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Quanfluence Raises $10 Million to Accelerate Full-Stack Photonic Quantum Computer Development

Indian deeptech startup Quanfluence raises $10 million in Series A funding to fabricate room-temperature photonic quantum computing processors and quantum cloud algorithms.

By Sanjay Patel · October 7, 2026 · 9 min read

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Engineering

Quanfluence Raises $10 Million to Accelerate Full-Stack Photonic Quantum Computer Development

Indian deeptech startup Quanfluence raises $10 million in Series A funding to fabricate room-temperature photo...

By Sanjay Patel · Oct 7, 2026

Business

Garuda Aerospace Secures $10M Pre-IPO Funding at $320M Valuation to Accelerate Drone Manufacturing

Chennai drone manufacturer Garuda Aerospace raises $10 million in pre-IPO bridge funding at a $320 million val...

By Vikram Malhotra · Oct 7, 2026

Engineering

Cyient Introduces CYiNGINE Platform to Power AI-Led Product Engineering and Lifecycle Innovation

Engineering services major Cyient rolls out CYiNGINE, an AI-native engineering platform transforming product d...

By Karthik Ramaswamy · Oct 7, 2026

Engineering

ITC Infotech Unveils VANGUARDS Engineering Programme to Accelerate Enterprise AI Transformation

ITC Infotech launches VANGUARDS, a dedicated AI engineering unit and capability framework to modernise legacy ...

By Sanjay Patel · Oct 7, 2026

Startups

CurvetAI Raises ₹6 Crore Seed Funding to Scale Multi-Model AI Workspace and Autonomous Agent Workflows

Pune-based startup CurvetAI secures ₹6 crore in seed funding to expand its multi-model AI workspace, orchestra...

By Meera Krishnan · Oct 7, 2026

ElevenLabs Bets Big on India with Multi-Million Dollar Push into Indic Voice AI and Local R&D Hubs

AI voice pioneer ElevenLabs commits hundreds of millions of dollars to India, establishing local research hubs...

By Elena Rostova · Oct 7, 2026

Business

Jio Platforms Targets India’s Biggest IPO with $3.8B Offering to Accelerate AI and Enterprise Cloud Expansion

Jio Platforms prepares a landmark $3.8 billion IPO, poised to become India's largest public listing, driving i...

By Vikram Malhotra · Oct 6, 2026

Engineering

BigEndian Semiconductors Secures ₹130 Crore Government Support to Build Indigenous AI Vision SoC

Bengaluru semiconductor startup BigEndian secures ₹130 crore government backing under DLI scheme to tape out a...

By Sanjay Patel · Oct 6, 2026

Indian Physical AI Startups Form Consortium to Establish Unified Real-World Robotics Data Standards

A consortium of Indian physical AI and robotics startups is establishing open standards for real-world multimo...

By Elena Rostova · Oct 6, 2026

Anthropic Deploys Local Claude AI Inference Across AWS India Regions to Enforce Enterprise Data Sovereignty

Anthropic launches domestic Claude AI model inference in India via Amazon Bedrock, enabling banks, healthcare ...

By Aditi Sharma · Oct 6, 2026

Tech

Razorpay and OpenAI Bring ChatGPT In-Chat Commerce and Advertising to Indian Direct-to-Consumer Brands

Razorpay collaborates with OpenAI to empower Indian businesses with conversational product discovery, ChatGPT-...

By Rohan Varma · Oct 6, 2026

Startups

Andhra Pradesh and PanIIT Alumni Partner to Launch ₹500 Crore Deep-Tech Venture Fund for Frontier Hardware

Andhra Pradesh government joins forces with PanIIT Alumni India to unveil a ₹500 crore dedicated venture fund ...

By Meera Krishnan · Oct 6, 2026