India Tech Report

By Hari Arakali

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This is a podcast dedicated to chronicling and supporting the growth of India's deep tech and climate tech startup ecosystems. One conversation at a time.

Episode Date
Coming up: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala on ITEL and his next moonshots
Jun 26, 2026
10 pct challenge: Vinod Shankar at Java Capital on how India can put $1 trillion in deep tech
Jun 23, 2026
Coming up: Vinod Shankar at Java Capital challenges India's ultra rich to back deep innovation
Jun 18, 2026
Custom silicon: Ramamurthy Sivakumar at HrdWyr on the opportunity to build from India for the world
Jun 16, 2026
Coming up: Ramamurthy Sivakumar at HrdWyr on the implications of building chips from India
Jun 15, 2026
Coming up: Intel veteran Ramamurthy Sivakumar on HrdWyr’s roadmap for AI-native chips from India
Jun 10, 2026
Deep tech: Ideaspring Capital's founders on the circle of life and other investing lessons (Part 2)
Jun 09, 2026
Ideaspring Capital's founders on their entrepreneurs turned VCs life | Preview
Jun 08, 2026
Decarbonising rice: Mitti Labs founders on their plan for future of sustainable farming
Jun 05, 2026
Coming up: Mitti Labs founders on vision for sustainable rice farming
Jun 03, 2026
Deep tech: Ideaspring Capital's founders on investing with conviction, eyes wide open (Part 1)
Jun 02, 2026
Mitti Labs founders on helping rice farmers cut methane, make money (Preview)
May 29, 2026
Founder journeys: Ravi Kulkarni at Moonrider on the importance of the right partner — bonus episode
May 28, 2026
High voltage harvest: Anoop Srikantaswamy’s electric vision for the future of Indian agriculture
May 19, 2026
Autonomous tractors: Anoop Srikantaswamy at Moonrider on the bigger picture — full interview coming soon
May 16, 2026
Polsky Center selects 20 Indian deep tech startups, new funding rounds at Flo Mobility, HrdWyr
May 13, 2026
Coming up: Anoop Srikantaswamy on e-tractor innovations at Moonrider
May 13, 2026
Eka Robotics bets on force, not language, to teach robots dexterity
Apr 30, 2026
Battery sovereignty: Stuti Kakkar, Co-Founder of MEINE Electric, on India’s ALBM plan
Apr 28, 2026
Ati Motors becomes Ati Robotics, AI-led material orchestration specialist
Apr 23, 2026
StepChange, Nilekani-backed Beckn unveil CSDX vision to bridge global climate data gap
Apr 22, 2026
India withdraws bid to host COP33, US restores some carbon funds, Microsoft clarifies on purchases
Apr 19, 2026
Robots and real-world RoI: Saurabh Chandra on Ati Motors’ perspective
Apr 15, 2026
Saurabh Chandra on ‘future factory’ vision in era of physical AI
Apr 10, 2026
Coming up: Saurabh Chandra at Ati Motors on a rendezvous with robots
Apr 02, 2026
Four ways India's robotics startups can win
Mar 22, 2026
Humanoid robots: which approach will win the race?
