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Indian farmers are using artificial intelligence to grow crops year-round despite extreme weather, tripling yields and cutting losses by nearly a quarter. This tech revolution is transforming one of the world's oldest professions into its smartest.
Travelers at Pune Airport are getting help from India's first AI-powered humanoid robot assistant. Spaceo M1 can guide passengers, carry luggage, and communicate in over 85 languages during its trial run.
Electric vehicle charging provider Statiq just secured $18 million to blanket India with fast chargers and take their proven model global. The funding validates a scrappy startup that survived tough times by focusing on what works.
Dr. Bijayalakshmi Goswami launched a smart farming tech startup in Assam just months before COVID nearly destroyed it. Now her IoT system is helping Indian farmers adapt to climate change with real-time crop monitoring.
A major Indian entertainment company just launched an AI platform that lets anyone create movies and shows using its 50-year library of films. The best creators will compete for $5 million in prizes and potential contracts with the studio.
Foreign travelers at India's AI summit can now use the country's instant payment system without opening a local bank account. The UPI One World wallet lets visitors from 40+ countries pay by scanning QR codes, just like locals do billions of times monthly.
In Sambhal, India, artisans transform discarded animal horns and bones into beautiful handcrafted products sold worldwide. What was once waste now supports an entire community of craftspeople creating sustainable alternatives to plastic.
Indian cities lose nearly half their treated water to leaks, forcing residents to rely on tankers and storage tanks. A Bengaluru startup uses AI to predict leaks before they become crises, already saving millions of litres daily.
Over 10,000 delegates from 30+ countries gathered in Jaipur to chart India's tech future, where cricket legend Virender Sehwag shared leadership wisdom and AI experts unveiled plans to give every citizen their own digital agent. The three-day summit proved innovation hubs don't need to be in metros anymore.
A 117-year-old science institute in India is turning PhD students into entrepreneurs, launching 20 deeptech startups annually and matching Stanford's faculty entrepreneurship rate. The program has already helped create successful space technology companies and is building a model for turning academic research into real-world solutions.
A district in India just proved that government services can actually work beautifully in the digital age. Pune's local government scored an almost perfect 196.25 out of 200 in Maharashtra's e-governance challenge, making public services faster and more transparent for millions.
Deloitte just became the first Big Four firm to unveil a fully India-developed AI platform that helps businesses build applications faster and cheaper. The breakthrough tool, priced 50% below market rates, brings enterprise-grade artificial intelligence to thousands of companies including smaller businesses.
India is building its first Quantum Valley in Andhra Pradesh, partnering with SRM University to create a testing hub that will help startups and researchers develop the next generation of computing technology. The facility will put India on the map as a global player in quantum innovation.
Rural India is getting its own Silicon Valley moment. Two villages in Tamil Nadu just opened startup communities that give young entrepreneurs free funding and mentorship to turn their ideas into real businesses.
A startup in Kerala is putting weather stations and soil sensors directly in farmers' hands, turning ancient agricultural wisdom into AI-powered decisions. The tech has already helped more than 1,000 farms across India manage crops smarter in an era of unpredictable weather.
Three college students in India turned a weed-pulling robot idea into an AI platform that's helping thousands of farmers increase their harvests and incomes. Their secret? Listening to farmers for two years before building anything.
India's premier engineering institute just launched a $66 million fund to back homegrown startups building cutting-edge technology in robotics, space, defense, and semiconductors. The move signals India's push to become a global deep tech powerhouse without relying on foreign imports.
A missed payment turned into family harassment inspired two engineers to revolutionize India's debt collection industry. DPDzero now helps 650,000 borrowers monthly recover from missed payments without threatening calls.
A homegrown Indian technology is making solar panels more efficient without changing a single component. TriNano Technologies' breakthrough coating cuts cleaning needs in half and adds years to panel life.
India is building roads from plastic waste that last three times longer than regular pavement. A 100-meter test road in Delhi proves the technology works at massive scale.
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