India’s Startup Boom: Government Reforms Spark New Era of Growth
Image source: Unsplash India’s startup and MSME ecosystem has received a significant boost with a series of government reforms aimed at simplifying corporate compliance, reducing costs, and enhancing ease of doing business. Announced in 2024–25, these measures promise to reshape the entrepreneurial landscape, enabling product leaders and founders to focus on innovation and growth rather […]
From ISRO to Startups: India’s Space-Tech Sector Blasts Off
Image source: Unsplash On the occasion of National Space Day, Prime Minister reaffirmed India’s rapid progress in the global space ecosystem, highlighting the critical role of startups, private players, and young innovators in shaping the nation’s space journey. “Powered by the skills of 140 crore Indians, our country is making remarkable strides in the world […]
From Assistant to Cashier: How AI Is Transforming the Shopping Experience
Image source: Unsplash In just six months, American shoppers have nearly doubled their willingness to let artificial intelligence handle transactions, according to a new survey by Omnisend. The numbers tell a clear story: generative AI is no longer just a shopping assistant; it’s on the cusp of becoming the cashier. Yet behind this rapid adoption […]
Age is Just a Number: 92-Year-Old AI Pioneer Hemen Parekh
At 92, most people are content reflecting on a life well lived. Hemen Parekh, however, is busy building the future. From his early days as a mechanical engineer in the 1950s to pioneering India’s executive search industry in the 1990s, and now to launching a multilingual AI platform, Parekh has never stopped reinventing himself. His […]
From Code to Cure: The Story of AI-Driven Antibiotic Innovation
Image source: Unsplash IIn the battle against drug-resistant infections, a new class of problem-solvers has emerged—not in lab coats, but in code. Using generative AI, researchers at MIT have designed compounds that show promise against two of the most stubborn bacteria: Neisseria gonorrhoeae and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Their story isn’t just one of science—it’s […]
How OneAssure is Arming Insurance Agents with AI to Fix the Broken Policy Buying Experience
Buying insurance should feel like securing peace of mind. Instead, it feels like walking into a maze. For instance, when you open a health insurance site, you are instantly overwhelmed with jargon like room rent capping, co-payments, and waiting periods for pre-existing conditions. The words blur into confusion and mistrust. To add to the chaos, […]
How AI Could Speed the Development of RNA Vaccines and Therapies
Image source: Unsplash When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, RNA vaccines moved from experimental pipelines to a global stage almost overnight. Behind that leap was a technology that relies on a fragile delivery system — lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) — to ensure that RNA safely enters cells and triggers the desired immune response. But designing the right […]
Cracking the Black Box of Protein Language Models – A Leap for AI-Driven Drug Discovery
Image source: Unsplash When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, RNA vaccines moved from experimental pipelines to a global stage almost overnight. Behind that leap was a technology that relies on a fragile delivery system — lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) — to ensure that RNA safely enters cells and triggers the desired immune response. But designing the right […]
From Slack Overwhelm to AI-Powered Support: Clearfeed’s Journey to Tame Chat-Based Workflows
Over the past decade, support and operations have quietly migrated out of email and into chat. For many companies, tools like Slack became the place where they received support tickets from customers and where teams coordinated fixes. Joydeep Sen Sharma, then leading engineering and founder at Qubole, found it increasingly hard to manage multiple Slack […]
Mealawe Is Betting Home Food Delivery Will Outscale Restaurant Aggregator Model in India’s Food-Tech Race
The playbook for winning India’s food-tech war seems written in stone: master convenience. Giants like Zomato and Swiggy have built empires on this simple promise of delivering food from any restaurant you want, and delivering it fast with great operational efficiency. It’s a model that has solved the problem of “what to eat” with a […]