Faster Same & Next-Day Deliveries As Unicommerce’s Shipway Onboards ElasticRun

* The integration to enhance hyperlocal last-mile operations, helping brands deliver same-day and next-day orders faster ~

Shipway, the shipping and logistics SaaS platform of Unicommerce has onboarded ElasticRun, to strengthen same-day and next-day delivery capabilities for e-commerce and D2C brands, enabling faster deliveries across metropolitans and tier-1 cities.
Rising expectations around fulfilment speed

Same-day and next-day fulfilment - once restricted to select quick-commerce use cases, is now becoming a broader requirement across brand websites, marketplaces, and hybrid retail models. Delivery timelines for everyday categories such as FMCG, personal care, fashion, and are increasingly shaping purchase decisions and overall customer experience. The Shipway-ElasticRun integration is designed to address this shift at scale.

Quicker reach across six cities

The integration combines Shipway’s logistics technology with ElasticRun’s locally operated delivery network, allowing brands to deliver faster last-mile deliveries without setting up their own hyperlocal infrastructure.

Brands using Shipway’s platform can now deliver faster across 6 cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and Kolkata while accessing real-time tracking, issue management, and performance insights. Those operating through a mix of warehouses, dark stores, and local hubs can also reduce logistics costs through Shipway’s smart routing. For ElasticRun, the integration opens access to Shipway’s ecosystem of digital-first brands and sellers, helping expand adoption of its delivery network and increase shipment volumes.

The current rollout covers intra-city hyperlocal movements across the six cities. Going forward, the integration is expected to support faster inter-city movements as well, enabling brands to serve cross-city demand with greater speed and efficiency while expanding use cases beyond last-mile into broader fulfilment flows.

Sandeep Deshmukh, Co-Founder & CEO, ElasticRun said, “At ElasticRun, we operate as a technology-first, speed-led fulfilment partner, using AI-driven intelligence to enable faster, more reliable same-day and next-day deliveries at scale. Our integrated platform leverages AI for smarter inventory placement, routing, and last-mile execution across the country. Partnering with Shipway allows us to extend these capabilities to more digital-first brands, helping them meet rising consumer expectations for speed without the complexity of building their own infrastructure.”

Kapil Makhija, MD & CEO of Unicommerce, added, “As everyday-use categories such as FMCG, personal care, fashion, and essentials become a growing part of India’s retail and e-commerce market, consumer expectations around faster deliveries are increasing. With ElasticRun’s hyperlocal network integrated with Shipway, brands are better placed to meet these needs.”

Designed to support diverse fulfilment needs, Shipway enables standard parcel deliveries, hyperlocal shipments, time-bound movements, and B2B logistics through a wide courier network and automation-led orchestration. As brands look to balance speed, cost, and reliability, such integrations are expected to play a larger role in shaping next-gen fulfilment strategies across India.

About Unicommerce

Unicommerce’s solutions serve all the key processes of an e-commerce business. Uniware simplifies the backend operations of e-commerce businesses, including inventory management, order processing across multiple channels, warehouse operations, and seamless handling of return inventory. Shipway, a full-stack logistics management platform, offers courier aggregation and shipping automation. Convertway is an AI-enabled marketing automation platform designed to boost conversions and sales.

Unicommerce serves 7500+ clients across India, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. Some of its marquee clients include FabIndia, Lenskart, Timex, TCNS, Mamaearth, Sugar, Emami, Urban Company, Cello, Symphony, Healthkart, GNC, boAt, Portronics, TMRW, Mensa, Landmark Group and many more. Unicommerce’s flagship platform, Uniware, achieved an annualised transaction run rate of over 1 billion order items in Q3 FY25.

Unicommerce’s product suite is sector and size-agnostic and designed to meet the business needs of various types and sizes of retail and e-commerce enterprises, both online and offline. Incorporated in 2012, Unicommerce is ISO 27001 (standard for information security management system) & ISO 27701 (standard for data privacy controls) certified. It is listed on the National Stock Exchange of India Limited and BSE Limited.

