5198: Emergent nears $200M round from Creaegis, Amazon & Ranjan Pai; Groww and Zerodha AMCs log strong growth; and The companies behind Pune’s fake jobs scam | Tech3

AI startup Emergent is closing in on a $200 million funding round backed by investors including Amazon, Creaegis and Ranjan Pai’s Claypond Capital, potentially valuing the company at $1.5 billion. We also look at how Groww and Zerodha’s mutual fund businesses are scaling rapidly, why Pune’s alleged fake IT jobs scam is drawing calls for an SIT probe, and AirTrunk’s plans to invest $30 billion in India’s AI and cloud infrastructure by 2030. Tune in for the biggest developments shaping India’s startup, fintech, AI and technology ecosystem.