Mar 19, 2026
What's holding humanoids back? This expert's answer might surprise you
Mar 18, 2026
Humanoid future: Arjun Dutt at Bain on the coming waves of robots
Mar 17, 2026
Coming up: Arjun Dutt at Bain on the three waves of adoption of humanoid robots — from factories to homes
Mar 11, 2026
Beyond Government: Gokul NA’s hard truths for industry in deep tech
Mar 10, 2026
Gokul NA on training robots to learn like infants: CynLr’s Object Intelligence Stack
Mar 06, 2026
The ‘knowhow challenge’ — Apoorv Shaligram, founder of e-TRNL
Feb 25, 2026
Apoorv Shaligram on e-TRNL Energy’s efforts to innovate better cell architectures
Feb 20, 2026
Coming up: Apoorv Shaligram on how the government is catalysing a deep tech discourse in India
Feb 19, 2026
Coming up: Apoorv Shaligram on battery cell innovations at e-TRNL Energy, and a funding update
Feb 16, 2026
Point: MEINE Electric’s founders on innovating their batteries for scale
Feb 12, 2026
Priyansh Mohan and Stuti Kakkar on iron-air battery innovations at MEINE Electric
Feb 10, 2026
Coming up: Priyansh Mohan and Stuti Kakkar on their energy storage innovations at MEINE Electric
Feb 08, 2026
From jetpacks to robot brigades: Jay Panchal on Aule’s vision for India’s space-tech future
Feb 03, 2026
Coming up: Jay Panchal, founder at Aule Space, on their mission to extend satellites’ lifespan
Jan 30, 2026
Manish Singhal: ‘India will be seen as a global deep tech nation in less than five years’
Jan 27, 2026
Coming up: Manish Singhal on India’s chance to be counted a global deep tech nation by 2030
Jan 25, 2026
EtherealX, Aule kick off 2026 space tech funding in India with ambitious targets
Jan 19, 2026
ViewPoint: Perceptyne’s founders explain the reality of robots and assembly line automation today
Jan 17, 2026
Perceptyne’s founders on why 2026 could be the year of deployment of robots
Jan 13, 2026
Coming up: Founders of Perceptyne Robots on 2026, the year of deployment
Jan 11, 2026
IFC backs GFCL EV with $50 mln, Hyundai launches MobED autonomous mobile robot, Viavi, QNu team up
Dec 08, 2025
IIT M celebrates 500 startups, Planys raises Rs. 100 crore
Dec 05, 2025
Biomoneta wins FDA approval, Moonrider raises $6 million from pi Ventures, other VCs
Dec 04, 2025
DST invites founders, investors to RDI Fund outreach session tomorrow Bengaluru
Dec 03, 2025
India to modernise Semiconductor Laboratory spending Rs. 4,500 crore
Dec 02, 2025
Sunil Cavale and Vishal Katariya on the evolving chip startup landscape in India
Nov 28, 2025
CrisprBits raises $3 million to scale CRISPR diagnostics, biofuel strain engineering
Nov 26, 2025
Google, Accel team up to back Indian AI startups, SBI Ventures’ next climate tech fund
Nov 25, 2025
Coming up: How India’s semiconductor startup landscape is changing
Nov 24, 2025
Agnikul raises fresh funding, smaller coolers for quantum chips, and more
Nov 24, 2025
India backs JCM, seeks global action on energy for small islands at COP30, and more
Nov 21, 2025
Karnataka’s Quantum City and space policy, CRISPR-based sickle cell therapy, and more
Nov 20, 2025
Princeton’s qubit breakthrough, Sentinel-6B launched, Cornerstone’s funding and more
Nov 19, 2025
India launches its largest space-tech investment vehicle
Nov 18, 2025
Climake’s founders on their ‘most upbeat’ climate finance report yet on India
Nov 14, 2025
ViewPoint: public markets can support climate finance in India where VCs can’t
Nov 13, 2025
Coming up: Simmi Sareen and Shravan Shankar at Climake on the state of climate finance in India 2025
Nov 11, 2025
Dr. Somanath on India’s space innovation and deep tech future
Nov 07, 2025
Nvidia joins India deep tech alliance, QpiAI unveils 64-qubit processor
Nov 06, 2025
Neil Shah at Counterpoint on Panther Lake and Intel’s robotics play
Oct 16, 2025
Ganapathy Subramaniam on Yali’s deep tech startup bets in India — Part 2
Oct 15, 2025
Bhaktha Keshavachar on Chara’s new $6 million funding
