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Start here · India startupsLift-off, with turbulence: India's next 161 unicorns
India now has 161 startups on the runway to $1 billion, and more of them make rockets, chips and solar modules than apps. The jobs, the government's ₹1 lakh crore RDI fund and the investors backing them, the collapses that say not all will make it, and a watchlist of 70 deep-tech startups.
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AI at workWall Street to brunch: Claude's wins, on Anthropic's word. Who checked?
26 Claude use cases from Anthropic's S-1, the measured gains, and the evidence that cuts the other way.
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AI & marketsPopped or leaking? The AI bubble in October 2026
China's AI shares have crashed while America's boom leaks through credit: neocloud debt, Gartner's $4.9tn revenue gap, history, hedges and the India angle.
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- One question, answered properly.Each report starts with the question you would ask a friend who knows the subject, and ends when it is answered.
- Built from the source.We read the filing, the paper or the ruling itself, and link it, so you can check every number.
- Drawn, not just written.Original graphics show scale honestly: bars to scale, before and after, who gains and who pays.
- Always the other side.Every report has a section on what the evidence does not show and who disagrees.
How we keep it honestFigures come from primary documents and independent research, quoted in our own words. Company-reported numbers are labelled as company-reported. If we cannot confirm something, it is not in the report. No sponsored content, ever.
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