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The funding will accelerate AI-powered personalized learning tools, deepen hyperlocal community-led expansion, and strengthen UpKraft’s technology and operations teams

Bengaluru-based UpKraft, an AI-powered extracurricular learning platform, has raised ₹1.6 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by PedalStart. The round comprises a curated group of angel investors, entrepreneurs, operators, and early-stage

Kapture CX, a Bengaluru-based enterprise AI startup, has secured $10 million in a pre-Series B round led by Bajaj Finserv Ventures to expand globally and deepen its verticalized full-stack agentic AI platform.

MoEngage has acquired AI startup Aampe to enhance Merlin AI and accelerate agentic, reinforcement learning–driven customer engagement at scale, following its $280 million Series F funding.

MoEngage has acquired San Francisco-based AI startup Aampe, adding reinforcement learning and agentic decisioning to Merlin AI after extending its Series F funding to $280 million.

Pramaana Labs, a Bengaluru-based AI startup founded by IIT Madras alumni, has raised a $27 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures to build a verification layer that checks AI-generated responses against regulations for sectors such as law, finance, healthcare, and taxation, as investor interest in India’s foundational AI technologies accelerates.

India’s ONDC raises ₹220 crore ($23.1M) from Zoho, Uber India, Paytm, and BSE Technologies to boost its open digital commerce infrastructure and expand across sectors like mobility and food delivery.

Anthropic secured $65 billion in Series H funding, valuing the AI company at $965 billion. Capital will fuel AI safety, compute expansion, and Claude model development.

Fairdeal.Market secures $15M led by Bertelsmann India Investments to revolutionize India’s 13 million kirana stores with 60-minute B2B quick commerce, expanding its tech and dark store network.

Anthropic’s revenue run rate surged to over $30 billion, driven by Claude models and enterprise demand, outpacing rivals like OpenAI while addressing computing challenges.

Axten Hospitals raises ₹2.5 crore in its first structured funding round led by PedalStart to expand its transparent, asset-light surgical care model across India.