Indian on-demand home services startup Pronto has raised an additional $20 million in its Series B round from venture ​capitalist Lachy Groom, doubling its valuation to $200 million in just ‌two months.

The fresh capital will be used primarily to scale worker supply, deepen operational infrastructure, and expand service density across existing markets, said founder Anjali Sardana

Source: X

OFF/BEAT has raised ₹100 Crore in Seed funding, led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

OFF/BEAT is a content and creator-led platform that leverages AI and tech for its build. Aman announced it last month after stepping back from boAt ops, calling it "Aman 2.0."

Source: Aman Gupta

OpenAI raises $122 billion to accelerate the next phase of AI, says the company.

OpenAI was the fastest technology platform to reach 10 million users, the fastest to 100 million users, and soon the fastest to 1 billion weekly active users. Within a year of launching ChatGPT, they reached $1B in revenue. By the end of 2024 they were generating $1B per quarter. OpenAI are now generating $2B in revenue per month. At this stage, they claim that they are growing revenue four times faster than the companies who defined the Internet and mobile eras, including Alphabet and Meta.

The round was anchored by their strategic partners Amazon, NVIDIA, and SoftBank, with continued participation from OpenAI's long-term partner, Microsoft. SoftBank co-led the round alongside a16z, D. E. Shaw Ventures, MGX, TPG, and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Source: OpenAI

Nvidia, Accel and HCLTech in talks to invest in AI startup Sarvam’s $250 million round at $1.5 billion valuation

Negotiations are still underway and more investors have shown willingness to back Sarvam, sources told Moneycontrol. This will be the largest capital infusion into a pure-play Indian AI startup and likely make the company the first unicorn of 2026.

Sarvam is commanding a valuation of around $1.5 billion, growing over 7x in just two years, these sources added.

Source: Money Control

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Grapevine the Indian platform for anonymous salary and career discussions has launched TAL - a job finder app aka AI Talent Agent.

The AI agent leverages data from 3 years and 1M users on Grapevine to find suitable roles, salaries and other details by scanning jobs online and sending you curated jobs.

Source: X

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