India leads in technical usage of AI tool Claude: Anthropic

India has become Anthropic’s second-largest market for Claude after the US, with roughly half of local usage focused on software development, UI work, and code debugging, a top executive at the AI firm said. The technical share in India is about 50% versus about 30% globally, Guillaume Princen, Anthropic’s head of EMEA, said at an Accel developer event in Bengaluru, adding that startups account for about one-third of Claude Code conversations in the country. Anthropic’s latest Economic Index shows India accounted for 7.2% of global Claude usage in September, compared with 21.6% for the US. https://lnkd.in/gqkprFvx

When Sifted last interviewed William Tunstall-Pedoe a year ago his new company, UnlikelyAI, was pre-launch. He told us he wanted to remedy the fact that the US has multiple businesses valued at more than $1tn, while Europe has none. Is he still bullish on that? “We want to be a very big, standalone business,” he tells me. “Businesses still don’t fully trust AI,” says the Alexa creator - and that’s exactly the problem UnlikelyAI is looking to solve. 🍳 Over Brunch Tunstall-Pedoe tells Sifted's Tom Nugent his plans to crack trust issues preventing AI adoption, views on the UK tech ecosystem and why he launched an internal startup academy at Unlikely. https://lnkd.in/ePmCUDRC

India doesn’t lack talent or opportunity, it lacks R&D muscle. Rajan Anandan on how India can unlock its deeptech decade: more IIT-Madras-like incubators, more research funding, and a stronger bridge between labs and markets. The momentum has begun now it’s time to scale innovation like never before. From the #TechSparks25 stage, where India’s boldest founders, investors, and builders are scripting the AI & Deeptech decade. Catch all the highlights, conversations, and ideas shaping the future only on YourStory Media Peak XV Partners Surge

India raised $1.06B across 137 deep-tech deals this year nearly double last year. But here’s the catch: 80% of that capital still goes to AI, not hardware, materials, or frontier science. That’s beginning to change. New policy frameworks, long-horizon funds, and innovation alliances are finally converging to bridge the gap between prototype and production. Could this be the start of India’s deep-tech decade, where we stop importing technology and start inventing it? Written by Vishnuvardhan Dharmendra (Cohort 6), this piece explores how policy, capital, and infrastructure are finally beginning to align for India’s deep-tech future. Read the full breakdown: In what ways are policy, capital, and infrastructure beginning to align for India’s deep-tech future? Link - https://lnkd.in/gW88EuaF —————————————— Applications open for our next cohort. https://lnkd.in/gsNZQFvH #DeepTech #VentureCapital #ClimateTech #AI #IndiaStartups #VCFellowship

“DeepSeek is so hot. No one wants to talk about anything else,” says one of the AI startup's partners in Africa. China's DeepSeek is getting a surprising amount of momentum in Africa, where its low-cost, open-source technology is appealing to entrepreneurs and startups. The AI company is getting support from Huawei and the Chinese government, with echoes of the country's Belt and Road Initiative for infrastructure like highways and airport. Deep dive here from Saritha Rai Loni Prinsloo-Lotz and Helen Nyambura https://lnkd.in/gxGjh29Y

AI is the defining technology of our time and will change many industries. But how about a group of companies raising $50-100M without real products and market adoption? There is an AI bubble too in front of our eyes in Silicon Valley. Quick story and example :: Met a candidate yesterday for a role. She joined a Series A startup, which has raised $120M at Series A stage (!!!). The product is not some foundational science. They were able to raise capital on Founder Pedigree. Mostly, an AI researcher at one of the Big-7 tech companies or research labs, can raise a $20M round for their company, if they sneeze. 12 months in they have barely any PMF. <$2M ARR and no signs of strong growth other than bespoke custom build projects. This is not a one-off. There are dozens of such companies which have raised $50M+ in VC dollars. Such companies will be coming home to roost in maybe 6-12 months from now. The employees of such companies are already realizing and jumping ship but the cash is not running out yet for TechCrunch, Information and wider ecosystem to notice. For every company that is growing $1->$10->$100M in ARR there are dozens of shell companies. Maybe by summer of next year this mad rush will slow down and the REAL winners will emerge? Thoughts? Are others seeing something close?

