Zero to One: 5 Book Quotes Every Founder Should Know
Peter Thiel’s *Zero to One* challenges the prevailing belief that success stems from out‑competing rivals. Instead, Thiel argues that lasting value comes from creating truly novel products that generate monopoly‑like advantages. The article highlights five memorable quotes that stress originality, timing, secret insights, and the courage to act. For founders, the book serves as a strategic blueprint for building businesses that dominate rather than merely survive in crowded markets.
5 Powerful Quotes From Do Epic Shit by Ankur Warikoo
Ankur Warikoo’s new book *Do Epic Shit* distills his no‑fluff philosophy into five memorable quotes that target young professionals seeking realistic guidance. The author argues that courage, daily habits, embracing failure, shedding over‑thinking, and valuing time are the true drivers...
Amazon India to Invest Rs 2,800 Cr to Boost Worker Safety, Expand Logistics Network
Amazon India announced a $300 million (Rs 2,800 crore) investment in 2026 to strengthen associate safety, health and financial well‑being while expanding its logistics footprint. The funding follows a Rs 2,000 crore spend in 2025 that added 17 fulfillment centres, six sortation hubs and 75...
AngelList USVC: Invest in Startups From $500
AngelList launched USVC, a regulated venture fund that lets U.S. investors participate with as little as $500, removing the traditional accreditation barrier. The fund’s portfolio is weighted toward AI and tech leaders such as OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Vercel. USVC...
How Kritsnam Is Building India’s Water Accounting System
Kritsnam Technologies is building India’s first defensible water accounting system (DWAS) that records every water transaction like a financial ledger. The startup has installed over 15,000 ultrasonic smart meters, capturing more than 2 billion litres of water daily, and offers a...
Books that Mentor You: 7 Reads that Shape Your Life
YourStory highlights seven books that function as personal mentors, offering guidance on purpose, habits, finance, resilience, and success. Each title—from Paulo Coelho’s "The Alchemist" to Napoleon Hill’s "Think and Grow Rich"—delivers a distinct philosophy that can reshape decision‑making. The article...
How ISB DLabs’ I-HEAL Is Rewiring Access for Healthtech Startups in India
ISB DLabs’ I-HEAL accelerator, backed by CitiusTech, has helped more than 60 health‑tech startups navigate India’s lengthy hospital procurement cycles. Over four years the cohort raised roughly $23 million, held 180+ investor meetings and secured real‑world hospital introductions. The program also...
Beyond Followers: How Creators Are Building Real Revenue with VdoCipher
India’s creator economy hosts 2‑2.5 million active digital creators, yet only 8‑10% monetize effectively, a gap highlighted at WAVES 2025. While platforms like Instagram and YouTube spark initial fame, long‑form educators hit revenue ceilings due to algorithm volatility and limited audience ownership....
Upwind and Bessemer Venture Partners to Host Exclusive CISO Sunset Circle in Bengaluru
Upwind, together with Bessemer Venture Partners and YourStory, is hosting an invitation‑only CISO Sunset Circle in Bengaluru on April 24, 2026. The evening‑only gathering will bring senior security leaders from India’s most innovative digital‑native firms to discuss the complexities of...
Textile Tech Startup STCH Raises $7M in Pre-Series A Round Led by Omnivore
Indian textile‑tech startup STCH announced a $7 million pre‑Series A round led by Omnivore, with participation from Kae Capital and WVC. The funding will accelerate its AI‑driven fabric research, expand R&D, and deepen partnerships with mills and global fashion brands. STCH operates...
From a Delhi Slum to the UN: How Devendra Kumar's Ladli Foundation Is Changing 30 Lakh Lives
Devendra Kumar, a former Delhi slum child, now leads Ladli Foundation, which claims to have touched more than 30 lakh (3 million) women and children across 10‑12 Indian states since its 2012 launch. The NGO earned Special Consultative Status with the UN...
Govt Notifies New Online Gaming Rules to Boost to Esports
The Indian government has issued the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Rules, 2026, effective May 1, establishing the Online Gaming Authority of India and a statutory registration regime for esports and social games. The framework clearly distinguishes permissible esports from...
