InSnaps News https://insnaps.app/news/ Original reporting from the InSnaps desk on the companies, launches and events we think are worth writing down properly. en Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:50:11 +0000 CARPL sells the tools to check whether medical AI works. Its own FDA clearance checks nothing clinical https://insnaps.app/news/carpl-ai-audit/ https://insnaps.app/news/carpl-ai-audit/ Companies CARPL.ai raised $10 million led by the IFC in July 2026 to run a platform that validates and monitors other companies' radiology AI. Its own FDA clearance… Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Sachin Bansal took outside money for the first time, at a third less than he wanted https://insnaps.app/news/navi-prosus-markdown/ https://insnaps.app/news/navi-prosus-markdown/ Companies Navi accepted $100 million from Prosus at about a $1.3 billion valuation on 19 August 2026, its first institutional capital in eight years and roughly 35%… Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Skyroot reached orbit on the first try. Now it has to prove a launch business https://insnaps.app/news/skyroot-vikram-orbit/ https://insnaps.app/news/skyroot-vikram-orbit/ Companies Vikram-1 put payloads into a 450 km orbit on 18 July 2026, making Skyroot the first private Indian company to reach orbit. It did so on FY25 revenue of Rs… Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Yulu stopped being a bike-share company. Now it rents to the people delivering your groceries https://insnaps.app/news/yulu-gig-fleet/ https://insnaps.app/news/yulu-gig-fleet/ Companies Yulu raised $93 million in August 2026, of which $63 million is equity and $30 million debt. About 95% of its revenue now comes from renting electric… Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 deSal sells two shampoos for two different water problems. We read both labels https://insnaps.app/news/desal-hard-water-hair-care/ https://insnaps.app/news/desal-hard-water-hair-care/ Companies deSal's Hard Water Defense and Swimmers Wellness shampoos target mineral deposition and chlorine oxidation respectively. Both share an identical base, and… Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Sarvam took the government's compute and gave the weights away https://insnaps.app/news/sarvam-ai-sovereign-stack/ https://insnaps.app/news/sarvam-ai-sovereign-stack/ Companies Sarvam AI reached a $1.5 billion valuation in June 2026 on a $234 million Series B led by HCLTech, four months after open-sourcing two foundation models… Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Snitch was an online brand. Its growth now comes from shops https://insnaps.app/news/snitch-offline-profit/ https://insnaps.app/news/snitch-offline-profit/ Companies Snitch reported FY26 revenue up about 80% to roughly Rs 900 crore and its first profitable year, with offline stores growing at about 75% year on year and… Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wispr spent three years on a wristband that read silent speech. The test harness became a $2 billion company https://insnaps.app/news/wispr-flow-voice-pivot/ https://insnaps.app/news/wispr-flow-voice-pivot/ Companies Wispr raised $280 million at a $2 billion valuation on 17 August 2026 for a dictation app that began life as scaffolding for the neural wristband it spent… Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000