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India leads the way on Google’s Nano Banana with a local creative twist

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-09-18 04:00:00

Google’s Nano Banana image-generation model, officially known as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, has fueled global momentum for the Gemini app since launching last month. But in India, it has taken on a creative life of its own, with retro portraits and local trends going viral — even as privacy and safety concerns begin to emerge. India has emerged as the No. 1 country in terms of Nano Banana usage, according to David Sharon, multimodal generation lead for Gemini Apps at Google DeepMind, who spoke at

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India’s Urban Company soars 58% above IPO price in year’s most subscribed offering

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-09-20 14:44:54

Urban Company, India’s largest home services platform, stormed onto the public markets on Wednesday, opening 58% above its issue price after delivering the country’s most subscribed IPO of the year. The Gurugram-based startup, which connects users to at-home services ranging from beauty treatments to appliance repair, debuted on the Mumbai-based National Stock Exchange at ₹162.25 per share (approximately $1.84), up from its IPO issue price of ₹103. The offering, which opened last week, was subs

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Groww, backed by Satya Nadella, set to become first Indian startup to go public after U.S.-to-India move

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-09-20 14:32:17

Groww, India’s largest retail brokerage firm, is set to test the country’s public markets with a multi-billion-dollar IPO. The listing comes comes just over a year after the company restructured its corporate headquarters from Delaware back to India — a move that could make it the first Indian startup to list at home following a relocation from the U.S. Backed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and marquee investors including Y Combinator, Ribbit Capital, and Tiger Global, Groww’s listing — expecte

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Apple’s big India push is paying off in billions

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-07 01:29:48

For the last few months, there’s been no lack of news involving Apple and India, from retail to production and everything in between. Now, according to Bloomberg, Tim Cook’s newest bet is starting to pay off. Here are the details. A surge years in the making According to Bloomberg’s sources, Apple saw a 13% bump in revenue from India in the 12 months ending in March, thanks in part to its recent retail expansion in the country. Apple has been aggressively increasing its retail footprint in th

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OpenAI is going big in India — here's everything the ChatGPT developer is up to

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2025-10-08 17:18:11

Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks at the annual Snowflake Summit in San Francisco, California on June 02, 2025. OpenAI is rapidly expanding its presence in India — one of the key markets for its flagship ChatGPT product. India is an appealing destination for U.S. tech giants, with companies ranging from Google to Meta betting on its huge — and young — population over recent years. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visited the country in February this year and met with the country's IT Minister Ashwini Vaishn

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US and Indian VCs just formed a $1B+ alliance to fund India’s deep tech startups

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-10-14 00:30:00

Eight U.S. and Indian venture capital and private equity firms — including storied investors Accel, Blume Ventures, Celesta Capital, and Premji Invest — have formed an unusual coalition to back India’s deep tech startups, pledging more than $1 billion over the next decade to strengthen U.S.-India tech ties. The alliance addresses longstanding funding concerns. In April, Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal drew criticism after slamming domestic startups for focusing on food delivery instead of

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U.S. and Indian VCs just formed a $1B+ alliance to fund India’s deep tech startups

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-10-15 16:30:00

Eight U.S. and Indian venture capital and private equity firms — including storied investors Accel, Blume Ventures, Celesta Capital, and Premji Invest — have formed an unusual coalition to back India’s deep tech startups, pledging more than $1 billion over the next decade to strengthen U.S.-India tech ties. The alliance addresses longstanding funding concerns. In April, Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal drew criticism after slamming domestic startups for focusing on food delivery instead of

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India's billion-dollar e-waste empire

news.ycombinator.com Yashraj Sharma 2025-10-13 22:52:54

In the dead of a cold December night in 2023, at a dump near Delhi, hundreds of men huddled around small bonfires, clutching paper cups of tea. They tossed plastic bags into the flames as they waited for a fleet of trucks to arrive. The trucks rolled in one by one, full of electronic marvels now reduced to e-waste: Nokia, Itel, and Samsung smartphones; Sony and LG LCD screens; Tata air conditioners; Canon and Epson printers. As the trailer gates opened at the back of one truck, Rashid Khan and