Oct 14, 2025
GalaxEye sets 2026 Q1 for multi-sensor satellite launch
Oct 13, 2025
Coming up: Ganapathy Subramaniam on Yali’s deep tech bets in India – Part 2
Oct 11, 2025
China expands restrictions on rare earth mineral exports
Oct 10, 2025
Theia Ventures $30 million clean energy fund gets BII backing
Oct 09, 2025
Chip design startup Morphing Machines raises Rs. 38.36 crore
Oct 08, 2025
India’s first S&T and innovation conclave, Eli Lilly’s $1 bln plan
Oct 07, 2025
The Climate on Monday: SusVentures, BITS-P founders residency – apply soon
Oct 06, 2025
Ganapathy Subramaniam on Yali’s deep tech startup bets in India — Part 1
Sep 30, 2025
Coming up: Ganapathy Subramaniam on Yali’s deep tech bets in India – Part 1
Sep 26, 2025
India data centre tax breaks, a new Menlo partner, and rumblings of an AI bubble
Sep 16, 2025
Engineer, operator, VC: Ravi Jain at TDK Ventures on India’s deep tech scene
Sep 16, 2025
The Climate on Monday: Meet the 11 startups in Amazon’s latest ClimateTech cohort
Sep 15, 2025
Coming up: Ravi Jain at TDK Ventures on the promise of India’s rising deep tech ecosystem
Sep 12, 2025
India announces plan for full solar value chain, also boosts support for green hydrogen
Sep 12, 2025
HAL to make small space rockets with ISRO tech transfer
Sep 11, 2025
Aavishkaar plans deep tech fund, UoH opens protein research centre
Sep 10, 2025
AI + capitalism = few rich and many more poor, says Geoffrey Hinton
Sep 09, 2025
The Climate on Monday: Nobel laureate urges rich nations to share green tech freely
Sep 08, 2025
CynLr, IISc in nature-inspired robotic vision innovation pact
Sep 05, 2025
India approves Rs. 1,500 crore critical mineral recyling plan
Sep 04, 2025
The power of eight: US and desi VCs team up for $1 billion India deep tech alliance
Sep 03, 2025
India’s AI data centre landscape expands: OpenAI’s giga plant, RIL’s deep tech unit
Sep 02, 2025
IN-SPACe signs five ISRO tech transfer deals, C-CAMP names NBEC winners
Aug 28, 2025
RISC-V and beyond: GS Madhusudan at Incore Semiconductors on building India's chip industry future
Aug 22, 2025
growX leads PeelON’s seed funding for green packaging for produce, and more
Aug 21, 2025
Coming up: GS Madhusudan at Incore Semiconductors on India’s fast evolving chip ecosystem
Aug 20, 2025
Abhijit Bhutey and Vishal Reddy on Inbound Aerospace's microgravity platform in space
Aug 14, 2025
Ultraviolette, Eyestem raise more funding, smart electrolytes for fast charging, and more
Aug 13, 2025
Coming up: Founders of Inbound Aerospace on advanced manufacturing opportunities in microgravity
Aug 12, 2025
Manastu raises $3 million to advance green rocket propulsion tech, and more
Aug 12, 2025
ViewPoint: Career advice for students that applies even beyond science and engineering
Aug 06, 2025
ViewPoint: Talent, the biggest bottleneck, and the difference between the US and India
Aug 04, 2025
Historic NASA-ISRO satellite launched, Harvard researchers show quantum optical systems breakthrough, and more
Aug 01, 2025
India tests Pralay missile, Meta’s wristband breakthrough, Hyundai and IITM set up Hydrogen hub, and more
Jul 31, 2025
ViewPoint: How design can lower the barriers to adoption of AMRs among SMBs
Jul 30, 2025
A drone that can keep flying, ultra efficient chips, Endiya's new partner, and more
Jul 30, 2025
Rishabh Agarwal at PeerRobotics on breaking the adoption barriers for collaborative robots
Jul 29, 2025
Climate on Monday: Northvolt attracts buyers, Energy Dome and Google team up, Avalanche's desktop fusion, and more
Jul 28, 2025
Friday Deep Tech Wrap: Infosys, Tata back Yali’s $104 million deep tech fund, US-India satellite launch, and more
Jul 25, 2025
Inside Ati Motors’ vision for industrial robots: Indian engineering for global markets
Jul 23, 2025
Climate on Monday: Transvolt funded in IFC’s first EV fleet investment, a solar PV efficiency breakthrough, 1.7°C, and more
Jul 21, 2025
