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Lightspeed Targets $250M for New India Fund, Focusing on Early-Stage AI

The new Lightspeed India fund, Lightspeed India Partners V, is targeting $250 million, half the size of its 2022 predecessor, with 80% already committed. It will back early-stage AI companies in India and Southeast Asia from late 2026. This article covers the investor letter, the SEC filing, the fund history, the Accel comparison and what it means for founders and buyers.

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Accel-Backed Keenable Is Indexing the Web for AI Agents With a $26M Seed Round

On 25 August 2026 Keenable exited stealth with a $26 million seed round led by Accel, plus participation from Conviction Partners and business angels, and a web index of more than 100 billion documents built for AI agents rather than people. Fifteen engineers, a search API, an MCP server and an unreleased Web Query Language sit behind it. Here are the disclosed numbers, the published pricing, how it differs from consumer search, who else is competing for the same ground, and the questions Keenable has not answered.

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