Provision Labs Acquires Basilisk to Build Physical AI Hardware
Provision Labs Basilisk deal: Anjali Sardana’s physical AI venture buys the Mumbai hardware startup, making founder Shourya Watwani head of hardware.
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Indian Teen Founders’ AI Startup Manicule Raises $1.3 Million From Y Combinator to Help AI Agents Choose Software
Manicule, founded by Indians Naman Bansal and Shreyans Jain, raised $1.3M led by Y Combinator and Broom Ventures to help AI agents pick software.
BITS Pilani Alumni-Founded Broccoli AI Raises $52 Million From Khosla Ventures for AI Agents That Run Home-Service Front Offices
Broccoli AI, founded by BITS Pilani alumni AJ Jain and Aditya Ketkar, has raised $52 million across Series A and B rounds led by Khosla Ventures to scale AI agents that answer calls, book jobs and follow up on estimates for more than 1,500 home-service businesses.
Pronto Founder Anjali Sardana Launches Provision Labs to Build the Data Layer for Physical AI
Anjali Sardana, founder of home-services startup Pronto, has set up San Francisco-based Provision Labs to build the data, evaluation and deployment layer for physical AI, backed by Lachy Groom, General Catalyst, Bain Capital Ventures and Glade Brook Capital.
Subvocal Raises $1.3 Million From Y Combinator and Afore Capital for AI Glasses That Turn Silent Speech Into Text
The Subvocal Company, co-founded by Aarush Yadav and Arnav Kumar, has raised $1.3 million from Y Combinator and Afore Capital to build glasses that use radio-frequency sensing and AI models to decode silently mouthed words into text at more than 200 words a minute.
GenAI Cooking Startup upliance.ai in Talks to Raise Up to $4 Million in Series A, Khosla Ventures to Reinvest
upliance.ai, which uses generative AI to turn recipes and cooking videos into steps its countertop cooking assistant can execute, is in advanced talks to raise $3-4 million in a Series A round expected to close by January 2027.
Bihar Cabinet Clears AI Policy 2026, Offers Incentives to Draw AI Companies, GCCs and Startups
The Bihar Cabinet has approved the Bihar Artificial Intelligence Policy 2026, offering capital, cloud, power and employment incentives to AI companies, global capability centres and startups, while pushing AI adoption across governance, agriculture, healthcare and education.
Nvidia Backs Bengaluru’s Simplismart in $14 Million Series B to Help Enterprises Run AI Models With Fewer GPUs
Nvidia has joined a $14 million Series B in Bengaluru-based Simplismart, led by Dallas Venture Capital with Accel, Shastra VC and Micromax, valuing the AI inference startup at about $100 million.
BioStack Raises $9.5 Million Seed Round Backed by Peak XV, Y Combinator to Build Data Infrastructure for Medical AI
BioStack, founded by Sanat Mishra and Parth Patwa, has raised $9.5 million in seed funding from investors including Peak XV Partners, Y Combinator, DCVC and Afore Capital to turn fragmented clinical records into de-identified datasets for medical AI.
Google Selects 20 AI Startups from 2,500 applications for India Accelerator Programme
Google has selected 20 AI-first startups from over 2,500 applications for the 2026 cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator: […]
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