Fintech & AI Finance

Kunal Shah exits CRED as Meta invests $900M at $4.5B valuation

Mitigata raises $15M to merge cyber insurance with AI security

Prosper AI raises $30M to unify healthcare scheduling and billing

CRED raises $900M from Meta, Kunal Shah to lead WhatsApp

Yatra denies ixigo stake acquisition talks amid market buzz

Jio IPO: $4.5 Bn raise values company at $145 Bn

NatWest CEO: AI will 'deliver' roles that currently exist

Dream raises $260M to build sovereign AI for governments

Raspberry Pi NFT minter earns creator $9.92 so far

SolarSquare raises $53M as rooftop solar hits 100K homes every 10 days

India's intimate care startups are building what FMCG won't

Amazon predicts commercial quantum computers by 2031

BRND.ME converts to public entity, plans IPO in 12-18 months

CrowdStrike targets AI agent security with Continuous Identity

Adyen Agentic lets merchants sell across AI platforms

5 orchestration capabilities that push approval rates past 97%

ContraVault AI raises $3.1 Mn to bring tender bidding platform to US

Only 10% of Agentic AI Projects Deliver Real ROI

At the Inc42 AI Summit 2026, tech leaders from Razorpay, Skyflow, and Avalara shared why most agentic AI deployments fail to produce measurable returns. The core problem: companies lock AI out of the data it needs, then wonder why it can't perform.

GitHub Copilot's New Usage-Based Pricing: Costs Spike 300%

GitHub's shift from flat-fee subscriptions to token-based AI Credits has startups scrambling. One CTO reports costs jumping over 300% in the first two weeks. Indian startups are hunting for alternatives as AI tool expenses start resembling cloud infrastructure bills.

Inc42 AI Summit 2026: India's $126 Bn AI Dream Hits Reality

At the Inc42 AI Summit 2026 in Bengaluru, India's top startup executives confronted an uncomfortable truth: the country's path to a $126 billion AI market by 2030 is blocked by capital, talent, and infrastructure gaps. From Rapido's AI-generated code to PhonePe's distribution thesis, leaders outlined what it will actually take to compete.

Voice AI Drives 35% Sales Lift at Cars24, Scales Across India

At Inc42's AI Summit 2026, ElevenLabs India head Karthik Rajaram detailed how voice AI agents are delivering measurable business outcomes for ecommerce and healthcare startups. Cars24 reported a 35% improvement in sales conversion after deploying 400 voice agents, while healthcare platforms are finding patients more comfortable sharing sensitive information with AI than human doctors.

Pixxel and Sarvam Plan India's First Orbital Data Centre by 2026

Spacetech startup Pixxel will launch a 200-kg satellite called Pathfinder in Q4 2026, equipped with data centre-class GPUs and AI models from Sarvam. The satellite will process hyperspectral imagery directly in orbit, eliminating delays from traditional ground-based analysis.

MakeMyTrip Plans India IPO by Q1 2027, Hires Banks

Nasdaq-listed MakeMyTrip is preparing for a secondary listing on Indian stock exchanges by early 2027. The travel tech company has appointed Axis Capital, Morgan Stanley, and JP Morgan as advisers, though issue size and valuation remain undecided.

Indian Startup IPOs in 2026: 49 Companies Eye Public Markets

After 18 startups raised a record ₹41,248 Cr in 2025, the IPO pipeline for 2026 looks even bigger. Twenty-four startups have filed DRHPs with SEBI, and 25 more are preparing. But investors now want profitability, not just growth.