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Ankush Das

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ZEE5’s FIFA World Cup Gamble All Set For Litmus Test

Indian football fans were worried till just a few days ago that the 2026 FIFA World Cup might just be…

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When AI Is Your Shopping Wingman

The familiar ritual of seeking a friend’s opinion and scrolling through endless product listings before making an online purchase is…

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How The Hindware-Google Verdict Will Shape Advertising In The AI Age

In a landmark judgement, the Delhi High Court (HC) imposed a fine of ₹30 Lakh on search and AI giant…

04.06.2026 10

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India’s Sovereign AI Reality Check

India was quick to respond to Sam Altman when he underestimated the country’s ability to build something even remotely comparable…

27.05.2026 30

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FIFA’s India Streaming Stalemate

The FIFA World Cup 2026 begins on June 11. But barely days before the tournament kicks off, Indian fans still…

24.05.2026 30

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Can Cashfree’s SME And Cross-Border Bets Solve Its Profitability Puzzle?

The past two years have seen a rush for payments licences in India. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has…

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Inside ixigo’s Agentic AI Travel Push

The travel app has barely changed in over a decade. You search. You scroll endlessly through filters. You open five…

20.05.2026 20

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The Hidden Dollar Drain Behind India’s AI Rush

India’s AI boom may be quietly creating its next major dollar outflow problem. As startups and enterprises rush to embed…

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Jagadeesh Kumar On The Indus Valley’s Playbook For Building A ₹200 Cr Toxin-Free Cookware Brand

What’s cooking in the modern Indian kitchen? Not merely a facelift recipe, but a makeover, at work. What used to…

14.05.2026 20

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Is The India AI Startup Story Souring?

Over the past 18 months, a steady stream of shutdowns has cut across early stage AI startups, raising questions about…

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The Silver Snacking Surge

Picture this: It’s 4 PM on a Wednesday, and a 48-year-old professional in Gurgaon is scrolling through Blinkit while wrapping…

28.04.2026 30

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AI Money Flows, But Not Via India

The global race in AI is no longer about who has the best tech but where the money is flowing.…

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When AI Bites Back

Recently, Anthropic introduced Claude Mythos Preview, a general-purpose model with advanced coding and agentic capabilities, to select organisations...

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Era Of AI Superapps: So Close, Yet So Far

AI companies are quickly moving beyond being simple platforms to becoming AI superapps. A case in point is OpenAI, which…

08.04.2026 40

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Healthcare’s AI Test

Healthcare AI is almost always framed as a promise — sharper diagnostics, faster decisions, better outcomes. In India, that promise…

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OpenAI Pulls The Plug On Sora: What This Means for AI Video

OpenAI’s experiment to turn AI video generation into a social product has come to an unexpectedly swift end. In a…

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India’s Defence AI Reality Check

There’s little denying that India’s defence tech moment is here. Thanks to VCs loosening their purse strings, a focus on…

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Why India’s Edtech Sector Looks Like A Two-Horse Race

India’s edtech sector is undergoing a quiet but decisive consolidation phase. Last week, Unacademy cofounder Gaurav Munjal announced on X…

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Sarvam AI’s Open Source Bet Faces Early Adoption Hurdles

When Sarvam AI announced that it was open-sourcing its Sarvam 30B and Sarvam 105B models, it framed the move as…

12.03.2026 50

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Talent Reboot: Building India’s Next-Gen AI Workforce

Despite having the world’s highest AI skill penetration rate, India continues to face a widening gap between what the economy…

11.03.2026 50

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From Investors To Operators: VCs Embrace The Build-It-Yourself Era

W Health Ventures’ managing partner Pankaj Jethwani is not content with just investing. The VC firm’s 2070 Health venture studio…

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From IPO Scepticism To Profit Signals: Coworking’s Big Reset

The post-listing financial performance of some of India’s leading coworking firms is beginning to address the concerns that investors had…

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India’s AI Decade Begins, But Mind The Gap

There’s a strange dissonance when one talks about India and AI. This month, the Indian IT services industry was hit…

18.02.2026 40

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Decoding Shadowfax’s 5X Profit Surge

India’s logistics market is quietly fragmenting. Ever since the ecommerce boom of 2015-2016, scale in delivery was built around one…

17.02.2026 30

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From Months To Hours: How L&T Is Rewiring Infrastructure With AI

AI is being democratised at full throttle – much in sync with the government’s target of a $1 Tn digital…

12.02.2026 20

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Software Enters The Autopilot Era

Welcome to The AI Shift by Inc42, our all-new newsletter that delves deep into the world of artificial intelligence, LLMs,…

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100 Mn Indians Using Our Services Is Our Current Goal: IndiaAI Mission’s Abhishek Singh

AI is expected to add $1.7 Tn to India’s economy by 2030, and the country is on course to transform…

04.02.2026 20

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Inside India’s Long AI Game

Welcome to The AI Shift by Inc42, our all-new newsletter that delves deep into the world of artificial intelligence, LLMs,…

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Union Budget 2026 Loves AI Platforms. But What About AI Startups?

When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her ninth consecutive Union Budget, artificial intelligence was not positioned as a startup...

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Why 2026–2027 Is A High-Leverage Window For India’s AI Startups

India’s AI startup ecosystem is in front of an open window of opportunity right now. Between 2026 and 2027, multiple…

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When AI Enters Stock Broking

Welcome to The AI Shift by Inc42, our all-new newsletter that delves deep into the world of artificial intelligence, LLMs,…

28.01.2026 20

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How India Is Wiring Its AI Stack For Bharat-Scale Deployment

India’s AI story seems to have refused to follow the known plot of how cheaply systems could be built here…

23.01.2026 30

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AI At The Checkout

Welcome to The AI Shift by Inc42, our all-new newsletter that delves deep into the world of artificial intelligence, LLMs,…

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India ‘Talks’ The AI Walk

Welcome to The AI Shift by Inc42, our all-new newsletter that delves deep into the world of artificial intelligence, LLMs,…

14.01.2026 30

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Human-AI Hybrid: The New Reality For Indian Startups

Introducing The AI Shift by Inc42, our all-new weekly newsletter that delves deep into the world of artificial intelligence, LLMs,…

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