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HCLTech Leads $234 Million Series B in Sarvam AI at $1.5 Billion Valuation

The creation of India's first heavily capitalised sovereign AI unicorn matters because it fundamentally alters how domestic enterprises will procure artificial intelligence infrastructure. Building foundational LLMs is o…

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Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal Targets Five $100 Billion Companies Following Demerger

The demerger solves one of the most persistent problems in public markets: the holding company discount. For years, Vedanta’s high-performing, high-margin businesses—such as its low-cost aluminium operations—were financi…

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Razorpay Confidentially Files for $600 Million IPO Following Reverse Flip

Razorpay’s decision to use SEBI’s confidential filing route—a mechanism previously utilised by Swiggy, Zepto, and Meesho—is highly deliberate. It allows the company’s bankers to quietly test institutional appetite, condu…

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Flipkart Warehouse Workers Protest Salary Cuts at Farukhnagar Facility

The unrest at the Farukhnagar fulfilment centre matters because it exposes the direct human consequence of the e-commerce sector's aggressive pivot toward profitability. For years, platforms like Flipkart funded operatio…

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Foodstories Secures ₹50 Crore Led by Nikhil Kamath to Expand Premium Food Retail

The ₹50 crore investment matters because it signals a highly targeted bet on the premiumization of the Indian consumer market. For over a decade, Indian food and grocery retail has been dominated by a race to the bottom …

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Zumutor Biologics Raises $7.3 Million Pre-Series B to Advance US FDA Cancer Trials

Advancing a novel biologic through US FDA clinical trials is one of the most capital-intensive processes in the life sciences sector. For an early-stage biotech firm, raising a $7.3 million Pre-Series B round serves a hi…

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