Month: July 2026

Startup

JustBin: The AKTU Startup That Turned a Simple Observation into a Scrap Collection Revolution

In the middle of a bustling Delhi flat, 20-year-old Ankush Tiwari noticed something that most people walk past every day without a second thought. Piles of scrap—newspapers, plastic bottles, cardboard boxes—were stacked in rooms, corners, and balconies. When he asked why these items were not being sold, he got a simple answer: the local kabadiwaala never came. That observation became the seed for JustBin .

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Sarvam AI is strengthening its frontier AI team as it accelerates its ambitious mission to build

When an Indian startup announces it is building a trillion-parameter AI model from scratch, the first reaction is usually a raised eyebrow. Training frontier-scale models has been the exclusive domain of the world’s best-funded AI labs—OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind—with billions of dollars and tens of thousands of GPUs at their disposal. So when Sarvam AI declared at its Epoch 2026 developer conference that it was joining that race, it wasn’t just making an announcement—it was placing a bet on whether India could manufacture intelligence rather than just consume it .

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Why Zepto Hit Pause on Its IPO

Zepto, India’s quick-commerce giant, has put its IPO plans on hold and is instead raising a ₹1,000 crore pre-IPO round—a strategic pivot that reflects the widening gap between how founders value their company and what public market investors are willing to pay.

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Primetrace Hits ₹600 Cr ARR as It Eyes a $500 Million Valuation

In an era where most consumer internet startups in India are still burning cash to acquire users, Primetrace, the parent company of social-tech platform Kutumb, is quietly delivering a rare profitability story. The Bengaluru-based consumer AI startup is now in advanced talks to raise $50 million (around ₹475 crore)** at a valuation of **$500 million—a significant jump from its $150 million valuation in 2021 .

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