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Consumertech platform Eternal’s shares rose 12% on the NSE, touching their highest level since the begining of the year after the company reported a 70% year-on-year growth in quarterly revenue, driven largely by strong growth in the quick commerce segment. Shares of the company opened 8% higher at Rs 293 and later climbed as much as 12% to Rs 299 apiece.The Deepinder Goyal-led company saw its quick commerce business surpass its core food delivery segment in both revenue and Gross Order Value (GOV), signaling a broader consumer shift and a potential strategic pivot within the company.”Quick commerce surprised, with NOV…

The Delhi government has come out with draft Industrial Policy 2025-35, which seeks to set up a Rs 400 crore venture capital fund and provide Rs 50 crore capital investment reimbursement, to promote frontier tech services, including AI and fintech, officials said on Monday.Research and innovation as well as hospitality sector are also designated as focus areas in the draft policy on which comments have been invited from stakeholders by July 30.The draft focuses on investment in frontier tech services including Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), Gaming, Animation, Biotech, IT and iT enabled Services among…

In 2025, we’re witnessing a dramatic evolution in artificial intelligence—no longer just chatbots or productivity tools, but autonomous agents running real-world businesses. The question on every tech-forward entrepreneur’s mind is: Can AI actually run a business entirely on its own? Anthropic decided to find out, and the results are as fascinating as they are instructive.The Claude experiment, dubbed Project Vend, saw an AI model tasked with running a mini retail operation—a vending-style shop in Anthropic’s office—for four weeks. The results reveal just how close we are to an AI-powered business future… and how far we still have to go.Claude the…

Two months ago, Praneet Singh, a senior official of the Study Abroad programme of edtech firm upGrad, was at a conference organised by the National Association of Foreign Student Advisers in San Diego. He was among 8,000 educators from universities across the world when news broke out that US student visa appointments had been stalled until further notice. There was palpable tension in the air, recalls Singh, Associate Vice President, Study Abroad, upGrad.There were several questions on everyone’s mind: How will universities in the United States meet enrolment goals and plan annual budgets without international students? Can they preserve diversity in…

Hello,YourStory’s Tech30 has spotlighted over 300 breakout startups, facilitated 430-odd investor cheques, and has powered nearly $7 billion in cumulative valuations. From garage-stage ideas to category leaders to world-beating unicorns—Tech30 has seen it all.Now, you can be a part of India’s most aspirational startup list at TechSparks 2025 by clicking here. Hurry, applications close on August 14!Moving on, Tamil Nadu-based Milky Mist Dairy Food has filed a draft red herring prospectus with SEBI to raise up to Rs 2,035 crore through an IPO.ICYMI: The nearly $4 trillion crypto market has recently seen a new wave of optimism, driven by a…

Travel and lifestyle startup Escape Plan has raised $5 million in a seed round led by Jungle Ventures’ First Cheque@Jungle initiative and Fireside Ventures, the company said in a press note.Founded in 2025 by Abhinav Pathak and Abhinav Zutshi, Escape Plan is a multi-brand platform for all things travel. The platform will offer a wide range of products, from luggage and backpacks to passport covers and neck pillows, with an aim to deliver them within two hours of placing the order.”From a solution standpoint, we’re not a luggage brand; we’re a platform. Our focus is on solving for every micro…

In a breakthrough that feels straight out of science fiction, engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a device that can pull clean, drinkable water straight out of the air—even in some of the driest places on Earth. The compact, window-sized panel operates without any electricity, relying entirely on passive solar power and clever material science. Its successful test in California’s Death Valley marks a major step forward in decentralized water solutions.At a time when 1 in 4 people globally face water scarcity and climate change is making droughts more common, this technology offers new hope for…

When Netflix began expanding internationally, its biggest challenge wasn’t just licensing—it was knowing what to license. Different countries have different viewing habits, and traditional market research methods were often slow and expensive. So, Netflix turned to a surprisingly effective data source: pirated websites.During its launch in the Netherlands in 2013, Netflix needed to decide what content to include on its platform. Rather than guessing, they analysed what was being torrented the most. The top pirated title? Prison Break. Netflix bought the rights, added it to its Dutch library, and soon after, the platform gained instant traction. It was a strategic,…

This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Leila Quraishi, 27, of Los Angeles, California. Quraishi’s sock business Nudesox is targeting seven-figure revenue across all sales channels next year. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Image Credit: Dan Simantov. Leila Quraishi.Want to read more stories like this? Subscribe to Money Makers, our free newsletter packed with creative side hustle ideas and successful strategies. Sign up here. What was your day job or primary occupation when you started your side hustle?I was a senior in high school when I started Nudesox. Growing up, I was always entrepreneurial and loved creating and…

Imagine a world where sending a message doesn’t require an internet connection, mobile data, or even a SIM card. Now stop imagining — because that world is here. Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter and digital payments company Block, is back with a radically simple, yet powerful idea: what if your phone could communicate directly with other phones, bypassing all traditional infrastructure?Enter Bit Chat, a new messaging app that lets you send encrypted messages using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). No Wi-Fi. No cell towers. Just devices talking to each other, directly and quietly. In a world increasingly dependent on centralised…