Bengaluru-based fashion-tech startup UniqYou has raised Rs 15.8 crore in a seed round led by Arkam Ventures and Antler, with angel investors including Tracxn's Abhishek Goyal and former Myntra CEO Nandita Sinha, to build an AI-led fashion discovery platform for women.
Graph AI has raised $13.3 million in a Series A round led by Insight Partners, with existing investor Bessemer Venture Partners also participating, to expand its AI software for pharmaceutical patient-safety case processing across the US and Europe.
Asian stocks and US equity-index futures retreated after major AI companies called for a slowdown in the technology's development, with the Nasdaq 100 falling over 1% and oil prices advancing amid persistent geopolitical tensions.
A Chinese AI chipmaker backed by Tencent saw its shares triple on its Shanghai stock exchange debut, reflecting intense domestic investor appetite for homegrown semiconductor alternatives as China accelerates efforts to reduce reliance on Nvidia hardware.
Microsoft has outlined plans to reach 38 gigawatts of AI computing capacity, after bringing 88 data centre sites online in fiscal 2026 including 31 in a single quarter, as the company races to meet surging demand for AI training and inference.
OpenAI has ruled out pursuing an initial public offering this year, as leading AI figures including Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Dario Amodei jointly cautioned that the pace of AI development is outstripping the industry's ability to manage its risks.
Women's health technology continues to command significant consumer attention and demand, yet FemTech startups still capture only about 3% of global digital health investment, according to sector analysis released this month.
The European Union's Women TechEU programme plans to distribute €12 million in equity-free grants of €75,000 each to 160 women-led deep-tech startups between 2026 and 2028, alongside expert mentoring and business support.
Gurugram-based watertech startup DigitalPaani has raised $2.3 million from Navam Capital as investor interest in India's water technology sector continues to build alongside broader climate and resource-efficiency funding.
Mumbai-based cleantech startup Circolife has raised $4.5 million in a pre-Series A round backed by investor Bharat Jaisinghani, adding to a strong week of Indian sustainability-focused startup funding.