Your Desk Is Now an AI Lab: RP Tech, an NVIDIA Partner, Demos NVIDIA DGX Spark in Bangalore
On April 11, 2026, RP Tech, an NVIDIA partner, showcased the NVIDIA DGX Spark at a Bangalore event, demonstrating a 1.2 kg tabletop AI supercomputer with 128 GB unified memory. The device loaded a 120‑billion‑parameter Nemotron 3 model in quantized form, delivering near‑full GPU utilization for...
From Data to Decisions: What It Takes to Build Real-Time, AI-Led Consumer Businesses in India
The article argues that Indian consumer businesses, especially perishable D2C brands like meat and seafood, must move beyond data collection to real‑time decision intelligence. It stresses building a unified data layer where AI models are embedded directly into core processes,...
Preventive Healthcare Startup CENT Opens Flagship Clinic in Bengaluru
Preventive healthcare startup CENT, founded by Practo’s Shashank ND, opened its first 7,000‑sq‑ft flagship prevention centre in Bengaluru. The centre offers a single‑purpose AI‑driven screening protocol—CCNM—combining whole‑body MRI, ultra‑low‑dose cardiac CT, DEXA, ECG and over 120 biomarker tests, delivering a...
KRAFTON, Naver Launch Rs 6,000 Cr India-Focused Unicorn Growth Fund
South Korean tech giants Krafton and Naver, together with Mirae Asset Venture Investments, have launched a Rs 6,000 crore (≈ $720 million) India‑focused Unicorn Growth Fund. The fund, announced during the South Korean President’s official visit to India, will be managed by Mirae Asset...
From Lab to Market: The Financing Gap Plaguing the Deeptech Sector
India’s deep‑tech sector is generating breakthrough work in semiconductors, climate tech, defence and quantum computing, yet many ventures stall before reaching market. In 2025 deep‑tech startups raised $1.65 billion, a clear increase from prior years, but funding dries up after early‑stage...
AI Co NudgeBee Secures Funding; Startups Reimagining Breast Cancer Treatment in India
NudgeBee, an AI‑powered cloud‑operations platform, secured $3 million in seed funding led by Kalaari Capital to accelerate its enterprise context layer and partnership‑driven rollout. The capital will fund AI‑SRE agents that help large firms monitor multicloud environments more efficiently. Meanwhile, India’s...
GoldenAgers.in Is Redefining Travel for India’s Seniors
GoldenAgers.in, the flagship brand of Indiafly Golden Tours, launches a travel platform dedicated to Indian seniors aged 60 and above. Founded by Moneek and Nidhi Mehra, the service pairs older travelers with compassionate companion guides who prioritize slow itineraries, safety,...
Startup News and Updates: Daily Roundup (April 20, 2026)
YourStory’s April 20 roundup spotlights health‑tech breakthroughs, including startups reimagining breast‑cancer screening and Bayer’s two‑year maternal‑child nutrition drive covering 800 villages in Madhya Pradesh. Indian startups attracted seed capital, with Clarity Labs raising over Rs 4 crore (~$480 k) to broaden product lines and Axten...
Empowering Girls, Supporting Mothers: Bayer’s Holistic Approach to Maternal and Child Health
Bayer and The Antara Foundation have launched a two‑year, nutrition‑focused initiative across 800 villages in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena and Chhindwara districts. The program targets the critical 1,000‑day window—from conception to a child’s second birthday—while also reaching adolescent girls before they...
AI Is Making Farming More Precise; Meet Companies Building Circular Economy
YourStory’s latest newsletter spotlights two fast‑growing tech trends in India. AI‑driven precision farming is enabling year‑round strawberry cultivation in 45 °C heat and linking satellite thermal data with crop‑health platforms such as Cropin. At the same time, social enterprises like Phool,...
Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7, Explained; Steep Decline in VC Funding
Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 4.7, its most advanced LLM, optimized for autonomous software engineering and positioned above Sonnet and Haiku in the company’s product stack. The release follows OpenAI’s recent GPT‑5.4‑Cyber launch, intensifying the enterprise AI arms race. Meanwhile, Indian...
Green or Gimmick? The Truth Behind Sustainable Travel Claims
Travel companies are scrambling to appear eco‑friendly as tourism drives roughly 8‑10% of global carbon emissions. Many hotels tout green labels while continuing practices like daily linen changes and single‑use plastics, a classic case of greenwashing. The market is muddled...
