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Info Edge CEO Hitesh Oberoi will step down on 2 December 2026 after nearly 27 years, with founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani returning as MD and Group CEO from 3 December, subject to shareholder approval.

Jio Platforms received a stellar backing from the stock market, propelling its market capitalisation to Rs 12.5 lakh crore.

What if AI could do more than answer the phone? At TechSparks 2026, Google Clouds Naren Kachroo showed Gemini voice AI handling bookings, sales negotiations and multilingual conversations.

At TechSparks 2026, K Yatish Rajawat of Hundred Million Jobs said MSMEs, data laws, entrepreneurship and reskilling will shape the next wave of employment in the country.

Nazara Technologies swung to a profit of Rs 35.3 crore in Q2 FY27, as revenue surged 53% year-on-year to a record Rs 803 crore. Gaming revenue more than doubled, driven by growth in mobile gaming and the consolidation of Bluetile and BestPlay.

At TechSparks 2026, Ayush Agarwal, Head of Product and Technology at Attero, explains how AI-powered systems are helping the e-waste recycler standardise scrap pricing, automate compliance and improve financial visibility.

Mallikarjuna Iytha, told to drop science due to disability, founded IDEA to back 2,000+ entrepreneurs with disabilities in India.

Why do lean AI startups scale while others stall? A Suvan Ventures report identifies seven growth drivers across 25 companies.

At TechSparks 2026, Soulflower Founder Natasha Tuli explained why advertising and discounts may attract customers, but transparency, product quality, and listening to consumers are what bring them back.

YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Monday, October 26, 2026.

At TechSparks 2026, Sneha Roy, the co-founder and COO of Murf AI, explains how multilingual speech, smaller AI models, and cost-efficient infrastructure can make voice agents work across markets.

Silicon chips and digital language models face diminishing returns. Speaking at TechSparks 2026, Nagendra Nagaraja explained how quantum systems process the infinite data of nature to transform global compute, energy, and discovery.

The next wave of Indias digital economy raises a different set of questions: who controls the layers through which consumers discover apps, access services and make payments? And how can India build for the next 500 million users without relying on assumptions about what they want or can afford? A

Rapido rides ahead with Razorpays realtime payments Getting around an Indian city has always been harder than it should be. Cabs were expensive, public transport was overcrowded, and for millions of daily commuters, the last mile remained unsolved. When Aravind Sanka, Pavan Guntupalli, and SR