Today marks the final deadline for TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield 200, with applications closing at 11:59 p.m. PT. The competition offers…
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Founders Paying Themselves Too Little Are Killing Their Valuations, VC Data From 130 Startups Reveals
Gurgaon-based venture capital CEO Aditya Arora has challenged startup culture's glorification of founder frugality, citing a Bengaluru founder who draws…
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How Two Founders Built a Voice-First AI Platform Quietly Reshaping Blue-Collar Hiring Across India
JobsUPI, a voice-first AI recruitment platform founded by Shrey Bansal and Shubham Periwal, is tackling India's fragmented blue-collar hiring market.…
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Cyprus Courts India’s AI Giants With Tax Breaks and a Bold Bid to Become Europe’s Tech Gateway
Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides hosted an exclusive investors' roundtable with Invest Cyprus, drawing Indian AI and technology firms including HT…
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India’s SEO Agencies Are Rewriting Global Digital Marketing Rules and These Are the Firms Leading the Charge
India's digital marketing sector has emerged as a global force, with Indian Startup Times recognizing standout performers in its "India's…
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IndiQube Turned a 50-Year-Old Building Into a Green Enterprise Magnet While Doubling Profits 145%
IndiQube posted record FY26 results — revenue of Rs 1,469 crore (up 37%), PAT of Rs 125 crore (up 145%),…
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Onchain Derivatives Startup Raises $50M to Build the Financial Products It Believes Will Overtake Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading
Variational, a peer-to-peer onchain derivatives trading protocol, raised $50 million in a round led by Dragonfly, with participation from Bain…
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Silicon Valley’s Ice Bath Pitch Stunt Forces a Reckoning Over Whose Resilience Actually Counts
Venture capitalist Tim Draper sparked debate after spending 52 minutes in an ice bath while hearing 52 startup pitches, testing…
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How One Jaipur University Ditched Job Placement Goals and Generated 918 Patents and 200 Startups Instead
Vivekananda Global University (VGU) in Jaipur is reshaping higher education by prioritizing founder-building over job placement. Rather than tracking exam…
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Pope Leo XIV’s AI Encyclical Puts the Vatican on a Collision Course With Trump Over the Future of Warfare
Pope Leo XIV will formally launch his first encyclical, *Magnifica Humanitas* (Magnificent Humanity), on May 25, addressing human dignity in…
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