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Billionaire Ambani taps Google, Meta to build India’s AI backbone

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-10-19 09:19:10

Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man and chairman of Reliance Industries, has unveiled an ambitious plan to build the country’s AI backbone through a new subsidiary — starting with strategic partnerships with Google Cloud and Meta. At the company’s 48th annual general meeting on Friday, Ambani launched a new venture called Reliance Intelligence, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries. The new venture aims to create a national-scale AI infrastructure, including enterprise tools and services for a var

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India is still working on sewer robots

technologyreview.com Hamaad Habibullah 2025-10-24 13:00:00

More than 220 Bandicoot robots have been deployed in India, says Vipin Govind, head of marketing and communications at Genrobotics. The company’s reach, he says, enables “even resource-constrained municipalities” to deploy the technology effectively. Despite these technological options, a 2021 report by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment found that there are still more than 58,000 manual scavengers across India. Independent observers say the numbers are even higher. The machine that J

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More great wallpaper in the run-up to two more Apple Stores in India

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-24 14:01:37

Apple is doubling its retail footprint in India with the imminent opening of two new stores next week, one in Bengaluru and the other in Pune. As usual, the company is offering downloadable wallpaper to celebrate the openings, this one with a peacock theme … The long road to Apple stores in India Apple had wanted to open retail stores in India for a great many years before it was finally able to do so. In a bid to boost the manufacturing sector in the country, the Indian government banned an

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TikTok denies India comeback after reports of website going live

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-10-29 16:59:43

TikTok has not been unbanned in India, TechCrunch confirmed Friday, despite brief website access that sparked media reports of a possible comeback after more than five years. A TikTok spokesperson told TechCrunch that the Chinese-owned social media platform’s ban by the Indian government remains in place, and the short-video platform is not accessible in the country. “We have not restored access to TikTok in India and continue to comply with the Government of India’s directive,” the spokespers

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OpenAI announces New Delhi office as it expands footprint in India

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-10-31 01:06:18

OpenAI has announced plans to open its first office in India, just days after launching a ChatGPT plan tailored for Indian users, as it looks to tap into the country’s rapidly growing AI market. On Friday, the company said it would set up a local team in India and open a corporate office in the capital, New Delhi, in the coming months. The move builds on OpenAI’s recent hiring efforts in the region. In April 2024, the company appointed former Truecaller and Meta executive Pragya Mishra as its p

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India bans real-money gaming, threatening a $23 billion industry

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-11-03 09:53:16

India’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday passed a sweeping online gaming bill that, while promoting esports and casual gaming without monetary stakes, imposes a blanket ban on real-money games — threatening to disrupt billions of dollars in investment and significantly impact the real-money gaming industry, which could see widespread shutdowns. Titled the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, the legislation aims to prohibit real-money games nationwide — whether based on s

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Apple Is Making All Four iPhone 17 Models in India in a 'Watershed' Pivot From China, Report Says

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-04 12:25:00

Apple is manufacturing all four of its iPhone 17 models in India ahead of next month's launch, according to Bloomberg. That marks a first for the company, as it tries to mitigate the effects of President Donald Trump's tariffs on products produced in China. The production is taking place at five Indian factories. Tata Group is managing half of the manufacturing in new plants in the southern state Tamil Nadu and Taiwan's Foxconn will be manufacturing iPhones near the Bangalore airport. Apple di

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OpenAI chases growth in India with its cheapest ChatGPT plan, costing $4.6 a month

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-11-05 08:34:28

OpenAI on Tuesday launched a subscription plan in India priced at 399 rupees ($4.57) a month, the ChatGPT maker's most affordable offering yet, as it looks to grow in its second-largest market by user base. The new plan, called ChatGPT Go, provides expanded access to the latest model GPT‑5, and other features at a lower cost, the Microsoft-backed firm said in a statement on its website. Nick Turley, who leads ChatGPT, said in a social media post that the plan provides 10 times more message lim