Freshworks to Host Webinar on Tackling IT Complexity in the Age of AI
Freshworks, in partnership with YourStory, is hosting a live webinar on April 24, 2026, to address the growing challenge of IT complexity in the era of AI. The session will feature Freshworks product and solution leaders discussing practical strategies for...
The Leadership Agenda: How CXOs Are Refining Work Models in 2026
CXOs have moved past return‑to‑office debates, focusing on outcome‑based work models that emphasize clarity, accountability and consistent performance. Hybrid arrangements now sit at roughly 45 % of the global workforce, and firms that retain flexibility see up to an 80 % boost...
From Back Office to the Frontlines: How Compliance Is Reshaping Indian Crypto Startups
Compliance has moved from a back‑office function to a strategic front‑line role in Indian crypto startups. Under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, exchanges are now reporting entities required to conduct AML/KYC, audit management and suspicious activity reporting to FIU‑India....
Swiss HQ QAI Ventures Aims to Partner with India’s Quantum AI Startups
Swiss‑based QAI Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in quantum‑AI startups, is preparing to enter India. The firm cites the country's deep talent pool and the government’s National Quantum Mission, which earmarks roughly Rs 6,000 crore (about $720 million), as key enablers. QAI...
7 Inspiring Books that Motivate You to Take Action Today
The article curates seven bestselling titles that help readers move from ideas to action, ranging from James Clear’s *Atomic Habits* to Eckhart Tolle’s *The Power of Now*. Each book is presented with a brief rationale—small habits, early‑morning discipline, self‑confidence, singular...
Memes and Matchmakers: Inside Schmooze’s Bet on AI-Led Dating
Schmooze, a meme‑centric dating app founded by Vidya Madhavan and Abhinav Anurag, is leveraging AI to turn meme swipes into personality signals for more intentional matches. The platform has amassed over 5 million users and logged 3.5 billion meme interactions, feeding an...
4 Must-Read Books that Spark Creativity and New Ideas
Four books are highlighted as practical guides to reviving and strengthening creativity. Austin Kleon’s “Steal Like an Artist” frames originality as remixing existing ideas, while Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Big Magic” tackles fear and encourages courageous action. Michael Michalko’s “Thinkertoys” provides a...
How to Thrive in the Age of AI
The article argues that AI literacy—being able to prompt, verify, and collaborate with AI—is now more critical than deep technical expertise. It cites Stanford’s AI Index showing 78% of firms used AI in 2024 and McKinsey’s finding that workflow redesign...
From Transactions to Savings: How PhonePe SBI Card Is Rethinking Rewards
PhonePe has launched a co‑branded SBI credit card that simplifies rewards by giving a flat 5% cashback on all online spend and higher 10% cashback on routine PhonePe transactions such as recharges and utility bills. The card also provides 1%...
From Jugaad to Systems: The Shift Indian Startups Can’t Ignore
Indian founders have long relied on low‑cost, ad‑hoc tools—so‑called "jugaad"—to validate product‑market fit, but the hidden operational debt soon throttles growth. The article argues that the real cost of saving roughly $6 a month is the three hours a day...
KhetiBuddy Is Turning Fragmented Farm Data Into Business Intelligence
Indian startup KhetiBuddy offers a modular SaaS platform that unifies fragmented farm data across crop management, supply chain, ERP, and sustainability. Launched in 2021, its Verdnt upgrade adds weather alerts, satellite monitoring, and pest identification, enabling real‑time decision‑making for mid‑to‑large...
AI Will Automate Work. India’s Next Startup Wave Will Sell Experiences
Artificial intelligence is rapidly automating routine tasks—from code generation to marketing copy—raising concerns about job displacement. However, the article argues that AI cannot replace human‑centered experiences, which remain valuable as consumers shift from owning goods to buying moments. In India,...
Greengine Deploys World’s First Vertical Algal Biofilm Carbon Capture & Utilization Unit
Greengine Environmental Technologies has installed its G‑Urban Tree 100x, the world’s first vertical algal biofilm carbon capture unit, at Engineers India Limited’s Gurugram campus. The solar‑powered, modular system uses patented VABT™ technology to capture about 2.25 tonnes of CO₂ annually, equivalent...
How Shipway Is Rewriting the Economics of D2C Shipping
Shipway, the AI‑driven logistics platform owned by Unicommerce, has reached a Rs 100 crore annualised run‑rate and breakeven adjusted EBITDA after crossing 1 million monthly shipments. Its ShipSense AI engine evaluates warehouse proximity, courier performance, payment mode and return patterns in real time...
