Tech & Startups

Launched in 2014, PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 925 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon gallery. world music festival, telecom expo, millets fair, climate change expo, wildlife conference, startup festival, Diwali rangoli, and jazz festival. Regarded as India’s ‘greenest circular music festival’, Echoes of Earth kicked off its 2025 edition in Bengaluru this…

When Shripati Acharya sat down with Umesh Sachdev, Co-founder and CEO of Uniphore, the brief was clear: go beyond the GenAI buzz and unpack what it actually takes to build a durable enterprise AI business. Uniphore, “one of the world’s largest AI native enterprise SaaS companies,” was started in 2008, and today “powers multimodal AI…

Hello, After grounding thousands of flights last week, it’s time for IndiGo to cut a cheque. The budget airline has estimated payouts of more than Rs 500 crore in total for passengers affected by its mass cancellations last week. IndiGo is identifying flights where travellers were severely impacted and stranded at airports on December 3,…

Every year, we make promises to ourselves about change—next month, next Monday, or next year. But if there’s one thing the last few years taught us, it’s this: life doesn’t slow down for our comfort. Trends shift, industries transform overnight, relationships demand emotional maturity, and health becomes harder to maintain unless we’re intentional. 2026 will…

Global alternative asset manager Brookfield Asset Management has announced a USD 1 billion investment to develop Asia’s largest Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Powai, Mumbai. This flagship project is set to reshape the region’s commercial landscape and significantly bolster job creation and investment appeal. A Strategic Investment for Growth The proposed GCC campus will span…

Every few years, a certain set of books rises above the rest, not just because they are well-written, but because they capture the mood, anxieties, dreams, and questions of an entire era. As we move toward 2026, readers across the world are hungry for stories that challenge the mind, stir the heart, and redefine how…

Fifteen years ago, Siddhartha Chandurkar left Wipro as the head of the software product group to build technology that would help other businesses scale faster. That vision took shape in 2010 with the launch of ShepHertza Gurugram-based software company that began as a platform provider for developers. “If a company wanted to build an application,…

Maharashtra has taken a significant leap in digital governance and public safety by unveiling MahaCrimeOS AI—India’s first artificial intelligence-powered platform designed to fast-track cybercrime investigations. The launch, announced at the Microsoft AI Tour Mumbai, marks a new milestone in leveraging cutting-edge technology to protect citizens against evolving online threats. In a high-profile event, Chief Minister…

What if a simple cough could reveal early signs of serious lung diseases? An Indian AI-powered application is doing exactly that, transforming a 15-second cough recording into clinically meaningful insight and helping bridge critical gaps in respiratory healthcare. Swaasa: Turning Cough Sounds Into Clinical Insight Swaasa is a mobile-based AI application that analyses short cough…

India’s entrepreneurial landscape has hit an extraordinary milestone as the number of government-recognised startups crosses 2 lakh, with 44,000 new recognitions in 2025 alone the largest annual surge since the Startup India initiative was launched in 2016. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal shared the milestone as the year draws to a close, highlighting the…