Weather-data startup WindBorne Systems has secured a US Air Force contract worth up to $49 million to supply data from its fleet of about 700 autonomous balloons, the largest deal in its history and a boost for AI-driven forecasting.
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.
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.
The electric two-wheeler maker aims to take its network beyond 550 dealers by FY27, with Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the centre of its next growth phase.
Lightspeed and Khosla Ventures led the round in the UC Berkeley-born model evaluation platform, whose annualised revenue climbed from $30 million in January to $100 million by June.
Months after selling calorie-tracking app Cal AI to MyFitnessPal, Zach Yadegari has raised $10 million led by Vine Ventures for Persona, an AI agent that orders food, books travel and handles email, paired with a $179 band.
Indian startups raised $2.2 billion in July–September, but money moved towards Series A and B rounds while large late-stage cheques thinned out, Inc42 data shows, with AI and cleantech leading the sectors.
Quick food delivery startup Swish has begun piloting Swish Go, which lets Bengaluru users order from third-party restaurants and cloud kitchens with no packaging or platform fees, a break from its own-kitchen model.
A group of former senior Flipkart executives, including ex-CEO Mukesh Bansal, ex-CFO Sanjay Baweja and former business head Ankit Nagori, has written to Walmart's board seeking an exit for vested stock options as the IPO stays on hold.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has pledged state support for at least 50 AI startups in Lucknow over five years, as HCLTech began a ₹500 crore second phase at its IT City campus expected to create about 6,000 jobs.