🚀 Argentina is entering the global tech map. OpenAI is reportedly planning a US$25 billion data-center project in #Argentina in partnership with @Sur Energy and other cloud-infrastructure players. The initiative aims to leverage the country’s Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI) to attract long-term capital and accelerate innovation across the region. Beyond the headlines, this is a strong signal: 📈 Global tech leaders are beginning to see Argentina as a strategic hub for AI, data, and energy infrastructure. 💡 For startups and entrepreneurs, it’s a reminder that macro confidence drives opportunity — when capital flows in, ecosystems evolve. At marei we believe moments like this mark a turning point for Argentina’s innovation landscape — where global vision meets local potential.

There has already been 100 M&A deals for European AI Startups in 2025. Sifted reports record activity, with 18 and 15 exits in July and August, and 100 deals year-to-date. Corporate buyers and well-funded scaleups are adding products and teams fast. Our Partner, Manjari Chandran-Ramesh, PhD, contributes her view on what’s changing on the ground: consolidation among mid-revenue enterprise AI software — as buyers prioritise proven tech with real deployments. The most active targets: companies at roughly $6m–$20m ARR, especially in LLM tooling, model lifecycle and reliability. Thanks to Kai Nicol-Schwarz and Daphné Leprince-Ringuet for featuring Manjari’s perspective. Read the article: https://lnkd.in/e4R2Z-Ux

Indian family offices and high-net-worth individuals (HNIs) are making aggressive, strategic moves in the AI startup space, helping to fuel India’s emergence as a global tech powerhouse. #Unprecedented #Capital #Flows Recent data shows that Indian family offices and HNIs now power nearly 40% of the country’s total startup funding, contributing upwards of $9 billion annually — a dramatic increase from their historically conservative investment style. In H1 2025 alone, Indian startups raised $5.7 billion across 470 deals, with artificial intelligence being a breakout sector for both volume and deal size. The year is likely to close at $14–15 billion in total startup funding, solidifying India’s position as the third-largest startup ecosystem globally. #Key #Drivers - Generational transfer: Next-gen business leaders are deeply tech-savvy and prioritize long-term, future-facing investments. - Diversified portfolios: Institutional-style portfolio construction is replacing ad hoc models, with AI and deeptech now critical allocation areas[5][1]. - Returns and legacy: AI-driven startups in India are showing tangible, enterprise-grade returns — the AI market alone is projected to more than triple from $7-10 billion in 2025 to $27.7 billion by 2032[2]. #Notable #Family #Offices and #Deals Prominent Indian family offices such as #PremjiInvest (Azim Premji), #RAAY #Global #Investments (Amit Patni Group), #Anand #Mahindra’s Family Office, and #UnnatiLabs have all made major bets on AI-led ventures. #Zepto’s $350 million funding round, which included family office participation (e.g., Mankind Pharma and Cello family), exemplifies the new scale and approach in 2025 family capital deployment. Chennai-based #SuperOps and Bengaluru-based #Atomicwork both saw $25 million AI-focused rounds this year, with significant domestic investor participation. 2025 is proving to be the breakout year for Indian AI innovation, propelled by the bold actions of family offices and HNIs ready to shape the country’s global tech legacy. If building for the future, now is the time to engage these new-age backers. SpeedTech.ai Rajesh P Nair Vandana Rajesh Nair Vijay Subramaniam Divjot Singh Milind Kapale Rajjat Munshhi Muhammad Anas #Investment #Raisingcapital #Familyoffice #Capital #Startups #AIStartups #fundraising #Investors #wealth #Estateplanning https://lnkd.in/dw-qYyAE

AI funding in Sweden is at an all-time high 🚀 Here are the details 👇 According to a new article by Sifted, AI native startups in Sweden have raised: - €454m across 28 deals so far this year. - €124m across 16 deals last year. Some of the largest deals include: - Lovable: $200M - Legora: $180M - Tandem: $50M - Tzafon: $9.7M A 266% increase is wild. And the year is not over yet!