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Apple is reportedly making more of its new iPhones in India instead of China

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-11-06 09:02:51

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple is manufacturing more of its iPhone 17 phones for the US in India instead of in China, and for the first time, the full lineup of new models will ship from India at launch, according to Bloomberg. The company is also working on a successor to the iPhone 16E that it plans to make in I

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OpenAI releases $4 ChatGPT plan, but it's not available in the US for now

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-06 12:28:00

OpenAI has finally announced the GPT Go subscription, which costs just $4 in the US or INR 399 in India. Unfortunately, the cheapest paid version of GPT is limited to India for now. If you live in India or have an account made in India, you'll now begin seeing a nudge to try GPT Go when you're using a free account. Source: BleepingComputer When you select Try Go, you'll be asked to pay at least $4. Right now, it is limited to India, but OpenAI says that it will come to more regions soon. GP

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CPG startup Keychain snags $30M to build in India, grow in the US

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-11-06 10:00:00

Keychain, a U.S. startup that helps consumer brands find manufacturing partners, has raised $30 million in fresh funding as it looks to scale its India-based development team to drive growth in North America. While headquartered in New York, Keychain operates as a distributed company with its core engineering and product development centered in India. The startup is doubling down on this model with the new funding, aiming to grow its engineering, product design, and analytics teams in Gurugram

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Apple Is Making All Four iPhone 17 Models in India in a Big Pivot From China, Report Says

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-06 18:02:00

Apple is manufacturing all four of its iPhone 17 models in India ahead of next month's launch, according to Bloomberg. That marks a first for the company, as it tries to mitigate the effects of President Donald Trump's tariffs on products produced in China. The production is taking place at five Indian factories. Tata Group is managing half of the manufacturing in new plants in the southern state Tamil Nadu and Taiwan's Foxconn will be manufacturing iPhones near the Bangalore airport. India ha

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India’s government to propose blanket ban on real-money gaming

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-11-06 18:03:34

Real-money gaming companies are reeling as India moves to propose a blanket ban on their operations under a new legislation. The Indian government plans to prohibit real-money games — whether based on skill or chance — under its proposed online gaming regulation, per a draft seen by TechCrunch, which was also verified by three sources, including one consultant with the Indian IT ministry and two people working closely with the Indian government and real-money gaming companies. Proposed to be c

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Apple reportedly ups iPhone production in India as country's Russia ties roil White House

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-11-07 04:55:49

Apple has reportedly boosted iPhone production in India as the country faces pressure from the White House over its Russian oil purchases. "We have planned to up the tariffs on India," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Tuesday. "These are secondary tariffs for buying the sanctioned Russian oil." Bessent accused India of "profiteering" by purchasing cheap Russian oil and reselling it during the Ukraine war, "which is unacceptable." Earlier this month, President Donal

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ChatGPT now has a subscription plan that costs less than $5/month

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-06 22:12:21

OpenAI has launched the cheapest ChatGPT subscription plan ever. The new plan, called ChatGPT Go , costs less than $5 per month, but the catch is that it’s not available everywhere and has only just launched in India. ChatGPT Go aims to expand the chatbot’s most popular features and make them available at more affordable prices. Not only does the subscription include everything you get with the free version of ChatGPT, it also brings the following additions: Extended access to GPT-5 Extended

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Apple is reportedly manufacturing all four iPhone 17 models in India

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-07 04:55:28

Apple is shifting more iPhone production to India ahead of next month’s iPhone 17 launch, Bloomberg reports. The company will build all four iPhone 17 models there, and for the first time US-bound shipments for the entire lineup will come from India at launch. The shift comes amid production expansion across five factories in India, including two plants that recently opened. Apple has been working to decrease its reliance on China for the manufacturing of US-bound iPhones. According to Bloombe

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CPG startup Keychain snags $30M to build in India, grow in the U.S.

