Business
Platforms, segmentation, AI: Test your business creativity with Edition 239 of our weekly quiz!
Lateral Sparks, the weekly quiz from YourStory, tests your domain knowledge, business acumen, and lateral thinking skills (see the previous edition here). In this 239th edition…
Vir Sanghvi: The Man I Thought I Knew
When I sat down with Vir Sanghvi, I had done what all interviewers do. I had read about the youngest editor, the columnist who shaped Indian journalism, the television…
Borrow the speed, keep the discipline: Zoho's startup playbook for MSMEs
India is home to 5.93 crore MSMEs, contributing to 30% of the country's GDP, 45% of its exports, and employment for over 25 crore people. They are, in every sense, the quiet…
Periphery and centre: how this art exhibition explore news trends and themes
Launched in 2014, PhotoSparksis a weekly feature from YourStory,with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 1,000 posts, we featured…
100 years strong: How Narasu’s built a Rs 641 Cr coffee business without external funding
Making filter coffee is a delicate art. The perfect brew requires patience. Stirring to hasten the process is a strict no-no. Hanging around restlessly too doesn’t help. It…
Rebound in venture capital inflow; How Addverb built an intralogistics biz
Hello, There’s a new AI startup in town. Serial entrepreneur Bhavin Turakhia has launched Neo, an AI-native work platform. He has committed $30 million of his own capital to…
WhatsApp says claims of people reserving popular, well-known usernames false
WhatsApp has asserted that username reservation relating to well-known public figure names is restricted only to their legitimate account owners, and termed as "false" any…
At Atlassian Unleash, AI speed reinforced tough parameters of context, trust and resilience
AI is rapidly making execution cost-efficient. Code can be generated, specifications drafted, and prototypes assembled in a fraction of the time they once required. But at…
Indian startups raise $6.9B in H1 2026 as VC funding rebounds
Venture capital (VC) funding into Indian startups rose 21% in the first half of 2026, largely driven by a late surge in large deals in the month of June, putting the ecosystem…
Future-ready teaching: How AI is transforming education in India
"As long as your teaching and learning in the classroom is not transactional and you're looking at ways to make it more meaningful, more sustainable, you're walking towards…