BRAINSIGHT AI
The ET Startup Awards 2026 special
Happy Monday! The Economic Times Startup Awards (ETSA) 2026 ceremony brought together the country’s top founders, investors, and policymakers in Bengaluru for a Friday evening of sharp insights and spirited conversations.
ET Startup Awards 2026: Deeptech wants government to step up as the first customer
At the discussion, titled ‘Building the Hard Stuff in India’, moderated by Accel partner Prashanth Prakash, founders from the space, semiconductor and healthtech sectors discussed the challenges of building capital-intensive technologies, developing domestic capabilities and taking complex products to market.
ETSA 2026: Over a decade on, India's startup story is only getting started
The 12th edition of The Economic Times Startup Awards (ETSA) captured this transition, reflecting an ecosystem that has moved beyond the race for scale to pursue technological depth, durable businesses and international markets.
The ET Startup Awards 2026 special
Entrepreneurs, investors and policymakers came together in a star-studded event to honour the best of Indian entrepreneurship at the ET Startup Awards 2026 in Bengaluru.
ETSA 2026: India’s strong medical, STEM talent can drive deeptech startups: BrainSight AI cofounder
Laina Emmanuel, cofounder of BrainSight AI, remarked that India needs to create more opportunities for scientists, engineers, and doctors to work together and build deeptech companies.
- Go To Page 1
Winners of The ET Startup Awards 2026 to be feted today
Happy Friday! The who's who of the startup ecosystem will come together in Bengaluru today to honour the winners of The Economic Times Startup Awards (ETSA) 2026.
Startups will crown new champions today at 12th ET Startup Awards in Bengaluru
Union minister for commerce and industry Piyush Goyal will be the guest of honour at the event, which will bring together a strong mix of past and present ETSA winners and nominees, alongside leading voices from India’s new-economy landscape. Goyal is expected to speak about the government’s efforts to deepen and expand the country’s emerging business ecosystem.
ET Startup Awards 2026: Theranautilus’ nanorobots will be ready for human trials by year-end
Theranautilus won the Top Innovator category at The Economic Times Startup Awards 2026 for its unique nanorobot technology, which is built on fundamental research and backed by peer-reviewed work. Past winners of the award include Qure.ai, BrainSight AI, String Bio, and Eyestem.
Info Edge says it invested Rs 1,003 crore on AI, deeptech startups since 2020
Info Edge, the parent of Naukri, has significantly boosted its AI and deeptech investments, pouring Rs 1,003 crore into 54 startups since 2020. The company's AI portfolio is valued at Rs 1,268 crore, showing a strong return, while its deeptech investments are valued at Rs 559 crore. Many of its portfolio companies are attracting further external funding and government support.
Cred’s Kunal Shah is WhatsApp’s new CEO
Cred founder Kunal Shah will join WhatsApp as its global head after Meta announced a nearly $900 million investment in the fintech firm. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
Deploy AI in healthcare with caution; build guardrails first, says Manipal CEO
Speaking at ET's AI Conclave and Awards 2025, Dilip Jose said that AI should be integrated into clinical workflows as a force multiplier and not deployed as a standalone efficiency tool. Laina Emmanuel, cofounder of BrainSight AI, and Abhijeet Vijayvergiya, cofounder of Nektar.ai, also shared their views on the use of AI in healthcare.
Founders pitch to PM Modi at Startup India event
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met select startup founders at National Startup Day in New Delhi. Entrepreneurs showcased innovations across agritech, cleantech, AI and recruitment. Modi stressed that leadership in artificial intelligence and manufacturing will define India’s economic strength and urged startups to focus on building physical, scalable solutions.
Tech talent ‘wapsi’ may boost India’s AI, SaaS, deep-tech
The US $100,000 H-1B visa fee could encourage Indian talent to return home, boosting India’s startup scene, especially in AI and deeptech. Founders expect many US-based graduates and professionals to build careers in India, seeing this as a key chance for the local tech ecosystem to grow rapidly.