Saatvik Green Energy’s Subsidiary Secures ₹44.10 Crore Solar Module Order, Strengthening Order Book

Saatvik Green Energy Limited today announced that its material subsidiary, Saatvik Solar Industries Private Limited, has received and accepted an order aggregating to ₹44.10 crores from a renowned Independent Power Producer (IPP)/EPC player for the supply of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules. The order is scheduled to be executed by March 2026.

This significant order win reinforces sustained demand for Saatvik’s high-quality solar modules and further strengthens the company’s growing footprint among leading IPP and EPC players in India’s expanding renewable energy sector. The development underscores continued customer confidence in Saatvik’s advanced manufacturing capabilities, product reliability, and timely execution track record.

Commenting on the development, Mr. Prashant Mathur, CEO, Saatvik Green Energy Limited, said,
"Securing this ₹44.10 crore order reflects the strong market trust in our manufacturing excellence and consistent delivery capabilities. As India accelerates its renewable energy transition, we remain focused on strengthening domestic solar manufacturing, enhancing operational efficiencies, and delivering high-performance solar solutions that support the country’s clean energy ambitions."

This order adds to Saatvik Green Energy's robust order pipeline and consistent execution track record in recent months. The company has achieved several significant milestones, including its material subsidiary Saatvik Solar Industries Private Limited securing a ₹9.63 Crore Solar Module Order & ₹10.15 crore solar PV module supply order from a reputed power EPC player, a ₹13.80 crore solar PV module supply order from a renowned IPP/EPC player, its subsidiary Saatvik Cleantech EPC Private Limited winning a ₹20.84 crore turnkey solar EPC order, and a substantial ₹486 crore solar module order from a leading IPP/EPC player.

On the manufacturing front, Saatvik recently commissioned a 2 GW in-house EPE film manufacturing facility, strengthening vertical integration and advancing its position as a Make in India leader.

About Saatvik Green Energy Limited

Saatvik Green Energy Limited is one of India’s leading solar photovoltaic module manufacturers, with a strong presence across utility-scale, commercial & industrial, EPC, and distributed solar segments. The Company currently operates a 4.8 GW module manufacturing facility in Ambala, Haryana, and is developing a Greenfield integrated manufacturing facility in Odisha with 4 GW module and 4.8 GW solar cell capacity. With a focus on technology, quality, and execution, Saatvik aims to play a meaningful role in India’s renewable energy transition.

ixigo Partners With OpenAI To Deepen AI Integration For Travel

ixigo, India’s leading AI-based travel platform, today announced an expanded collaboration with OpenAI to advance artificial intelligence capabilities and deploy them at scale for the travel industry. This collaboration will help the company accelerate AI integration across ixigo, ConfirmTkt and Abhibus, unlocking new possibilities.

ixigo will leverage OpenAI’s Enterprise API platforms to deploy advanced AI tools and integrate next-generation coding models across ixigo’s technology stack. These capabilities will power autonomous workflows and enable new AI-driven use cases, including fully autonomous agents, AI-assisted workflows, contextual AI assistants, and ongoing research to unlock new opportunities and AI-first travel customer experiences.

ixigo has been among the travel industry’s earliest adopters of AI across use cases such as customer service, where 90% of voice and chat customer support is already end-to-end AI, as well as across software engineering, business processes, marketing and operations. In 2025, ixigo unveiled its 3-pronged AI strategy - Project Trishul across efficiency, revenue and disruption to drive operating leverage, smarter monetisation and multi-modal agentic capabilities across its platforms. This integration will not only accelerate AI coding and quality assurance but also help ixigo double down on fully autonomous workflows, enabling the entire organization to automate complex workflows at scale.

"We have been an early mover on AI since 2012, and we are now entering an era where every company needs to become an AI diffusion company to help their customers and partners leverage the benefits that AI enables. Our collaboration with OpenAI will accelerate the integration of AI and agentic workflows both inside the organization and for over half a billion travel consumers that we serve," said Rajnish Kumar, Group Co-CEO and Aloke Bajpai, Group CEO, ixigo.

