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Meet LiteFold, a biotech startup using proprietary AI to speed up drug discovery
Bengaluru and Delaware-based LiteFold is a biotech AI-native platform designed to accelerate computational biology workflows.
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Meet LiteFold, a biotech startup using proprietary AI to speed up drug discovery
Bengaluru and Delaware-based LiteFold is a biotech AI-native platform designed to accelerate computational biology workflows.
Tunir Biswas
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Upwind and Bessemer Venture Partners bring together Bengaluru's security leaders for an exclusive CISO Sunset Circle
The invite-only evening brought together CISOs, security practitioners, and platform leaders for a peer-driven conversation around cloud and security
Gayatri Guha
Rewiring Enterprise Spend: How OmniCard Is Building India’s Smart Financial Operating System
Sitting between payments rails and business workflows, OmniCard is turning fragmented transactions into a unified, real-time financial ecosystem for enterprises
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Why Agentic AI could be the next big shift for startups, education, and healthcare
The shift from AI experimentation to real-world deployment is already underway, and across startups, edtech, and healthcare, the organisations pulling ahead are discovering that the right architecture matters as much as the AI itself.
Surya Kannoth
How Easyrewardz Is Helping Brands Prepare for the DPDPA Era with Consent-First Customer Experiences
As India's DPDPA reshapes data privacy, Easyrewardz CEO Soumya Chatterjee talks to YourStory about building consent-first, DPDPA-ready customer engagement through unified CDP, first-party data strategies, and the convergence of trust, personalization, and compliance.
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Upwind and Bessemer Venture Partners bring together Bengaluru's security leaders for an exclusive CISO Sunset Circle
The invite-only evening brought together CISOs, security practitioners, and platform leaders for a peer-driven conversation around cloud and security
Gayatri Guha
Rewiring Enterprise Spend: How OmniCard Is Building India’s Smart Financial Operating System
Sitting between payments rails and business workflows, OmniCard is turning fragmented transactions into a unified, real-time financial ecosystem for enterprises
Kaveri Chandrashekar
Why Agentic AI could be the next big shift for startups, education, and healthcare
The shift from AI experimentation to real-world deployment is already underway, and across startups, edtech, and healthcare, the organisations pulling ahead are discovering that the right architecture matters as much as the AI itself.
Surya Kannoth
How Easyrewardz Is Helping Brands Prepare for the DPDPA Era with Consent-First Customer Experiences
As India's DPDPA reshapes data privacy, Easyrewardz CEO Soumya Chatterjee talks to YourStory about building consent-first, DPDPA-ready customer engagement through unified CDP, first-party data strategies, and the convergence of trust, personalization, and compliance.
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D2C vs marketplace: What Indian founders should choose
Marketplace or D2C? Indian founders are done picking sides. Here's what's actually working in 2026!
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D2C vs marketplace: What Indian founders should choose
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From almost nothing to a global pharma empire: The untold Lupin story
In a system that was oppressive to business, Desh Bandhu Gupta (DBG) built a company and enabled an industry that now supplies medicines to the world. His biographer, Manish Sabharwal, shares the story of DBG and Indian pharma.
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From almost nothing to a global pharma empire: The untold Lupin story
In a system that was oppressive to business, Desh Bandhu Gupta (DBG) built a company and enabled an industry that now supplies medicines to the world. His biographer, Manish Sabharwal, shares the story of DBG and Indian pharma.
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AI at Scale: Powering 650M+ Users | Tech Transformers with Rahul Chari, PhonePe
In Tech Transformers, PhonePe CTO Rahul Chari explains how AI is reshaping fintech—enabling real-time decisions, automating support, breaking language barriers, and using data for personalized, secure, and inclusive financial experiences at massive scale.
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Technology
Why Agentic AI could be the next big shift for startups, education, and healthcare
IIT Madras sets up first US centre in Silicon Valley
Cabinet boosts semicon push with two Gujarat units, investment over Rs 3,900 Cr
Krutrim announces strategic pivot to AI cloud services
Business Ideas
The most boring businesses in India that quietly make crores
Biggest Companies That Were Born From Mistakes and Accidents
5 Profitable small business ideas for new founders
This Indian Tree Can Make You Richer Than Sugarcane or Wheat
Books
Why reading a 500-page book is easier than you think
The 48 Laws of Power: 10 lessons from Robert Greene
Books that mentor you: 7 reads that shape your life
Struggling to let go? 5 books that help you move forward
Campaign
BharatPe’s ‘Hai Yakeen’ campaign celebrates the indomitable spirit of Indian merchants
SMB Week: How OTT has changed the face of India’s media and entertainment industry
SMB Week: Here’s how SMBs in the manufacturing sector can find opportunity in change
SMB Week: How COVID-19 catalysed efforts to build a stronger healthcare ecosystem and the role of SMBs
Story
Constitution Amendment Bill to tweak women quota law defeated in Lok Sabha
The stroke survivor who summited Mt Kilimanjaro, women owning the roads, and all-night hackathons: Top stories of the week
Countdown to SheSparks, girls’ hostels, and a woman who wears many hats: Top stories of the week
An entrepreneur, author, athlete, stand-up comic, and more: the many acts of Anu Vaidyanathan
Sports
5 Indian sportswomen who dominated headlines this month
Meet Renee Noronha, India’s youngest female Ironman, who is chasing a six-continent dream
WPL team UP Warriorz is just the beginning of Jinisha Sharma’s bigger play in women’s sport
How Pooja Krishnamoorthy made history as the first Indian woman to complete the Brazil 135 Ultra
Resources
These businesses are turning traditional Indian sweets into health-conscious versions
How brands are blending tech with tradition this Ganesh Chaturthi 2025
What to consider before taking a business loan?
Must-read business newsletters: An entrepreneur's secret weapon
Marketing & Sales
Airtel vs Jio: How India’s telecom market became a duopoly
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Building a brand: 10 tips for creating outstanding video ads
Funding
Sindhuja Microcredit raises $5M in pre-Series D round
[Weekly funding roundup May 2-8] VC inflow declines due to lower deal volume
Chiratae Ventures commits $10M for 5 deeptech startups
Pronto extends series B to $45M at $200M valuation
Social & Green News
Strong network of MSMEs being developed; only India can buttress global supply chain: President
PM launches Rs 24,000 Cr scheme for vulnerable tribal groups' welfare
Aiming to reduce plastic, The Body Shop to launch refill stations in India by year end
Five new animal species discovered in Tibet