India Tech Report

Kunal Khattar, founding partner at AdvantEdge Founders, a well known early stage VC firm in Delhi, backing entrepreneurs in the EV sector My guest today is Kunal Khattar, founding managing partner at AdvantEdge Founders , an early-stage VC firm in New Delhi that’s well known for backing founders in the EV and mobility sectors in India. Kunal is well known for backing both consumer facing shared mo...

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech news from India and around the world Illustrative image. India needs high-altitude drones to support its troops across the Himalayas, or for rescue operations and several other civilian applications as well. JuliaHub unveils Dyad to accelerate hardware development with AI-powered modeling JuliaHub has launched Dyad, a new system that integrates Scientific...

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of the IAF representing India on the Ax-4 mission to the International Space Station. Image courtesy Axiom Space website. Ax-4 mission marks historic return to space for India, Poland, and Hungary Axiom Mission 4 launched on June 25th, sending astronauts from India, Poland, and Hungary to the International Space Station for the first time in more than 40 years, acco...

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech news in India and around the world EKA Mobility has raised fresh funding to expand its capacity. Image courtesy company website. Muon Space launches Hydrosat’s VanZyl-2 mission with advanced climate data capabilities  Muon Space has successfully launched Hydrosat’s VanZyl-2 mission, marking the fourth deployment of its HALO spacecraft platform. This missio...

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech news from India and around the world Illustrative image. Scientists are increasingly alarmed that the world will fail to curtail the rise of the global average temperature to 1.5 degrees from anthropogenic global warming. Most countries fall behind on climate targets as progress slows in 2025 An analysis by E&E News and PoliticoPro reveals that most co...

Saurabh Chandra, Co-Founder and CEO, Ati Motors, an Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) startup in Bengaluru. My guest today is Saurabh Chandra, co-founder and CEO of Ati Motors, an autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) venture in Bengaluru. In this conversation, Saurabh talks about how the robots are coming – changing the industrial manufacturing landscape forever. He talks about Ati’s own family of robots...

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech from India and around the world. Texas Instruments commits $60 billion to semiconductor expansion The investment will build seven fabs across Texas and Utah, boosting U.S. production of 300mm chips for companies like Apple and Nvidia. Supported by $1.6B in CHIPS Act funding, the project will create 60,000 jobs and manufacture hundreds of millions of chips...

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech from India and around the world. NASA seeks commercial feedback for future space communication networks NASA is inviting US and international companies to provide input on Earth proximity relay communication and navigation services as the agency transitions from its own satellite system to commercial solutions. This move aims to enhance data relay for futu...

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech news from India and around the world. Impulse Space raises $300 million to expand space tug fleet for satellite mobility Impulse Space, founded by former SpaceX engineer Tom Mueller, has raised $300 million in a funding round led by Linse Capital, bringing total funding to $525 million, Reuters reports . The startup develops “space tugs” to move satellites...

Bhaktha Ram Keshavachar, Co-Founder and CEO of Chara Technologies My guest today is Bhaktha Ram Keshavachar , founder and CEO of Chara Technologies, in Bengaluru. Chara is at the forefront of a technological shift that could reshape for the better India’s electric mobility landscape, and potentially make an impact overseas as well. The mission is both urgent and ambitious: to build high-performanc...

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech from India and around the world. Global clean tech investments to hit 2X versus fossil fuels in 2025 Investment in clean technologies – renewables, nuclear, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency and electrification – is on course to hit a record $2.2 trillion this year, attracting twice as much capital as fossil fuels, according to the 2025 editi...

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech from India and around the world. Mistral AI launches enterprise coding assistant to rival GitHub Copilot Mistral AI has introduced Mistral Code , a new enterprise-focused coding assistant designed to compete directly with GitHub Copilot. The tool offers on-premises deployment, robust data privacy, and deep customization for company codebases. Built on the...

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech from India and around the world. TruAlt Bioenergy gains OMC status, to launch 100 flex-fuel retail outlets across India TruAlt Bioenergy, an ethanol producer, has secured ‘Oil Marketing Company’ (OMC) status, enabling it to retail fuels nationwide. The company will soon launch some 100 flex-fuel outlets in Karnataka and Maharashtra, offering ethanol, Bio-C...

Karthee Madasamy, Founding Managing Partner at MFV Partners. My guest today is Karthee Madasamy , founding managing partner at MFV Partners, a US-based early-stage deep-tech focused VC firm. In this episode, Karthee gives us a quick overview of MFV’s $25 million Harper Court Ventures Fund 1 – a specialized vehicle bridging academic research and commercial viability for the deep tech startups comin...

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech from India and around the world. US scientists alarmed as Trump’s proposed budget slashes NASA science funding by half US scientists have condemned President Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget proposal, which seeks to cut NASA’s science funding by 47 percent and reduce its workforce by a third. The plan would cancel 41 missions, including the Mars Sample Return an...

Shipping industry faces hurdles as it navigates new net zero rules The shipping industry, responsible for about 3 percent of global emissions, faces a pivotal period as it seeks scalable zero-emission solutions and adapts to stricter climate policies, Reuters reported last week. The sector must cut the greenhouse gas intensity of its fuel by 30 percent by 2035 and 65 percent by 2040 under new glob...

Vishal Kataria, AVP and member of investment team, Ankur Capital My guest today is Vishal Katariya , a member of the investment team at Ankur Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm in Mumbai. Vishal is based in Bengaluru. It’s World Environment Day today, and Vishal’s here to talk about why and how India is uniquely positioned to lead in building climate solutions that work for the world. Vi...

India’s deep tech sector gains momentum through April 2025 India’s deep tech sector witnessed some serious momentum heading into May. Notably, deep tech startups attracted $324 million in funding in the first four months of 2025, more than double the previous year’s figure for the same period, Economic Times reported, citing data from Venture Intelligence. While the absolute number is modest, comp...

India poised to become global leader in AI and deep tech, say experts India is at a pivotal moment to lead the world in artificial intelligence and deep tech, leveraging its vast digital data resources, according to global experts at the India Global Innovation Connect 2025 in Bengaluru, Times of India reports. Speakers highlighted India’s strategic advantage in data, the need for deeper process r...

Neuroscience neural engineering isometric composition with computer engineers at work and brain model 3d vector illustration (Image by Macrovector on Freepik) Tata Electronics eyes Malaysia chip fab acquisition to boost semiconductor expertise Tata Electronics is in talks to acquire a semiconductor fabrication or OSAT plant in Malaysia, engaging with companies like X-Fab, DNeX, and Globetronics, E...

Photo of Republic Day-themed art installations India Republic Day publ India launches Bharat Gen, first government-funded multimodal AI language model for Indian languages Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh launched Bharat Gen, India’s first indigenously developed, government-funded, AI-based multimodal large language model (LLM) for Indian languages at the BharatGen Summit, according to a statemen...

Illustrative image. India’s GPU capacity for AI compute is rising through public and private efforts. India’s AI GPU capacity hits 34,000 units India’s national compute capacity has surpassed 34,000 GPUs, significantly boosting the IndiaAI Mission’s efforts to strengthen indigenous AI capabilities, the union government’s ministry of electronics IT said in a statement on Friday last. At the ‘IndiaA...