#Deeptech #robotics startup #Neuralzome Cybernetic has secured $2.4 million in a #pre-seed funding round led by #8X Ventures. theheadandtale.com/ai-emerging-te…

#Groceries and #supermarkets stood out as the highest transacting categories in #UPI payments, recording over three billion transactions worth Rs 64,881.98 crore in the month of July. #NPCI theheadandtale.com/explainer/upi-…

#AI chip makers #Nvidia and #AMD have agreed to hand over 15% of its high-end AI chip revenues from #China to the #US #government in exchange for #export #license. theheadandtale.com/ai-emerging-te…

#Fintech company #Slice has opened its second #technology-driven physical branch in #Gurugram, expanding its #UPI-first #banking model to #NorthIndia. theheadandtale.com/fintech-news/s…

#Breaking Paytm Payments Services Limited finally gets in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as payment aggregator. The Head And Tale #Exclusive theheadandtale.com/explainer/excl…

Paytm Payments Services Limited (#PPSL), the payments aggregator arm of #VijayShekharSharma-led #Paytm, has received the in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (#RBI). theheadandtale.com/explainer/excl…

'Now that the licence has come through, the company might formally announce CEO of Paytm's payment aggregator soon.' The story has been updated with more #Exclusive details. Only The Head And Tale

#Reliance has quietly built a #payments war machine inside #JioFinancialServices. Led by #ICICI Bank veterans and armed with deep banking ties, Jio’s payment aggregator arm is rolling out a playbook designed to take on entrenched fintechs. theheadandtale.com/deepdives/jio-…

#Fractal Analytics, an enterprise #AI company, has filed draft papers for an initial public offering (#IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (#SEBI) to raise up to Rs 4,900 crore ($560 million). theheadandtale.com/ai-emerging-te…

#AI startup #Perplexity has surprised the tech industry by submitting an unsolicited $34.5 billion all-cash proposal to acquire #Google #Chrome browser. #Alphabet - theheadandtale.com/ai-emerging-te…

Ever heard of Tarun Poddar? Probably not. But you should. From photo-ops with ministers to funding collaborations with IITs, and even a swanky office at Delhi’s Statesman House - his rise has been fuelled by PR spends and glowing press. Read full story - theheadandtale.com/deepdives/a-vc…

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Over two dozen startup founders are accusing Foxhog of cheating them. Firm is run by a person, named Tarun Poddar. His accomplishments include, but not limited to: - Claiming about being associated with Sequoia - Duping an HR company - Claiming to be a Stanford alum and raising

#AI startup #Anthropic has acquired the team of enterprise-grade AI evaluation platform #Humanloop. theheadandtale.com/ai-emerging-te…

#IgorBabuschkin, a co-founder of #ElonMusk's #AI startup #xAI, has stepped down. theheadandtale.com/ai-emerging-te…

A survey conducted by the Reserve Bank of India (#RBI) found that only a fifth of the financial entities in the country were active in #AI adoption. theheadandtale.com/fintech-news/r…

MobiKwik sues IPO lead manager DAM Capital over Rs 42 crore IPO expenses. theheadandtale.com/fintech-news/m…

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#OpenAI's current and former employees may sell shares worth nearly $6 billion to existing investors including #SoftBank. theheadandtale.com/ai-emerging-te…