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Handpicked Tech & Startup News | Quick, Smart Summaries
Berkeley-based Aircapture, a direct air capture (DAC) pioneer and 2025 XPrize Carbon Removal winner, has raised $50M in Series A funding led by the Larsen Lam Climate Change Foundation. The company will use the funds to expand its modular, on-site CO₂ capture systems that serve industries like food, beverage, and agriculture—offering clean, revenue-positive alternatives to traditional carbon sources.
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When digital payments soared post-demonetisation, Sunil Gupta saw the missing link—digital trust. In 2016, he co-founded QNu Labs, betting on quantum cryptography instead of AI to build India’s own secure cyber platform. The IIT-Madras-incubated startup now builds quantum-safe chips, encryption hardware, and cloud security tools for India’s defence and critical sectors, recently raising ₹60 crore to scale globally.
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Elon Musk’s Starlink has secured a GMPCS license from India’s DoT, moving it closer to launching satellite internet services in the country. The company must now meet spectrum compliance and security norms within six months. It awaits IN-SPACe approval next. Starlink joins OneWeb and Jio in India’s satcom space, with pricing likely to impact adoption.
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Airtel partnered with SpaceX to bring Starlink’s satellite internet to India, pending regulatory approval. This move challenges Reliance Jio and follows U.S.-India talks boosting SpaceX’s chances. Airtel will sell Starlink gear and services, aiming to bridge India’s connectivity gap—though past hurdles remind us it’s not a done deal yet.
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