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AssetPlus, a wealth-tech startup based in Chennai, has secured $19.3 million in a funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from Eight Roads Ventures and Rainmatter Fund.

#WealthTech #AssetPlus #NexusVenturePartners #EightRoadVentures #MutualFundDistributors #DeccanFounders
January 19, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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33&Brew, a vinyl-themed microbrewery founded by Karthik Chandrasekaran, secured Rs 20 crore ($2.2 million) in Series A funding led by Optimistic Capital.

#Microbrewery #Funding #CraftBeer #DeccanFounders #OptimisticCapital #33andBrew
January 19, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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India’s Finance Ministry is weighing an ICAI proposal to let married couples file joint tax returns

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#India #CoupleTaxFiling #IncomeTax #ICAI #DeccanFounders
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Artificial intelligence is driving computing demand to levels that strain terrestrial power and cooling infrastructure, pushing strategists to consider orbiting data centers.

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#SpaceDataCenters #AI #Amazon #Google #Microsoft #DeccanFounders
January 19, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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Instagram is expanding AI-powered creation tools in India, adding voice translation, dubbing, and lip-syncing for Reels in Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Marathi.

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#Meta #Instagram #Reels #AITranslation #DeccanFounders
January 19, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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Culture, a human-first social networking platform focused on shared interests and real-time conversations, has raised ₹2 crore in seed funding from Acuvest Infra.

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#SeedFunding #Culture #AcuvestInfra #DeccanFoundes #SocialMedia #CultureSpaces
January 19, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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Tesla has revived its in-house Dojo3 supercomputer project after halting it in 2025. Elon Musk announced the restart, citing progress on the AI5 chip

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#Tesla #ArtificialIntelligence #SelfDriving #AIChips #Supercomputing #DeepTech #DeccanFounders
January 19, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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D2C lifestyle brand Salty has raised INR 30.1 Cr ($3.3 Mn) led by MG Investment. Existing investors Anicut Capital, All In Capital, and JK Group also participated.

#D2C #Funding #LifestyleBrand #DeccanFounders #Salty #MGInvestment #AnicutCapital #AllinCapital #JKGroup
January 19, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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China’s CBDC strategy is shifting from trial to real-world impact as mBridge clears over $55 billion across 4,000+ cross-border transactions, surging more than 2,500 times since 2022.

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#DeccanFounders #MerchantPayments #mBridge #Dollardomination
January 17, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Republican Senators Steve Daines of Montana and Kevin Cramer of North Dakota are urging President Donald Trump to confront India over steep tariffs on US pulse crops.

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#Tariffs #India #USA #USAPulseImports #IndiaTariffs #DeccanFounders
January 17, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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Dr. Jitendra Singh announced plans to develop the Andaman & Nicobar Islands as a hub of India’s Blue Economy during his visit to ACOSTI, Port Blair.

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#India #BlueEconomy #AndamanNicobarIslands #ACOSTI #DeccanFounders #Fisheries #AquaCulture
January 17, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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Digital Labour Chowk Rozgar, founded by Chandrashekhar Mandal, secured ₹1.65 crore via Bharat Ke Super Founders on Amazon MX Player ₹65 lakh for 3.25% equity and ₹1 crore grant.

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#Funding #DeccanFounders #Amazon #DigitalLabourChowkRozgar
January 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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India and Israel signed a Joint Ministerial Declaration of Intent on 14 January 2026 in Eilat to deepen blue economy cooperation in fisheries and aquaculture.

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#India #Israel #Aquaculture #Fisheries #Collabration
January 17, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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Bharat Ke Super Founders has enabled a ₹3.5 crore investment commitment in sustainable battery startup Aloe E-Cell.

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#BharatKeSuperFounders #AloeECell #DeccanFounders #Amazon #AmazonMXPlayer #BatterySustainability #EcoFriendlyBattery #India
January 17, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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Anthropic is expanding Claude AI with Cowork, a no-code automation feature for non-technical users.

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#AI #Anthropic #Claude #MacOs #DeccanFounders #ClaudeCowork #Automation
January 17, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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Modi said India has seen a cultural shift where entrepreneurship and risk-taking are now respected. Speaking on National Startup Day.

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#PMModi #StartupIndia #AIImapactSummit #DeccanFounders #Startups #AI #India #GlobalLeader #StartupEcosystem
January 16, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Modi urged startups to lead India’s AI development using local talent and infrastructure. At Startup India’s 10th anniversary.

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#PMModi #StartupIndia #AIImapactSummit #DeccanFounders #Startups #AI #India #GlobalLeader #StartupEcosystem #AIStartups
January 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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SEBI is intensifying its crackdown on unregistered financial influencers, ordering nearly 100,000 videos with unauthorized stock tips removed amid a boom in social media–driven trading.

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#SEBI #DeccanFounders #StockMarkets #Finfluencers
January 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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OpenAI on January 15 launched ChatGPT Translate at chatgpt.com/translate, supporting over 50 languages with a dual-pane interface and tone controls, while disabling voice and image input.

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#OpenAI #ChatGPTTranslate #DeccanFounders #WhatsApp
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Translate as WhatsApp Pullout Follows Meta Policy Shift
OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Translate, a contextual AI translation tool, just as Meta’s new WhatsApp rules force the shutdown of general-purpose AI bots, affecting over 50 million users and rivals like Perplexity AI, Luzia, and Poke. Regulators in the EU, Italy, and Brazil are now examining Meta’s policy shift.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Emversity secures $30M in Series A funding led by Premji Invest, with Z47 and Lightspeed participating.

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#Emversity #Healthcare #Hospitality #DeccanFounders #Z47 #Lightspeed #Funding
January 16, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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Truva, a Mumbai-based proptech startup, secures $9 million in funding led by Stellaris and Orios Venture Partners, with debt from Stride Ventures. Angel investors like Mukesh Bansal and Ramakant Sharma also participated.

#proptech #resalehousing #indianrealestate #DeccanFounders
January 16, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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RenewCred, a Bengaluru-based climate tech startup founded by Abhimanyu Rathi, secured Rs 4.25 crore in seed funding led by Campus Angels Network.

#ClimateTech #CarbonCredits #Funding #RenewableEnergy #DeccanFounders
January 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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GrowthPal, co-founded by Maneesh Bhandari, Shalu Mitruka and Amaresh Shirsat, has raised $2.6 million led by Ideaspring Capital to scale its AI-powered M&A copilot.

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#growthpal #MergerandAcquisition #IdeaspringCapital #AI #DeccanFounders
January 16, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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Hexalog secured $4 million in seed funding led by ENRISSION INDIA CAPITAL to bolster its AI-driven cross-border logistics platform. Co-founded by Dibyanshu Tripathi, Utkarsh Tripathi, Vineet Malik, and Shobhit Singh

#AIlogistics #CrossBorderTrade #Hexalog #Deccanfounders
January 13, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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Misochain Technologies, a Bengaluru-based aerospace startup, has raised ₹18 crore in seed funding led by Capital-A. Founded by Rama Kandula and Murali Krishnan in 2019

#Aerospace #DeepTech #MadeInIndia #DeccanFounders
January 13, 2026 at 12:19 PM