconciliations—a mountain of administrative friction that ate his life in one-hour bites. Last month, his company adopted a new AI operating system. This Monday, the machine did the work in forty-seven seconds.
Gulf sovereign wealth funds are emerging as powerful forces in global venture capital, reshaping how startup ecosystems are funded and built. Their growing influence signals a broader shift toward long-term, strategic investment beyond traditional venture models.
DeepSeek’s reported fundraising talks signal more than a major capital raise — they reflect intensifying competition across global AI markets. As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capital-intensive, access to infrastructure and long-term funding may define the next generation of industry leaders.
Climate-tech continues to stand out in a cautious venture market, attracting investor interest even as funding becomes more selective. The shift signals a growing preference for scalable solutions, stronger execution, and technologies with clear commercial potential.
The first thing you must understand about the new arsenal of democracy is that it smells like sea salt and espresso. It is housed in a converted aerospace warehouse a five-minute bike ride from the Pacific Ocean. Engineers in flip-flops and Patagonia vests huddle over laptops in a courtyard where autonomous drones hang from the ceiling like sculptures. A taco truck is permanently stationed near the entrance. On any given morning, the sharp tang of saltwater drifts through open bay doors and mingles with the quiet hum of code compiling. This is not your grandfather’s defense contractor. This is Anduril Industries. And in the spring of 2026, it just became the most valuable private defense technology company in American history, closing a $5 billion funding round that valued the firm at $61 billion. The round, led by Thrive Capital with heavy participation from Andreessen Horowitz, was not merely a capital raise. It was a declaration that the business of national security has been permanently, perhaps irrevocably, rewritten