Sharp insights from industry leaders, delivered quickly and without fanfare. In today’s episode, Neil Shah, co-founder and vice president at Counterpoint Technology Market Research, gives us a quick take on Intel’s new Panther Lake processor and its potential use cases in robotics and physical AI. Intel’s new Panther Lake SoC marks a defining turn in […]

In-depth conversations with founders, investors, industry leaders and other stakeholders building India’s deep tech and climate tech ecosystems. In today’s episode, Ganapathy ‘Gani’ Subramaniam, founding managing partner of Yali Capital, a deep-tech VC firm in Bengaluru, joins me for Part 2 of our discussion on the firm’s debut deep-tech fund. In this conversation, we picked […]

Quick conversations with founders, when they have news to share. Introducing the first of what’ll be an occasional edition within my Daily Morning Brief podcast — Founder’s Briefing. In this episode, Bhaktha Ram Keshavachar, founder and CEO of Chara Technologies, talks about a new funding round at his startup. Listen to the episode Chara, based […]

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech news from India and around the world. IFC proposes $6M equity investment in African Catalyst Fund The International Finance Corporation (IFC) plans to invest up to $6 million in Catalyst Fund, which is targeting a corpus of $40 million for early-stage climate-tech startups across Africa, Africa Private […]

In-depth conversations with founders, investors, industry leaders, and other stakeholders building India’s deep tech and climate tech ecosystems. Coming up on Wednesday, Oct. 15 The importance frugal engineering, diverse co-founder teams, and strong customer focus for deep tech startups. In Part 2 of my conversation with Ganapathy Subramaniam, founding managing partner at Yali Capital, in […]

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech news from India and around the world. China tightens rare earth export controls China has expanded its restrictions on rare earth exports to safeguard national security and interests, a move seen as Beijing strengthening its leverage in trade talks with the US. The new rules add five […]

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech news from India and around the world. ABB sells robotics unit to SoftBank for $5.375 billion ABB has announced it will divest its Robotics division to SoftBank Group for $5.375 billion, a decision made as an alternative to spinning off the business, the company said in a […]

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech from India and around the world. Quantum Computing Inc. secures $750 million in private placement Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi), an integrated photonics and quantum optics company, has successfully closed an oversubscribed private placement, raising $750 million, according to a press release carried by Quantum Insider. The company […]

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech from India and around the world. Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh launches Emerging Science, Technology & Innovation ConclaveUnion Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh launched a curtain-raiser for the Emerging Science, Technology & Innovation Conclave (ESTIC-2025), according to a ministry press release yesterday. The three-day conclave, to be held in […]

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech news from India and around the world. Climate change is disrupting global wind patternsClimate change is disrupting global wind patterns, which is intensifying sand and dust storms, wildfires, and extreme weather events, Mongabay reports. This poses a growing threat to human and planetary health, with sand and […]

In-depth conversations with founders, investors, industry leaders, and other stakeholders building India’s deep tech and climate tech ecosystems. In today’s episode, Ganapathy ‘Gani’ Subramaniam, founding managing partner of Yali Capital, a deep-tech VC firm in Bengaluru, joins me to discuss the firm’s debut fund, which had its final close about two months ago. At Rs. […]

In-depth conversations with founders, investors, industry leaders, and other stakeholders building India’s deep tech and climate tech ecosystems. A peak into what’s perhaps India’s biggest deep-tech-only fund.Coming up on Tuesday, Sep. 30th, in the next episode of IndiaTechReport: InConversation I catch up with Ganapathy Subramaniam (Gani) at Yali Capital in Part-1 of our two-part discussion […]

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech news from India and around the world. India plans 20-year tax exemption, GST credits to boost data centresThe Indian government may grant a 20-year tax exemption and GST credits to supercharge investment in domestic data centres, Moneycontrol reports. This policy aims to attract global hyperscale players, cut […]

In-depth conversations with founders, investors, industry leaders, and other stakeholders building India’s deep tech and climate tech ecosystems. In this episode, Ravi Jain, an Investment Director at TDK Ventures, joins me for a wide-ranging discussion on the current state and trajectory of India’s deep tech ecosystem. Jain gives us a micro capsule on the history […]

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech news from India and around the world. Union Minister Gadkari unveils roadmap for sustainable transport at SIAM meet Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari set out India’s sustainable transport vision at the 65th annual convention of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, stressing global […]

In-depth conversations with founders, investors, industry leaders and other stakeholders building India’s deep tech and climate tech ecosystems. Coming up, on Tuesday, Sep. 16th, in the next episode of India Tech Report: In Conversation, I speak with Ravi Jain at TDK Ventures on their recent Deep Tech Report report, in partnership with Kae Capital and […]

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech news from India and around the world. Quantum reference hub launched in Amaravati The Andhra Pradesh government inaugurated what is said to be India’s first Quantum Reference Facility in Amaravati, backed by Rs 40 crore and support from the National Quantum Mission, Dev Discourse reports. The project […]

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech news from India and around the world. Komatsu invests in autonomous mining with AI Komatsu has announced what the Japanese heavy industries giant described as its most significant technology investment, partnering autonomous vehicle software maker Applied Intuition to integrate AI-powered Vehicle OS into its mining fleet, Mining.com […]

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech news from India and around the world. (Note: This is an updated post. The previous version included an incorrect value of Aavishkaar’s planned deep tech fund. That post has been deleted. I request subscribers who received the post by email to please ignore it.) Scintil Photonics raises […]

Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech news from India and around the world. India’s first telecom system with indigenous chips gets TEC certification India has certified its first telecom system powered by fully indigenous semiconductor chips, marking a pivotal milestone for technological self-reliance, The Hindu reports. The TEC approval verifies compliance with stringent […]