About ixigo (NSE: IXIGO, BSE: 544192
Launched in 2007 by Aloke Bajpai & Rajnish Kumar, ixigo (Le Travenues Technology Limited) is India’s leading AI-based travel platform for planning, booking and managing trips across trains, flights, buses and hotels. ixigo assists travellers in making smarter travel decisions by leveraging artificial intelligence. The ixigo, ConfirmTkt and AbhiBus apps allow travellers to book train tickets, flight tickets, bus tickets, hotels, and cabs, and provide travel utility tools and services developed using in-house proprietary algorithms and crowd-sourced information. With over 54 crore Annual Active Users in Fiscal 2025, ixigo is the leading OTA for Next Billion Users in India. For more information, please visit http://www.ixigo.com

Unlock More With Every Swipe: Axis Bank And IndiGo Unveil Co-Branded Credit Cards To Redefine Travel And Lifestyle Experiences

· Launch of two variants of the co-branded card, aligned to customers’ travel and spend preferences

· Higher reward rate on IndiGo channel spends

· Multiple lifestyle benefits including international lounge and lower forex markup

Axis Bank, one of the largest private sector banks in India and IndiGo, India's preferred airline and, have partnered to launch co-branded credit cards that are tailored to meet the evolving needs of Indian consumers. The cards, available in two variants - IndiGo Axis Bank Credit Card and IndiGo Axis Bank Premium Credit Card, have been thoughtfully crafted to reward spenders through IndiGo’s loyalty program, IndiGo BluChip.

The collaboration aims to enable convenient and hassle-free earning of rewards on everyday purchases and travel-related expenses. Both cards offer IndiGo BluChips on eligible transactions, with accelerated earnings for spends on IndiGo channels. Customers will also enjoy welcome and renewal benefits, milestone rewards, and a suite of lifestyle privileges including lounge access, entertainment offers, dining discounts, and reduced forex markup depending on the chosen card variant.

IndiGo Axis Bank Credit Card is priced at ₹799 plus GST and targets the retail segment. This card offers a compelling mix of travel and lifestyle benefits, along with accelerated rewards across key spend categories.

IndiGo Axis Bank Premium Credit Card, priced at ₹5,000 plus GST, is designed for affluent customers seeking superior travel and lifestyle benefits.

The cards will be launched on RuPay and Visa networks.

Speaking on the launch, Arnika Dixit, President & Head – Cards, Payments and Wealth Management, Axis Bank, said, "We are delighted to announce our strategic partnership with IndiGo, bringing together the best of banking and travel to elevate our customers’ experiences. With the launch of our co-branded credit cards, we aim to offer unmatched value, to both the casual travellers and frequent flyers. These cards are designed to deliver exclusive travel benefits, accelerated reward earnings, and seamless access to privileges that make every journey more rewarding. This collaboration reflects our commitment to innovation and customer-centricity, and we look forward to empowering our cardholders with more freedom, flexibility, and convenience across segments in the skies and beyond."

Neetan Chopra, Chief Digital and Information Officer, IndiGo, said, “IndiGo is committed to continuously enhancing the value proposition to our customers, especially our loyal frequent flyers, and our partnership with Axis Bank is an important step in this direction. We are excited to launch these co-branded credit cards, which convert everyday spends into IndiGo BluChips and combine IndiGo’s convenient, reliable service with Axis Bank’s extensive banking network. With premium lifestyle benefits, we are sure that these co-branded credit cards will make our customers’ experience with IndiGo even more rewarding.”

Commenting on the launch, Sohini Rajola, Executive Director, NPCI, said, “NPCI has always focused on enabling secure, scalable, and convenient digital payment experiences for consumers. The launch of the IndiGo Axis Bank credit card on the RuPay network aligns with this focus. It offers customers a structured and rewarding way to earn benefits across varied spends, supported by the reliability of the RuPay platform. As India’s digital payments ecosystem evolves, such collaborations enhance consumer choice and help strengthen the foundation of a seamless and inclusive payment environment.”

