Artificial Intelligence

Indian startups raised under $3B in Q3 2026, down from $3.5B in Q2; Simple Energy led with $182M.

SiMa.ai raised $150 million for Physical AI, totaling $500 million and valuing the firm at $1.45 billion.

Aiven has launched operations in India, focusing on AI-ready, open-source data platforms from Bengaluru.

Dextr AI, the AI agent platform for hospitality, has raised $6.7 million in a seed funding round led by Elevation.

Ema, founded by exec Surojit Chatterjee, raised $77M to expand AI employee operations in enterprises.

Healthtech startup Rio.ai has raised Rs 43.08 crore for its AI-powered quick-commerce platform for medicines.

Proactive AI startup Sol has emerged with $4M in funding for developing an AI assistant for email tasks.

Bengaluru-based Flam raises $40M in Series B funding to expand R&D and scale global enterprise sales.

Graph AI has raised $13.3 million to expand its AI-powered patient safety platform and improve workflows.

Bajaj Finance acquired a 5% stake in TrueFan AI, which creates personalized, AI-generated videos at scale.