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For over a decade, India’s startup success stories followed a familiar script. Build a consumer app, raise venture capital, acquire millions of users, and scale as fast as possible. Food delivery, fintech, e-commerce, and quick commerce dominated founder conversations. But something quietly changed in 2026. The latest Hurun India U30 List isn’t just celebrating young…
For years, startups have viewed governments as regulators that create rules after innovation happens. But that relationship may be changing. According to recent reports, OpenAI is exploring a proposal to give the U.S. government a 5% equity stake through a public investment fund. While the proposal is still in its early stages and would require…
For the last few years, building AI products has meant living by one rule: If Nvidia wins, everyone else waits. Whether it was GPU shortages, soaring cloud costs, or limited access to cutting-edge hardware, startups often had little choice but to build around Nvidia’s ecosystem. That may finally be changing. At its recent Investor Day,…
Every founder has asked this question at least once. “Is there a government scheme that can help my startup?” The frustrating part isn’t that support doesn’t exist. It’s that finding the right scheme usually means opening dozens of government websites, reading complex eligibility criteria, and still wondering if you’ve missed something. Startup India has quietly…
The AI industry has spent the last three years following one simple rule: build a better model, release it faster, and beat the competition. Anthropic just broke that rule. Instead of launching its most advanced AI model to the public, the company decided to hold it back. Not because it wasn’t ready—but because it may…
A lot of founders still think seed funding works the way it did two or three years ago. Build an MVP, tell a compelling story, pitch enough investors, and eventually someone writes a cheque. That playbook is quietly disappearing. While seed rounds in India are getting significantly larger, venture capital firms are backing fewer startups…
Starting a company is difficult, especially when you are building your first startup. Many founders struggle to find the right co-founder, validate their idea, raise early funding, and connect with experienced mentors. This is where programs like Antler can make a significant difference. Antler is one of the world’s leading early stage venture capital firms….