Deeptech
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Why India’s spacetech sector is outpacing the rest of deeptech
India’s deeptech ecosystem has made significant strides over the past few years. After building strong software capabilities and investing in research and development, startups are now moving beyond prototypes to pilot production, hardware deployment, and institutional procurement. The Zinnov-Nasscom Startup Report 2025 highlights that many startups have successfully crossed the technical validation stage. The bigger…
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When data is scarce: How India is building military AI differently
In the global race to build military AI, data has become the most valuable weapon. For superiority in modern warfare is increasingly measured in algorithms, not just in missiles or manpower. “Whoever owns the data has an edge in AI right now,” says Neeta Trivedi, Co-founder and CEO of defencetech startup Inferigence Quotient and a…
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GaNgs of deeptech: Why this startup’s GaN bet may be key to India’s semiconductor boom
Technology is evolving at such a rapid pace that it’s leaving Moore’s Law behind. And the rapid growth of critical technologies, including telecommunications, electric mobility, and energy-efficient lighting, requires high-power, high-frequency electronic systems. A promising solution is gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors, which can tolerate higher power density and can operate at higher voltages. Around a decade…
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From HAL Tejas to intelligent UAVs: Inferigence Quotient is building the future of autonomous drones
After 28 years at DRDO and 1.5 years at TATA Advanced Systems, Neeta Trivedi decided to chart her own course in the aerospace industry. Trivedi had decades of experience in the sector; her achievements included developing the end-to-end cockpit display system of the multirole light fighter aircraft HAL Tejas. However, she noticed crucial gaps in…
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Meet LiteFold, a biotech startup using proprietary AI to speed up drug discovery
Anindyadeep Sannigrahi is a machine learning (ML) engineer by training, but biology had long held his interest. So, when he joined the AI residency programme at the Bengaluru-based Lossfunk (a research lab which works on several AI problems at the forefront of academia) in 2025, he quickly turned his attention to protein folding — a biological process…