Neuroscience startup BrainSightAI raises $5 million from IAN Alpha Fund, others
BrainSight AI raised $5 million in pre-series A funding round. With plans to expand in India and pursue FDA certification. The Bengaluru-based firm aims to enter US markets and explore opportunities in Africa and Southeast Asia. Its product suite includes Voxelbox and Snowdrop aimed at improving brain disorder diagnosis and patient care.
ET Startup Award 2024 | Stepping up the startups game: in the valley of sneakers
If sneakers belong to the Valley bro fashion code, then it was the standout star of The Economic Times Startup Awards 2024. Taking inspiration from the land where jeans, t-shirts and hoodies reign supreme, many founders turned up clad in the ultimate hipster status symbol.
ET Startup Awards 2024: The stars of startup world to shine today
Ashwini Vaishnaw, union minister for railways, information and broadcasting, electronics and IT, will be the guest of honour at the glittering ceremony. Winners and nominees, past and present, will be among the elite speakers. Watch out for full coverage of the event in ET's pages.
ET Startup Awards 2024: it’s an all-star cast of speakers in milestone year for ETSA
Nandan Nilekani, a digital public infrastructure (DPI) evangelist, will delve into the past decade of India's tech and startup ecosystem and look ahead at what’s in store for the new economy amid groundbreaking technological innovations and the maturing of the country’s startup ecosystem.
AI in wealthtech; ETSA 2024 Top Innovator winner interview
Happy Monday! Rapid developments in artificial intelligence are being adopted in India's fast-growing wealthtech sector. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
ETSA 2024: Need stronger collaboration between private investors and govt to support deeptech startups: BrainSight AI founder Laina Emmanuel
As part of a series of interviews with the winners of The Economic Times Startup Awards 2024, ‘Top Innovator’ award winner BrainSight AI’s founder Laina Emmanuel talks about the firm’s journey so far.
ET Startup Awards 2024: Union minister Piyush Goyal to grace tenth edition of awards
Union minister Piyush Goyal's first interaction with startup industry leaders at the ceremony post removal of the so-called 'Angel Tax' is expected to provide insights into the government's push to further support the new-age economy which has seen several companies go public this year.
The Economic Times Startup Awards 2024: And the big winners are…
Top entrepreneurs, business leaders and an international cricketer came together in Bengaluru on September 11 to pick the winners of The Economic Times Startup Awards (ETSA) 2024. Today, we take great pleasure in announcing the winners of the tenth edition of India’s most coveted award for entrepreneurship.
ET Startup Awards 2024 | Top Innovator: BrainSight AI forces a rethink
Founded in 2020, when the entire health sector was focused on fighting the pandemic, the startup had a tough time convincing hospitals to let it test its hypothesis and explaining the potential upsides of the software to top neurologists in the country.
ET Startup Awards 2024: Nominees for Top Innovator
The award will recognise innovations that launch a business or give it a big boost. It should be an original idea that is core to the business or one that provides the differentiation that sets it apart from competition.
ET Startup Awards 2023: String Bio bags the Top Innovator award
The high-powered jury initially shortlisted biotech startup String Bio along with Info Edge Ventures-backed Brainsight AI, which is building an advanced software system that can create a map of the human brain, tracking signals exchanged between different parts of the brain.
Indian IT firms rally for AI safety measures; Recapping nominees of ET Startup Awards 2023
Genpact is applying an ‘output robustness test’ to ensure its AI-generated output complies with fairness and legal frameworks. Wipro has adopted a ‘privacy and equity by design’ approach and looks out for possible bias not only in preparing datasets but at further points in the AI lifecycle.
ET Startup Awards 2023: Nominees for Top Innovator
The award will recognise innovations that launch a business or give it a big boost. It should be an original idea that is core to the business or one that provides the differentiation that sets it apart from competition.
Load More
