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Why Cyient Is Spending $218M on an AI-Native Engineering Company

Monday, June 1, 2026: Cyient's, $218 million acquisition of TAO Digital is more than a traditional technology services deal. It is a signal of how rapidly the engineering services industry is evolving in the AI era.The Hyderabad-headquartered engineering and...

At 19, She is Rethinking How AI Supports People with ADHD

May 30, 2026: Most startup founders spend years identifying a problem worth solving. For 19-year-old Adya Anubhuti, the problem was something she lived with every day: ADHDAs a freshman at the University of California, Davis, Adya was juggling...

Tamil Nadu’s AI Move Signals a New Growth Competition

Tuesday, May 26, 2026: Artificial intelligence is becoming a state-level growth strategy in India.Tamil Nadu has reportedly become India’s second state to introduce a dedicated AI ministry, marking a broader shift in how governments are positioning AI beyond innovation...

Your Home Is Now a Data Centre, And You May Have Agreed to It

THESTARTUPSTARS LENS  ·  DATA PRIVACY & AI  ·  MAY 25, 2026Pronto isn not just cleaning your kitchen. It may be teaching robots how to do it. The real scandal here isn't that Pronto has cameras in homes. The real...

SWOT Sportech Brings Data-Driven Training to Grassroots Budgets

Friday, May 22, 2026: SWOT Sportech, founded by sports analyst and management professional Rushi Pranav Mattapalli, is on a mission to democratize data-driven training. The goal? To bring the same cutting-edge analytics used by top-tier professionals to aspiring athletes,...

Edit Videos by Talking: Google Launches Gemini Omni

Thursday, May 21, 2026: Google is pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence yet again. After last year’s breakthrough with Gemini’s image generation and editing, the company has now introduced Gemini Omni, a multimodal model designed to merge reasoning with...

NPCI Clears VIYONA Fintech for Full-Stack Payments Play

Hyderabad, India, May 18, 2026: Hyderabad based fintech company VIYONA Fintech has secured NPCI certification for its technology and certification framework across multiple critical payment infrastructure layers, including UPI Acquirer, UPI Issuer, IMPS, and Interoperable Banking Mobile Banking (IBMB)...

IIT Madras Incubates 112 Startups, Files 431 Patents in FY26

Chennai, Tuesday, May 5, 2026: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has strengthened its position as one of India’s leading deep-tech innovation hubs, incubating 112 startups and filing 431 patents in the financial year 2025–26, marking a major leap in...

AI Drives 40K Global Tech Layoffs

May 3, 2026: The Indian startup ecosystem in April 2026 presented a landscape of sharp contrasts: a cooling venture capital environment tempered by a warming IPO market, and a significant regulatory "clean-up" of the fintech sector coinciding with a...

OpenAI’s New GPT-5.5 to Scale Research Efficiency

Friday, April 24, 2026: OpenAI has announced the release of its newest AI model, GPT-5.5. This upgrade takes a big step forward in making AI more like an independent assistant that can plan and carry out complex tasks without...

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