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Alessandro Levi will focus on investments in AI, deep tech and semiconductors in his new role.

He said he would continue to invest in AI, quantum and cybersecurity.

Corporates including Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Meta are onboard for F/ai, which is providing support and tools to 20 AI startups.

Okta has hired Alexa Fedyukova as vice-president of corporate development following a stint in the same role at cybersecurity specialist SentinelOne.

With more than $37bn invested across 444 deals, January 2026 saw corporates deploy more venture money than in almost any month in the past two years.

Nitya Agarwal was at a financial VC before joining the corporate venturing arm of Info Edge.

Neurosymbolic models, which integrate structured reasoning, rules and logical constraints into learning systems, are emerging as a critical path forward if AI is to achieve its potential in industrial applications.

While consumer tech continues to dominate corporate-backed funding rounds for Indian startups, sectors with deep tech affiliations are seeing rapid growth in India.

CrowdStrike, AWS and Nvidia's startup accelerator just admitted its largest ever cohort, as AI transforms the shape of new cybersecurity companies.

More than 3,000 corporations invested in startups last year. One in five startup funding rounds now includes a corporate backer and more than half the dollars raised last year came from this kind of round.

DTCP's Project Liberty fund is seeking investors including corporate backers to fund up to 30 European defence tech startups through series C stage.