Hello,Meet 2026’s first unicorn.Payments infrastructure provider Juspay raised $50 million in a Series D follow-on investment from WestBridge Capital, valuing the company at $1.2 billion. The transaction comprises both primary and secondary investments, providing liquidity to early investors and employees holding stock options.Meanwhile, Zoho is doubling down on its make-in-India mission. The SaaS company launched its ERP technology platform, which will see part of its product development and other activities driven out of Kumbakonam—a small town in Tamil Nadu located about 300 kilometres from the company’s headquarters. In other news, Urban Company’s foray into the domestic help sector has been a tad expensive this December quarter. The home services marketplace saw its quarterly revenue grow 32% on the back of Native RO range and home services, even as its loss widened to Rs 21 crore due to heavy investments in the Insta Help vertical.If this year’s CES innovations are anything to go by, household robots from companies such as LG and Clutterbot could soon be the norm.Hidden behind the more flashy AI wave, a distinct transformation is taking place in robotics. A new class of technology known as Physical AI is beginning to redefine how machines interact with the world—and Microsoft´s new offerings… Read MoreYourStory RSS Feed
