June 2026 - Page 6 of 7

12 June 2026
Rishith Bharadwaj
Business, StartUps, Technology

Zepto Hits The Brakes On Dark Store Expansion Ahead Of Mega IPO Amid Cash Concerns

Zepto added only 110 new dark stores in the latest financial year, a sharp drop from 692 previously. A recent banking report estimates the company has roughly ten months of...

12 June 2026
Rishith Bharadwaj
Business

Cricketer Rohit Sharma Deepens Ties With FITTR As New Equity Partner

Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma has officially joined the Pune based startup FITTR as an investor and equity partner. This move strengthens a relationship that began when Sharma served...

12 June 2026
Rishith Bharadwaj
StartUps, Technology

Equal AI Secures Massive Funding to Revolutionize Call Screening

Equal AI raised thirty million dollars in a Series B round led by Prosus Ventures. The application screens incoming calls using natural sounding artificial intelligence. The capital...

12 June 2026
Rishith Bharadwaj
StartUps

Pramatra Space is Building the Quantum Shield for Tomorrow’s Communications

Pramatra Space is tackling the imminent threat posed by quantum computing to traditional encryption. The company is focusing on space based quantum key distribution (QKD) for secure communications. This technology aims...

11 June 2026
Rishith Bharadwaj
Business

India Just Decided Which Companies Will Build AI for Its Government. It Took 80 Bidders to Find Six.

MeitY's National e-Governance Division empanelled six companies to provide AI and ML services across central ministries, state departments, and PSUs The six are TCS, NEC Corporation India, Kyndryl Solutions, CoRover...

11 June 2026
Rishith Bharadwaj
Enterprise Tech, Innovation

The System India Built to Make Payments Fast Is Now Being Asked to Slow Down

RBI released a discussion paper on April 9, 2026 proposing a one-hour delay on UPI and digital transfers above Rs 10,000 During the one-hour window, the sender's account is debited...

11 June 2026
Rishith Bharadwaj
Business, StartUps

The Company That Started With a Mission to Save the World Just Raised $122 Billion

OpenAI closed a $122 billion funding round on March 31, 2026, the largest private financing deal in Silicon Valley history Post-money valuation stands at $852 billion, up from $500 billion...

11 June 2026
Rishith Bharadwaj
Business, Enterprise Tech

Jamnagar Just Became India’s Most Important Address in the Global AI Race

Reliance Industries will build a 168 MW AI-enabled data centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat, which Meta will lease under a long-term agreement The facility is India's first built-to-suit data centre for...

11 June 2026
Rishith Bharadwaj
StartUps, Technology

DeepSeek Raises $7.4 Billion in China’s Biggest AI Funding Deal

DeepSeek is set to raise about $7.4 billion in its first funding round. • Tencent and CATL are among the reported investors. • Founder Liang Wenfeng reaffirmed support for open source...

11 June 2026
Rishith Bharadwaj
Enterprise Tech, Technology

Microsoft’s Majorana 2 Quantum Chip: A Giant Leap for Quantum Computing

Massive Breakthrough: Majorana 2 qubits are 1,000 times more reliable than previous versions. Enhanced Stability: The qubits now maintain their state for an average of 20 seconds. AI Design Partner: Microsoft...