Four engineers at Asian Paints kept setting up warehouses for their employer and noticing the same gap: no Indian company was building the automation technology that global warehouses needed. In 2016, they quit and built one.
Tamil Nadu is winning the GCC race — but outdated FSI rules are throttling growth. With Chennai's FSI capped at 3.25 vs Hyderabad's 6, industry leaders warn the state will lose the tech boom to competitors. Inside the real estate crisis and what it means for India's knowledge economy.
Sensex rises 200 points as OYO's parent files ₹6,650 crore IPO. AI startup Kapture CX raises $10 million from Bajaj Finserv. Kratikal Tech's SME IPO opens today. Indian markets show resilience despite monsoon concerns. Full market analysis and investment outlook inside.
Discover how Roshni Nadar Malhotra became India's richest woman after her father Shiv Nadar transferred 47% of HCL promoter stakes to her. Learn about her journey as HCLTech Chairperson, philanthropist, and conservationist leading one of India's largest IT empires.
In 2019, IKEA invested in Livspace. In 2022, KKR led a $180M round that made it a unicorn. In 2025, it completed a reverse flip from Singapore to India and raised INR 427 crore to prepare for an IPO. In December 2025, it acquired Abby Lighting for $23 million. This is the interior design platform that turned a fragmented, trust-broken industry into an e-commerce-grade experience — and is now building toward the public market.
More money. Fewer deals. Faster unicorns. India's startup funding in 2026 isn't bigger — it's narrower, sharper, and moving at a completely different speed than it used to.
The tycoons on Bharat Ke Super Founders questioned him on margins, technology, and sustainability. He answered with calm precision and held his ground through every question. Suniel Shetty called him a chhota packet, bada dhamaka. Nitish Mittersain gave him ₹11 lakh. And the entire panel committed to mentor him. Athvik Amith Kumar started his company at 10.
When US export controls cut Indian startups off from frontier AI models without warning, India's most ambitious tech founders faced an existential crisis. Their response — building India's own AI future — may be the most important technology story of our era.
After two consecutive sessions of losses, India's benchmark indices bounced back with force on June 25, 2026 — driven by banking stocks, the Adani Group surge and stabilising global technology equities.
The US Trade Representative confirms active negotiations with India on a bilateral trade agreement, with artificial intelligence, semiconductors and future technology at the centre of discussions.