Participants at Google for Startups India’s “Startup School: Prompt to Prototype” online program discussing AI startup ideas.

Google for Startups India launches ‘Startup School: Prompt to Prototype’ with Scaler

Google for Startups India, in association with Scaler, has launched a program called ‘Startup School: Prompt to Prototype’ to help Indian founders build AI-driven products faster. The program offers hands-on training with Google’s AI tools like Gemini, Imagen, and NotebookLM that help entrepreneurs prototype, research and deploy real-world AI applications quickly without the need for deep technical expertise.

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Group on stage holding folders beside a board reading “#startupsforall,” at the StartupTN Global Startup Summit 2025.

IIT Madras Launches “Startups for All” to Help New Entrepreneurs in India

IIT Madras has launched “Startups for All,” a new digital platform with a goal of giving students, founders, and investors access to verified startup data from across India. This initiative will be run in collaboration with CREST & YNOS. The goal of Startups for All is to make India’s startup data accessible to every one, to support small entrepreneurs and to strengthen India’s startup ecosystem.

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Four HYDGEN team members stand beside an open hydrogen electrolyzer cabinet inside a laboratory, pointing to its internal components, with the HYDGEN logo visible on the wall.

Deep-Tech Startup HYDGEN Ships India’s First Indigenous Electrolyser for Lab-Grown Diamonds

HYDGEN, an Indian-Singaporean deep-tech startup, has delivered its first locally manufactured 5kW PEM electrolyzer to a lab-grown diamond facility in Surat. This system will deliver 99.9995% pure hydrogen for the CVD process. It marks an important milestone in India’s path to the green hydrogen mission. It also stands as an example of sustainable manufacturing and self-sufficiency, aligned with the goals of Atmanirbhar Bharat.

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Skyroot Aerospace Sets Stage for India’s First Private Orbital Rocket Launch

India’s first private commercial rocket launch is being prepared for release, by Skyroot Aerospace, a Hyderabad based space technology company. Former ISRO engineers have created Skyroot and its Vikram-1 rocket. The goal of this rocket is to create a new model for affordable, reliable, private launches into orbit as well as reach out globally, thus creating a new chapter in India’s pursuit of innovation in space technology.

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Sudarshan Kamath, Co-Founder of Smallest AI, speaking in an official company video about AI innovation and enterprise communication solutions.

Indian Founder Hires 600 Ex-Meta Employees Through His AI Startup

Darshan Kamath, an Indian entrepreneur and founder of Smallest AI, has changed the way that people view the AI job market by hiring over 600 laid off engineers who previously worked for Meta. The AI startup will provide a new opportunity for these engineers to receive a competitive salary while doing meaningful work with a chance to be a part of driving the next generation of AI innovations in India.

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