Visa crackdowns are blocking students’ study-abroad dreams, so India’s Leverage Edu is rerouting them
Leverage Edu places over 10,000 students annually into universities across 11 countries.
X says will fight Indian court ruling on content takedown system
X said last week’s Indian court ruling allows millions of police officers to issue “arbitrary” content takedown orders.
Former Microsoft execs launch AI agents to end Excel-led finance
Maximor has come out of stealth with a human-in-the-loop agentic platform that does the finance team’s grunt work.
IPO-bound Flipkart gains key approvals to relocate to India
Flipkart is set to become the most valuable startup to shift its headquarters back to India ahead of a planned IPO.
India court rejects X’s “free speech” argument, backs government takedown powers
X sued the Indian government in March over content takedown orders issued through its centralized portal.
Google makes real-world data more accessible to AI — and training pipelines will love it
Google’s Data Commons gets an MCP Server to help AI systems access massive amounts of real-world data.
Uber-rival Rapido doubles valuation to $2.3B following Swiggy stake sale
Swiggy has offloaded its entire 12% stake in Rapido for about $270 million through two separate deals.
Rocket.new, one of India’s first vibe-coding startups, snags $15M from Accel, Salesforce Ventures
Rocket.new has surged to 400,000 users and $4.5M ARR in three months.
Powered by India’s small businesses, UK fintech Tide becomes a TPG-backed unicorn
Tide serves over 1.6 million micro and small enterprises globally, with more than half of them based in India.
Indian fintech Jar turns profitable by enabling millions to save in gold
Jar has been profitable after tax for the past two quarters.