Ragini Das, India Head of Google for Startups, stirred debate after commenting “get out of Delhi” on a LinkedIn post about brain fog and burnout. Her remark comes as YourStory founder Shradha Sharma also voices concerns over feeling unwell in the capital’s toxic smog, amplifying fears about Delhi’s worsening pollution and its impact on the startup ecosystem.

Airbus issued a global alert after discovering a software flaw in the A320 family, affecting 6000 aircraft worldwide. In India, airlines avoided cancellations by running nonstop safety checks, quickly updating systems and coordinating closely with DGCA. IndiGo and Air India cleared most jets within hours, keeping flights operating smoothly while passengers remained unaware of the global caution.

Twinkle Khanna has reacted to Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal's claim that gravity is the reason ageing happens. "If gravity were the kryptonite stopping us from turning into Superman, we might consider astronauts like Sunita Williams, who returned to Earth...after spending nine months floating in microgravity," Twinkle wrote. "She returned...with weaker bones, muscles, and heart," she added.

Zazu has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to expand its SME-focused digital banking platform across South Africa and Morocco. With integrations, early traction, and backing from top fintech founders and Plug and Play Ventures, the startup aims to build a continent-wide operating system for small businesses ahead of a planned 2026 seed round.

Meesho will allocate nearly 9% of its total IPO proceeds, worth ₹5,421.20 crore, to pay salaries for existing and replacement hires in its Machine Learning and AI teams at its subsidiary, Meesho Technologies. It'll invest ₹1,390 crore in cloud infrastructure and ₹1,020 crore in marketing and brand initiatives within the same subsidiary. The IPO will open on December 3.

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World's richest man Elon Musk revealed on billionaire Nikhil Kamath's podcast that his partner Shivon Zilis is of Indian origin. "One of my sons with her, his middle name is 'Sekhar', after [Indian-origin Nobel-winner Subrahmanyan] Chandrasekhar," Musk said. They both laughed after Kamath asked if Zilis spent any time in India, and Musk replied, "No, she grew up in Canada."

On being questioned by Nikhil Kamath about which company (not owned by him) he'd invest with a capitalistic view, Elon Musk said, "I don't look for things to invest in." However, Musk noted that AI and robotics will be "very important" and added, "I think Google is gonna be pretty valuable in the future...[and] Nvidia is obvious at this point."

Zerodha Co-founder Nikhil Kamath shared a trailer of his podcast with billionaire Elon Musk. In the clip, Kamath can be heard asking Musk why he likes the letter 'X'. "It's a good question...Sometimes I wonder what's wrong with me," Musk replied while laughing. Meanwhile, some users asked Kamath to question Musk about rising racism against Indians on X.

Two 22-year-old Gen Z students William Chen and Guan Wang, behind the open-source AI chatbot OpenChat, had rejected billionaire Elon Musk's multi-million-dollar pay offer to work at xAI, they told Fortune. Chen said they didn't want to work on LLMs as they "have their limitations". They then built a "brain-inspired" reasoning system that has now outperformed OpenAI, DeepSeek and Anthropic.

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Billionaire Nikhil Kamath revealed on his podcast that he was once a shareholder of Twitter before world's richest man Elon Musk bought it and renamed it to X. Calling himself a "very small shareholder", Kamath said, "I got paid when you bought Twitter." Musk responded, saying it was important to buy Twitter as it was having negative influence on world.

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Many GTM efforts struggle when product value is not aligned to the right channels or when messaging is too broad for early buyers, as per experts. Structured sequencing of awareness, validation and conversion stages reportedly leads to stronger early traction. Matching customer intent to channel behaviour remains critical for dependable launch performance in India's competitive digital markets.

Billionaire philanthropist and Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott has invested in Funding U, a startup founded by her college roommate Jeannie Tarkenton, AP reported. Tarkenton's father had given $1,000 to Scott decades ago, when the latter was unable to fund her college tuition fees. Funding U provides merit-based last-gap loans to low-income students without co-signers.

Shares of Paytm's parent One97 Communications hit a fresh 52-week high of ₹1,370.95 during intraday trading on Monday. The stock surged 2.46% to ₹1,353.10 after the company's successful acquisition of the remaining stakes in three key subsidiaries. Paytm acquired 9.99% equity shares of Foster Payment Networks, 67.55% of Paytm Insuretech, and 51.22% of Paytm Financial Services.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said it is physically impossible for Starlink to perform better in cities or densely populated areas due to competition from local network providers. "Rural areas...have worst internet because it's costly and difficult...to have high bandwidth cellular towers...So, Starlink tends to serve the least served," Musk said. "Starlink is complementary to existing telcos," he added.

Home appliances startup Atomberg is planning to launch an IPO to raise around $200 million, Bloomberg reported. The company, which counts Temasek Holdings, Steadview Capital Management and Jungle Ventures among its backers, is expected to hire advisers in the coming weeks. The IPO could include a fresh issue of shares as well as an offer-for-sale component.

The Rajasthan High Court has directed the state government to ensure that at least 15% drivers on ride-booking apps are women in the next six months. This would be increased to 25% in the next 2-3 years, and the court also said that female passengers must have the preference in the apps' software to opt for female drivers first.

Home and furnishings company Wakefit will launch its initial public offering on December 8. The IPO includes a fresh issue worth ₹377 crore and an offer-for-sale of 4.67 crore shares. Wakefit founders Ankit Garg and Chaitanya Ramalingegowda, along with Peak XV Partners, Investcorp and SAI Global India, will be among those offloading shares in the OFS.

Lenskart projected that Indian eyewear market will grow from $9.2 billion in FY25 to $17.2 billion by FY30. This estimate is significantly higher than projections shared by its competitor, Titan, which said the market is expected to grow to roughly $5 billion by 2030. Lenskart claims rising first-time diagnoses, demand for prescription eyewear and higher purchases will push the growth.

Lenskart Co-Founder and CEO Peyush Bansal said more than 750 million people need vision correction in India. He made the remark during the company's conference call on financial earnings for the second quarter of FY26. "It will take a decade more for Lenskart to make a change in the eye market of India," Bansal added.

Lenskart published its first quarterly results after listing on the stock exchanges earlier this month. It reported a net profit of ₹102 crore for the second quarter, up roughly 20% from ₹85 crore in the same period a year ago. The eyewear brand's revenue from operations also jumped around 21% to ₹2,096 crore from ₹1,736 crore during the same period.