Rishi Chhabra, Country Manager, India, Visa, added, “Indian consumers today are seeking more than just transactions—they want experiences that reflect their aspirations, priorities, and lifestyles. The launch of the IndiGo–Axis Bank Visa co-branded cards are designed precisely for that. By combining travel-led rewards with meaningful lifestyle privileges, we are enabling our cardholders to get more from every moment and every journey. This partnership reflects Visa’s commitment to delivering secure, seamless, and enriching payment experiences that keep pace with the evolving needs of India’s growing consumer base.”

Your Travel, Your Choice: Two Cards built around your spending style:

 

IndiGo Axis Bank Credit Card

IndiGo Axis Bank Premium Credit Card

·         Rewarding Every Spend: Earn 1 BluChip for every ₹100 spent across eligible categories   ·         Category-Based Boosts: Get 2 BluChips per ₹100 on Grocery and Dining, and 3 BluChips per ₹100 on IndiGo channel transactions   ·         Travel Perks: Enjoy a 1,200 BluChips voucher on joining, renewal, and achieving milestone spends   ·         UPI Advantage: Accelerated reward earnings on UPI transactions   ·         Lounge Access: Complimentary domestic airport lounge access for added comfort

·         Exceptional Rewards:   7 BluChips per ₹100 on IndiGo spends, 3 BluChips per ₹100 on hotels and groceries, and 2 BluChips for every ₹100 spent on other eligible categories   ·         Competitive Forex Rates: Benefit from a reduced forex markup of just 2.5% on international spends   ·         Welcome, renewal & milestone bonus: Earn vouchers worth 5,000 BluChips on joining, renewal and achieving milestone spends   ·         Comprehensive Lounge Access: Enjoy complimentary access to both domestic and international airport lounges   ·         Exclusive Lifestyle Privileges: Avail offers on BookMyShow and EazyDiner for enhanced everyday experiences

L&T Teaming With NVIDIA To Build India’s Largest Gigawatt-Scale AI Factory

“Larsen & Toubro to establish India as a global AI powerhouse serving domestic requirements, global hyperscalers, cloud providers, & enterprises as a strategic AI hub with NVIDIA AI infrastructure”

At the India AI Summit, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today announces a proposed venture under the India AI Mission to build sovereign, scalable GW-scale NVIDIA AI factory infrastructure to reinforce India’s position as a global AI powerhouse.

This partnership is aimed at India’s enterprises, policymakers, industry leaders, global off takers, and analysts seeking production-grade AI capacity anchored in India’s digital and industrial transformation.

It integrates L&T’s engineering, infrastructure development, and execution with NVIDIA AI infrastructure including NVIDIA GPUs, CPUs, Networking, NVIDIA-accelerated storage platforms from leading providers, the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software stack, and reference architectures to enable rapid, secure AI adoption. It will deploy AI-ready datacenter infrastructure, advanced computing platforms, and ecosystem enablement required to support large-scale AI workloads across priority sectors.

In alignment with the IndiaAI Mission, this venture will support the creation of sovereign AI infrastructure that allows critical data, models, and AI workloads to be built, trained, and deployed within India, while remaining interoperable with global ecosystems. This sovereign by-design fabric is intended to serve domestic requirements, global hyperscalers, cloud providers, and enterprises looking to deploy large-scale AI capacity from India as a strategic hub.

The venture plans to develop gigawatt-scale AI data center factory, providing AI-ready capacity for high-density, next-generation workloads so customers can expand in India efficiently and sustainably.

The venture will scale NVIDIA GPU cluster deployment at its Chennai DC up to 30 MW capacity in its 300 acres Gigawatt scalable campus & at the new 40 MW Datacenter in Mumbai currently under execution.

This AI factory model will be able to deliver advanced AI services to global off takers, hyperscalers & India Inc, including manufacturing, infrastructure, energy, financial services, healthcare, and public services thereby moving from experimentation to production-scale deployment. It is designed to provide standardized, enterprise-grade AI capabilities, enabling predictable performance, security, and time-to value for industrial and services use cases.

