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Daily coverage of Indian tech at @runtimebrt | Part-time pedestrian
Bengaluru, India
Joined June 2020
It's Tuesday folks! Here's what's going on in Indian tech: 1. @temple is coming soon 2. @GeneralAutonomy's robot dog is loose in HSR Layout 3. @hiro_sugimoto_ wrote an excellent Tigerfeathers piece on the inevitability of Meesho And the week is just getting started ๐
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Pune has some work to do. Frankly, I think Rate My Footpathโข was overly generous with the D grade for the "footpath" in image 2.
Morning walk in #Pune, a trekking experience even without leaving the city. โฐ๏ธ @PuneCityLife @PMCPune
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Fed this into my footpath grading app, it got a C-
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Interested parties DM me. Seriously. Bengaluru Basement Bot Battle, HSR, 2026 Humanoids welcome too. We can do one championship for quadrupeds, another for bipedals. Also, anyone have a basement we can use?
I think its about time we have a robot dog competition in Bangalore. which dog survives the potholes. How about @heliumrobotics + @upsurgelabs vs @GeneralAutonomy as a first match.
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This is so much more impressive when you realise that this robot dog is almost entirely indigenous. Only non-Indian parts are the actuators + Nvidia Jetson GPU. Oh, and it was built by a team of 5 people in 30 days. IP67 rated, running temperature: -20C to +55C
๐จ EXCLUSIVE: A robot dog has been spotted walking the streets of HSR Layout, Bengaluru. Here's the details: Dog name: PARAM Creator: @GeneralAutonomy Weight: 35kg Max payload: 20kg Top speed: 3m/s Jump height: 1m Battery: 8 hours + hot swapping Commercially available: ~Q2 2026
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Itโs Saturday but Indian tech ainโt slowing down. Hereโs what happened in the last 24 hours: 1. @etherealmachine might raise $30M. 2. @evilmathkid beat the Pareto frontier on ARC-AGI. 3. @Aeos_Labs doubled down on their Chinese fan base. India just keeps levelling up! ๐ฎ๐ณ
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Mahindra, watch out! ๐
๐จ Homegrown EV startup @Moonrider_ai has raised a $6M Series A to build electric tractors from India for the world.
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Happy Friday y'all. Here's what the last 24 hours in Indian tech looked like: 1. @PineLabs introduced Tap to Pay Online 2. @UltravioletteEV raised $45M in their Series E 3. @RaiseTheBarHQ launched Artham 4. @rocketdotnew is now on iPhone And the hits just keep coming! ๐ฎ๐ณ
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Interestingly, Surat explored a similar concept back in 2018 with underground dustbins equipped with IoT sensors. I hope India continues to innovate on top of the progress already achieved with Swachh Bharat.
๐จ GEC Gandhinagar student Aayan Tai has built an IoT dustbin prototype that can send alerts when the bin is full.
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๐จ India's first startup and tech museum is scheduled to open in 2027. It'll be located in Baiyappanahalli, Bengaluru.
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It's Thursday folks! Here's what happened in Indian tech in the last 24 hours: 1. @temple may raise $50M to build brain tracking wearables 2. @Moonrider_ai raised $6M to build EV tractors 3. @GECGandhinagar student Aayan Tai built an IoT dustbin Ambition never sleeps! ๐ฎ๐ณ
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๐จ Hyderabad-based deeptech aerospace startup @spantrik successfully tested their VTVL vehicle, Hopstone.
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It's Wednesday! Here's what happened in Indian tech in the last 24 hours: 1. @PawanKChandana said Vikram-I's first launch is sold out 2. @UnboxingBlr is building India's first startup museum 3. @DRDO_India tested a fighter aircraft escape system Onward and upward India!
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This should be the norm in India the way it is in so many other countries around the world. Keep in mind: it's not just about having a place to ride a bike. It's also the fact that she's able to do it at 2 AM without anyone telling her the park is arbitrarily closed at 8 PM.
A girl from Pune enjoyed her first cycle ride in Hyderabad at 2 AM and absolutely loved the experience. Thanks to Ramannaโs vision, this cycle track has become a joyful space for everyone who wants to enjoy their cycle ride. VC โ theinmegirl
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๐ฎ๐ณ Indian Tech Update โฃ Dec 2 2025 ๐จ @AlteonEnergy is building drones that can fly for ~417 days straight. To pull this off, they've developed a flight technique called dynamic soaring which harvests and stores energy from wind using wing-mounted turbines.
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Happy Tech Tuesday everyone! Here's what's happening in India: 1. Someone 3D printed an entire drone in one shot for <โน20,000 2. @AlteonEnergy is building drones that can fly for ~417 days 3. @spantrik successfully tested Hopstone, their VTVL Sky's the limit! ๐ฎ๐ณ
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Wild to see Amazon India's fall from grace. I remember it being the preferred, trusted option. Then Zepto/Blinkit/Instamart showed up. Feels like Amazon kind of gave up after that. "Customer obsession" became a bygone promise. Now I only use Amazon India as a last resort.
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Criminally underrated post with 34.7k views Premise: what would happen to the global economy if you had $1, and that dollar doubled every day?
I chose the green door ninety-three days ago. At the time, it seemed obviously correct. Not even a close call. The red door offered two billion dollars immediatelyโa sum so large it would solve every material problem I'd ever face, fund any project I could imagine, and still
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๐ฎ๐ณ India Tech Update โฃ Nov 30 2025 ๐จ Emergent Ventures India by @mercatus has announced their 13th cohort. Projects include: - A neonatal incubator for remote areas. - An experimental rocketry community. - A temperature-controlled jacket. - An autonomous farming rover.
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