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-11-07 04:00:00

Keychain, a U.S. startup that helps consumer brands find manufacturing partners, has raised $30 million in fresh funding as it looks to scale its India-based development team to drive growth in North America. While headquartered in New York, Keychain operates as a distributed company with its core engineering and product development centered in India. The startup is doubling down on this model with the new funding, aiming to grow its engineering, product design, and analytics teams in Gurugram

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OpenAI's ChatGPT Go plan arrives in India only for under $5 per month

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-07 14:00:53

OpenAI has debuted its cheapest subscription yet for India only, product head Nick Turley announced on X. Called ChatGPT Go, the 390 rupee ($4.60) GPT-5 plan will offers users 10 times more message limits, image generation and file uploads than the free offering. "Making ChatGPT more affordable has been a key ask from users," Turley wrote. "We're rolling out Go in India first and will learn from feedback before expanding to other countries." The new plan was leaked earlier and OpenAI recently i

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Apple is finally hitting a long-held goal to reduce its dependence on China

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-11-07 23:57:42

A new report says that Apple will finally hit a long-held goal to reduce its dependence on China with the launch of the iPhone 17. Indian iPhone production has always lagged behind that of China, but all this is now changing – with import tariffs acting as an additional incentive … Apple’s long-term goal The vast majority of iPhones are still assembled in China, but Apple has for many years been working on boosting the number of phones made in other countries. India is the company’s secondary

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OpenAI launches a sub-$5 ChatGPT plan in India

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-11-07 15:57:15

OpenAI today launched a new, cheaper ChatGPT paid subscription plan in India called ChatGPT GO, priced at ₹399 per month ($4.60), which is more affordable than the ₹1,999 (about $23) per month Plus Plan. The company had turned on local currency pricing for all its plans a few days ago, and with this launch, it will also allow users to pay through UPI (Unified Payment Interface), India’s payment framework. Nick Turley, VP at OpenAI and head of ChatGPT, said that this plan will increase the mess

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OpenAI launches cheapest ChatGPT plan at $4.6, starting in India

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-11-08 00:31:36

OpenAI on Tuesday launched a subscription plan in India priced at 399 rupees ($4.57) a month, the ChatGPT maker's most affordable offering yet, as it looks to grow in its second-largest market by user base. The new plan, called ChatGPT Go, provides expanded access to the latest model GPT‑5, and other features at a lower cost, the Microsoft-backed firm said in a statement on its website. Nick Turley, who leads ChatGPT, said in a social media post that the plan provides 10 times more message lim

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OpenAI launches a sub $5 ChatGPT plan in India

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-11-07 21:57:15

OpenAI today launched a new, cheaper ChatGPT paid subscription plan in India called ChatGPT GO, priced at ₹399 per month ($4.60), which is more affordable than the ₹1,999 (about $23) per month Plus Plan. The company had turned on local currency pricing for all its plans a few days ago, and with this launch, it will also allow users to pay through UPI (Unified Payment Interface), India’s payment framework. Nick Turley, VP at OpenAI and head of ChatGPT, said that this plan will increase the mess

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India leads the way on Google’s Nano Banana with a local creative twist

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OpenAI is going big in India — here's everything the ChatGPT developer is up to

US and Indian VCs just formed a $1B+ alliance to fund India’s deep tech startups

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TikTok denies India comeback after reports of website going live

OpenAI announces New Delhi office as it expands footprint in India

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Apple Is Making All Four iPhone 17 Models in India in a 'Watershed' Pivot From China, Report Says

OpenAI chases growth in India with its cheapest ChatGPT plan, costing $4.6 a month

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OpenAI releases $4 ChatGPT plan, but it's not available in the US for now

CPG startup Keychain snags $30M to build in India, grow in the US

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India’s government to propose blanket ban on real-money gaming

Apple reportedly ups iPhone production in India as country's Russia ties roil White House

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Apple is reportedly manufacturing all four iPhone 17 models in India

CPG startup Keychain snags $30M to build in India, grow in the U.S.

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Apple is finally hitting a long-held goal to reduce its dependence on China

OpenAI launches a sub-$5 ChatGPT plan in India

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OpenAI launches a sub $5 ChatGPT plan in India

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