Deep Tech on Friday: QpiAI funding, Accel's love affair with no-code, why chain-of-thought is critical to AI safety, and more
Jul 18, 2025
10 years of Digital India, Ex-Waymo techies raise $80 mln, Ati Motors’ unveil, and more
Jul 17, 2025
Together backs Gibran's ‘scale free’ AI, Tesla starts with Model Y in India, and more
Jul 15, 2025
The Climate on Monday: a brief on SusMafia’s collaborative summit SusCrunch 2025
Jul 14, 2025
Friday Deep Tech Wrap: Varda Space raises $187 million, Airalo a unicorn, and more
Jul 11, 2025
Robotic gallbladder surgery, how Quantum ML could boost chip manufacturing, and more
Jul 10, 2025
Why humanoid robots are the next big thing in AI, AWS’s Space Accelerator in India, and more
Jul 09, 2025
Vimano’s nanotech journey: a conversation with Murari Ramkumar and Nagesh Kini
Jul 08, 2025
The Climate on Monday: Green Climate Fund’s record mandate, Crosstown’s innovative hydrogen retrofit, and more
Jul 07, 2025
Khosla, Eclipse fund Genesis AI’s vision for robotics foundation model, Climeworks hits $1 bln, and more
Jul 03, 2025
India approves $12 billion R&D and I fund, Loopworm’s insect protein tech, Aureka’s sustainable diamonds get Peak XV sparkle, and more
Jul 02, 2025
How LogicFlo’s AI empowers life sciences experts, Genrobotics Bandicoots in Chennai sewers, and more
Jul 01, 2025
The Climate on Monday: Big Tech’s net zero goals unrealistic, researchers say, India in SDG 100 for the first time, and more
Jun 30, 2025
Ending the ICE age: Kunal Khattar on the trillion dollar EV opportunity in India
Jun 30, 2025
Deep tech wrap on Friday: Green hydrogen solutions rise in India, aerospace startup Raphe scores $100 million, and more
Jun 27, 2025
After 40 years an Indian in space, Bosch and Mindgrove, SolarSquare in WEF, Ather’s day, and more
Jun 26, 2025
Muon and Rocket Lab’s launches, Krystal Biotech’s gene therapy, SunHydrogen’s pilot, EKA Mobility, and more
Jun 25, 2025
The climate on Monday: nations lag targets, India’s EV 2-wheeler makers, Integrum’s IPO and more
Jun 23, 2025
Autonomous mobile robots: Saurabh Chandra at Ati Motors on the future of manufacturing
Jun 23, 2025
TI’s $60 billion US plan, L&T’s second ESG bond, Embedl’s edge-AI tech, Neoclease’s gene-editing platform, and more
Jun 19, 2025
Nasa seeking feedback, China’s quantum advances, solid state batteries, India’s semicon SEZ rules and more
Jun 18, 2025
Space tech startups Impulse, Muon, fusion venture Proxima raise funding, AC setting rules in India
Jun 17, 2025
Rare-Earth free: Bhaktha Keshavachar on Chara’s strategic mission, one motor at a time
Jun 16, 2025
The Climate on Monday: clean tech 2X, climate finance in India, a boost for SAF, synthetic graphite, and more
Jun 16, 2025
Deep tech wrap on Friday: Pixxel sparks at iDEX, Hyperbots funding, AI4Bharat gets second Nilekani grant, and more
Jun 13, 2025
TruAlt OMC, Eastman Li-ion batteries, BEL AI, IIT Madras entrepreneurship, Greaves Electric MD
Jun 11, 2025
From uni lab to deep tech startup: Karthee Madasamy on the Harper Court fund experience
Jun 10, 2025
IonQ to buy Oxford Ionics, NASA science to be ripped in half, Bhashini for railways and Vecmocon’s funding
Jun 10, 2025
The Climate on Monday: Shipping industry, Microsoft’s deal, Gridcare, DAC, and Stride Green
Jun 09, 2025
Vishal Katariya at Ankur Capital on the climate tech opportunity in India
Jun 08, 2025
Deep tech India momentum: 10 noteworthy developments so far in 2025
Jun 06, 2025
India’s AI and deep tech opportunity, Jua raises funding for Earth simulation, and a New Mexico deep tech coalition
Jun 05, 2025
Amitabh Kant wants an Indian DARPA, Tata seeks Malaysian chip plant, Neuralink advances, and an NZ deep tech fund
Jun 04, 2025
BharatGen AI, Ather and Infineon, China’s rare earth India impact, and MFV’s new pre-seed fund
Jun 03, 2025
India’s AI GPU capacity, Tata’s strategic investments, Wipro’s CTO on quantum technologies
Jun 02, 2025