Why 98% of Startups Fail? A BigBasket Competitor’s Journey From Early Traction to Shutdown
Sushant Junnarkar’s online‑grocery venture captured early traction in the 2010s, reaching 70‑80 orders a day and earning coverage in the Economic Times and Business World. The startup’s low‑inventory model faltered when well‑capitalised rivals like BigBasket entered, raising customer expectations and...
The Dark Stores Behind Blinkit and Zepto: How 10 Minute Delivery Works
Quick‑commerce firms like Blinkit and Zepto rely on a network of "dark stores"—compact fulfillment hubs placed within dense customer catchments—to deliver everyday essentials in as little as ten minutes. Inamo, a back‑end specialist, designs the store layout, picking processes and...
P. C. Chandra Jewellers Welcomes Actor Ayushmann Khurrana as Brand Ambassador, Accelerating Its Pan-India Expansion
Indian jeweller P.C. Chandra announced Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana as its new brand ambassador, a move designed to accelerate its pan‑India expansion. The brand, known for handcrafted heritage and family‑run values, is opening new stores across tier‑2 and tier‑3 markets....
BP Ventures Asia and Middle East Managing Director Sophia Nadur Exits
Sophia Nadur, managing director for Asia and the Middle East at BP Ventures, announced her exit to build a portfolio of non‑executive director and advisory roles. Nadur had overseen BP Ventures’ investments in EV‑focused startups such as BluSmart, Zingbus and...
Masters’ Union Launches Rs 100 Cr Early-Stage Investment Platform
Masters’ Union, the Gurugram‑based business school, has launched MU Ventures, a Rs 100 crore ($12 million) early‑stage fund targeting founders under 25. The platform offers rapid funding decisions—typically within 10 days—and invests between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 50 lakh ($6k‑$60k) per startup. MU Ventures operates through...
NVIDIA DGX Spark Brings Sovereign AI to Your Desktop
NVIDIA’s DGX Spark desktop AI supercomputer lets developers run sovereign large language models (LLMs) locally, eliminating the need for cloud infrastructure. A live webinar on April 17, led by NVIDIA’s Megh Makwana, will demonstrate Sarvam 30B and Param‑2‑17B models operating on DGX Spark....
A Platform for Home Chefs; Agritech’s Post-Boom Correction
YourStory highlighted two contrasting trends in India’s startup ecosystem. Tocco, a Bengaluru‑based platform, is turning home chefs—primarily women—into micro‑entrepreneurs by providing training, standardized recipes, packaging guidance and guaranteed purchase orders, currently supporting 33 chefs and 45 products across several states....
How VirtueLife Makes Home Physiotherapy Actually Work
VirtueLife, founded in 2023 by Yogesh and Ruby Patel, offers a SaaS platform that lets physiotherapists prescribe video‑guided home exercises from a library of about 2,000 movements. The system uses OpenAI‑powered AI to generate suggested plans, which clinicians must review...
Business Services Platform SILA Raises $100M From Permira
India‑focused business services platform SILA announced a $100 million equity raise from global private‑equity firm Permira. The capital will fund technology upgrades, expansion of adjacent service lines and geographic growth across the country. SILA, founded in 2010, now operates in more...
What Happened when Scale Met the Farm Reality
Between 2020 and 2022, over $750 million poured into South Asian agritech startups promising digital scale for millions of smallholder farmers. By 2025, funding dried up as high customer‑acquisition costs, low farmer spending power, and fragmented markets proved unsustainable for direct‑to‑farmer...
What It Takes to Run AI in the Real World: Lessons From Akamai Digital Leadership Summit
At the Akamai Digital Leadership Summit in Bengaluru, 125 senior technology leaders examined how Indian enterprises can run AI at Bharat‑scale while keeping costs near zero. Speakers highlighted the shift from building ever‑larger foundation models to engineering production‑ready pipelines that...
A Platform for ‘Social Coding’; LEAD Bets on AI Personalisation Solution
YourStory highlighted two AI‑driven initiatives reshaping tech ecosystems. Bengaluru brothers Akshay and Anirudh Oppiliappan launched Tangled, a social‑coding platform that embeds generative AI agents into the traditional Git workflow, already attracting over 8,000 users and 6,000 repositories organically. Meanwhile, India’s...