This will also enable L&T & its group companies to deploy live AI agents on Sovereign Cloud, fostering a self-sustaining innovation hub like LTTS’s Lights-Out Factory framework that leverages NVIDIA Omniverse libraries to transform industrial operations, LTM’s Blueverse and LTFS’s agentic AI deployment along with L&T’s own AI agents developed for internal consumption.

Mr. S. N. Subrahmanyan, Chairman & Managing Director L&T added: “India’s enterprises are ready to move from AI pilots to production-scale deployment. The investment establishes the foundation — secure, scalable, and sovereign infrastructure — required to power manufacturing, energy, financial services, healthcare, and public services. With NVIDIA’s platforms and L&T’s execution strength, we are building infrastructure that will enable AI to deliver measurable economic impact.”

Mr. Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA said: “AI is driving the largest infrastructure buildout in human history—everyone will use it, every company will be powered by it, and every country will build it. Prime Minister Modi has outlined a bold vision to democratize AI access across the Global South and position India as a global hub for digital infrastructure. Together with L&T—an 88-year-old engineering and nation-building leader—we are laying the foundation for world-class AI infrastructure that will power India’s growth and help realize the full vision of India AI.”

The venture is enabling AI factories at national scale—sovereign by design, optimized for accelerated computing, and ready to serve global and domestic AI demand, thereby advancing India’s AI Mission and its vision of “Making AI in India and Making AI Work for India”.

Background:

Larsen & Toubro is a USD 30 billion Indian multinational engaged in EPC Projects, Hi-Tech Manufacturing, and Services, operating across multiple geographies. A strong, customer–focused approach and the constant quest for top-class quality have enabled L&T to attain and sustain leadership in its major lines of business for eight decades.

Hexaware And Replit Announce Joint Offerings To Drive Successful Rapid Prototyping To Productionizing For Enterprise Applications

Hexaware Technologies [NSE: HEXT], a global provider of IT services and solutions, today announced the launch of an open version of RapidX®, featuring native integration with Replit, an AI platform that lets anyone turn natural-language descriptions into secure, production-ready enterprise software. This enables RapidX®, Hexaware’s agentic AI platform for software engineering, to help enterprises move faster from rapid prototyping to production-ready applications.

By bringing RapidX® and Replit together in a single pane, enterprises can validate ideas earlier, shorten decision cycles, and scale successful prototypes into enterprise-grade systems with stronger engineering discipline and governance while empowering non-technical knowledge workers to participate directly in the software creation processes. This integrated approach supports both greenfield (new build) and brownfield (maintenance and modernization) programs, helping teams reduce delivery risk and improve time-to-value. To ensure successful delivery, Hexaware and Replit are also launching dedicated Replit squads.

The launch also marks a significant expansion of the companies’ strategic partnership, building on their earlier collaboration to bring AI deeper into enterprise software engineering. As part of this initiative, Hexaware has also established a dedicated Center of Excellence (CoE) for AI in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) at its Chennai facility to help clients and engineering teams adopt AI-assisted delivery at scale.

Partnership Highlights

● Enterprise-ready rapid prototyping: RapidX® AI SMEs help translate business requirements into structured blueprints and validation flows, while Replit turns them into working prototypes quickly, enabling faster stakeholder feedback and early decision-making.

● Seamless prototype-to-production path: RapidX® brings engineering rigor, architecture guidance, and modernization intelligence, while Replit provides the development environment to evolve prototypes into production-ready applications with continuity and control.

● Faster application delivery: RapidX® AI SMEs guide design, decomposition, and impact analysis, and Replit accelerates implementation and iteration, shortening the journey from idea to deployable software across new builds and modernization programs.

● Enterprise-grade security and governance: RapidX® provides enterprise engineering controls, standards, and traceability, while Replit offers a unified development environment, together supporting governed delivery in large-scale and regulated environments.

