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The company's shares opened 12% above their issue price, at ₹112, and closed at ₹128.85, lending it a market cap of ₹795 billion (approximately $9 billion).

Teradar's sensor uses the terahertz part of the electromagnetic spectrum, and combines the best traits of radar and lidar sensors without some of the drawbacks.

The Swedish startup just raised $100 million from investors last month.

Eternos developed the Human Life Model (HLM) — a framework that uses only an individual's data, rather than general LLM data, to capture their unique values, life story, and decision-making traits. The company has rebranded as Uare.ai and raised $10.3 million in seed funding led by Mayfield and Boldstart Ventures.

Two experienced investors share their tips for founders and operators hoping to nail product-market fit at their AI startups.

Startups should start forging connections with late-stage investors while they are still at the early stages.

Kaltura acquires AI avatar startup eSelf to integrate generative AI into enterprise video and learning tools.

Gamma is growing quickly, and profitably, its co-founder CEO Grant Lee says.

Carbon Direct is buying Pachama as the voluntary carbon markets enter a period of uncertainty.

Mmotion is a new friendship app that combines elements of location sharing with social discovery features to find nearby users with shared interests.

Vay, a German startup offering remote-controlled rental cars, will get an investment of up to $410M from Singaporean super-app company Grab.

Scribe Optimize is the startup's next major offering to help organizations identify where AI will be most useful.

Amanda Kahlow has quietly been back in sales and marketing tech for about a year with agentic startup 1mind.

Lenskart's public listing stirred debate over the nearly $8 billion valuation set in its IPO.

Slow Ventures hosted a three-hour “Etiquette Finishing School” this week, covering topics like the perfect handshake, public speaking, and office decorum.

Three industry insiders walk through how startups can set up an employee equity strategy that remains fair as a company grows.

SoftBank and OpenAI announced a new 50-50 joint venture this week to sell enterprise AI tools in Japan under the brand “Crystal Intelligence.” On paper, it’s a straightforward international expansion deal. But SoftBank’s role as a major investor in OpenAI is raising questions about whether AI’s biggest deals are creating real economic value or just moving money in circles.  […]

Among the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 were many industry-defining companies exhibiting and pitching on the Showcase Stage.

Instead of building seawalls or dikes, Terranova has developed a new way to raise cities to protect them from sea-level rise.

Diffusion models already power AI image generators, but Inception thinks they can be even more powerful applied in software development.