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Palak Agarwal

Palak Agarwal

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Palak brings over a decade of rich, multifaceted experience in journalism, spanning radio, digital platforms, and currently working across print and digital with Business Today. While she holds experience in education, health, and lifestyle reporting, her expertise shines in business journalism, particularly covering startups, tech, and MSMEs. Her storytelling extends beyond the written realm, with voice-over work for All India Radio, satellite channels, e-commerce platforms, and the creation of video series on Ind...

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Investors have welcomed the move as a long-overdue correction.

 India’s deeptech start-ups get a 20-year window as policy catches up with R&D reality

by Palak Agarwal |Feb 6, 2026

The revised definition applies specifically to startups classified as deep-tech entities, reflecting the government’s acknowledgment that science-led, IP-intensive businesses follow far longer develop...

Investors have welcomed the move as a long-overdue correction.

India’s deeptech start-ups get a 20-year window as policy catches up with R&D reality

by Palak Agarwal |Feb 5, 2026

The revised definition applies specifically to startups classified as deep-tech entities, reflecting the government’s acknowledgment that science-led, IP-intensive businesses follow far longer develop...

“Just because you got capital available doesn't mean founders are going to choose to start a company,” Mohapatra said.

'Deeptech does take a J curve': Lightspeed’s Hemant Mohapatra on the strategy behind deeptech funding

by Palak Agarwal |Feb 5, 2026

The J-curve, marked by zero revenue and sustained burn, is forcing funds to focus less on capital availability and more on founder conviction.

 Union Budget 2026: Why Union Budget 2026’s data centre tax holiday could redraw India’s digital map

Budget 2026: Why Union Budget 2026’s data centre tax holiday could redraw India’s digital map

by Palak Agarwal |Feb 2, 2026

Union Budget 2026: Tax holiday till 2047 and policy clarity for global cloud firms could unlock $70–100 billion in investments and accelerate India’s rise as a digital infrastructure base, as per expe...

Presenting the Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman underlined AI’s potential as a powerful economic multiplier, signalling a long-term commitment to making India a globally competitive hub for AI-led innovation.

Union Budget 2026 bets big on AI as IndiaAI Mission gets Rs 1,000 crore push

by Palak Agarwal |Feb 1, 2026

With a Rs 1,000 crore IndiaAI Mission push, Budget 2026 places artificial intelligence at the heart of jobs, infrastructure and India’s long-term technology-led growth story

How the gadget generation is redefining India’s consumer tech market

How the gadget generation is redefining India’s consumer tech market

by Palak Agarwal |Jan 30, 2026

From wearables and audio to smart homes and wellness tech, Gen Z now drives almost 50% of India's $45-50 billion consumer tech market.

The Survey notes that India’s technology startup ecosystem, now the world’s third largest, comprises an estimated 32,000–35,000 startups, with more than 2,000 added in calendar year 2025 alone.

Economic Survey startup snapshot: GenAI explodes, but India still lacks data-curation startups

by Palak Agarwal |Jan 29, 2026

India’s GenAI boom is real, but the Economic Survey highlights a missing layer—startups focused on curating training data, a gap that could define the next AI opportunity.

Gupta pointed to the pre-budget discussions pitching for a sharp scale-up in public investment, tax breaks and infrastructure-style incentives for data centres.

India’s data centre boom still in its early stages: Yotta’s Sunil Gupta

by Palak Agarwal |Jan 29, 2026

Says capacity could grow up to eightfold in the coming years, driven by AI, cloud adoption and 950 million internet users, even as the country trails far behind the US.

Unlike popular AI chatbots that generate solutions on demand, Fermi.ai is designed to guide students through the process of problem-solving rather than delivering final answers.

Mukesh Bansal, Peeyush Ranjan team up to launch AI-first edtech start-up

by Palak Agarwal |Jan 23, 2026

Fermi.ai is an AI-first edtech platform that guides students through problem-solving, launching initially in India and the US

PolyCycl’s origins lie in founder Amit Tandon’s early interest in clean technology, sparked while he was working in the US semiconductor industry in the early 2000s.

PolyCycl’s long bet on plastic recycling enters commercial phase with Rainmatter backing

by Palak Agarwal |Jan 20, 2026

After years of deep-tech development, PolyCycl is entering its commercial phase, using continuous chemical recycling to turn hard-to-recycle plastics into circular feedstock for petrochemical majors.