● Center of Excellence for AI: The CoE serves as a global hub for RapidX®-powered delivery, applied research, and client collaboration, and hands-on enablement of Hexaware’s engineering teams in agentic development practices.

Early engagements using the Replit and RapidX® integration have already demonstrated impact across scenarios such as pharmaceutical commerce platform simulations, enterprise requirements clarification using natural language workflows, accelerated prototyping to reduce decision cycles, and high-fidelity screen generation to preserve design consistency.

Looking ahead, Hexaware and Replit will continue to broaden this collaboration by scaling AI-driven SDLC.

“We started Replit to enable billions to make any application they want without knowing how to code, from school projects to enterprise-ready offerings, even inside complex enterprises, by enabling non-technical knowledge workers to build production‑ready applications using natural language,” said Amjad Masad, Founder & CEO, Replit. “With Hexaware and RapidX®, teams are using Replit to prototype faster, validate requirements earlier, and move from concept to production with more confidence across both new builds and modernization in a secure environment."

“RapidX® represents the next generation of AI-assisted software engineering and integrating it with Replit strengthens how enterprises move from prototype to production,” said Luis Héctor Chávez, Chief Technology Officer, Replit. “Working with Hexaware, we are giving customers a unified platform to build, modernize, and operate software at scale.”

“At Hexaware, we are building an ecosystem of leading technology partners to help our clients get tangible business outcomes from AI,” said R. Srikrishna, CEO & Executive Director, Hexaware. “Expanding our partnership with Replit brings together complementary strengths to help customers deliver software more predictably and with greater impact.”

Sanjay Salunkhe, President & Global Head – Digital and Software Services, Hexaware, added, “This partnership strengthens how we bring AI into real enterprise software delivery with security and governance built in. By combining RapidX® with Replit, we are helping clients shorten delivery cycles, reduce rework through early validation, and improve predictability across large-scale programs.”

About Replit

Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build production-ready enterprise applications using natural language. With millions of users and over 500,000 business users globally, Replit is democratizing software development for both technical and non-technical users. The company is headquartered in San Francisco.

Learn more at https://replit.com

About Hexaware Technologies

Hexaware is a global technology and business process services company. Every day, Hexawarians wake up with a singular purpose: to create smiles through great people and technology. With offices across the world, we empower enterprises worldwide to realize digital transformation at scale and speed by partnering with them to build, transform, run, and optimize their technology and business processes.

Learn more about Hexaware at https://hexaware.com/

Bharat Gen Unveils ‘Sutra’ At India AI Impact Summit, An Initiative To Enhance News Accessibility

India Today Group has announced the debut of Sutra, a new AI-driven news anchor, at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. Developed in collaboration with BharatGen and showcased by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Sutra is designed to report and navigate complex, real-time information through concise synthesis and contextual insights from the AI Impact Summit.

The initiative marks a significant step in the Group’s commitment to integrating advanced technology within a rigorous editorial framework. Sutra aims to bridge the gap between high-level policy discussions and public understanding, providing real-time takeaways from the Summit’s key sessions.

“Our goal with Sutra is to provide clarity in an increasingly fast-paced news cycle,” said Nilanjan Das, Chief AI Officer, India Today Group. “By working with BharatGen, we are exploring how AI can be leveraged to make information more accessible and inclusive for a wider audience, while maintaining the editorial standards the India Today Group is known for. With BharatGen this bring us closer to a sovereign AI future.”

Rishi Bal, CEO BharatGen said, "For AI to truly transform the Indian media landscape, it must move beyond mere automation to deep contextual intelligence. BharatGen is pioneering sovereign, multimodal models that understand the natural nuances of Indian languages and regional dialects. In an era of AI anchors and real-time news, our focus is on building a robust technological backbone that allows for nuanced storytelling across diverse demographics.” Bal added, “By providing indigenous AI capabilities, we are ensuring that the future of Indian journalism is powered by technology that is culturally aware, linguistically inclusive, and built entirely on home-grown soil."