IBM plans to acquire Confluent for 11 billion dollars to expand its cloud, data streaming and AI service capabilities for enterprise clients.
Figma launches local data hosting in India and expands governance tools to support enterprises seeking stronger compliance and streamlined digital design operations.
Wipro appoints Dr. Jai Ganesh as Vice President of Technology to strengthen innovation, digital engineering and next generation technology initiatives.
The full-day summit will feature conversations on the future of customer experience, agentic AI, data strategy, creativity, automation, & the changing role of marketing leadership
Nagarro partners with OpenAI to accelerate enterprise scale AI adoption through tailored solutions, engineering expertise and industry specific implementations.
Reliance Industries names Shrivallabha Kulkarni as Chief Digital Officer for its battery business to strengthen digital strategy, manufacturing intelligence and clean energy operations.
Riyadh Air will work with IBM to build an AI native airline by 2026, aiming to redesign aviation operations with automation, predictive intelligence and real time decision support.
Forrester’s 2026 predictions highlight major enterprise tech shifts as reports suggest ServiceNow is evaluating a potential acquisition of Boomi.
AI-driven hyper-personal ads are rising in India, raising concerns around privacy, bias and over-targeting as marketers balance performance gains with growing ethical and regulatory scrutiny.
Taiwan’s Allegiance Group will invest Rs 1000 crore in Karnataka to boost the state’s semiconductor ecosystem, strengthening India’s push for chip manufacturing.
Micro1 surpasses 100 million dollars in ARR as global demand rises for AI engineering talent, model training support, and enterprise ML deployment.
India faced 265 million cyber attacks in 2025, according to Seqrite, which also introduced new ransomware recovery and digital risk protection solutions.
Cristiano Ronaldo invests in Perplexity and becomes global brand ambassador as the AI startup launches a dedicated fan hub for worldwide audiences.
AI is reshaping creative work in India’s marketing industry. Teams report rising anxiety, skill gaps and faster workflows as human creativity adapts to an automation-driven future.
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna warns that trillion dollar AI data center spending is not sustainable as rising energy and infrastructure costs pressure profitability.
Aionos expands multimodal AI and agent based solutions as its CTO forecasts rapid adoption across healthcare and enterprise sectors.
CoreOps AI secures 3.5 million dollars in Pre Series A funding to scale its enterprise AI modernisation and global expansion plans.
A Cloudflare outage caused major global service disruptions as users reported website and app failures across sectors.
Aspora names former Paytm executive Varun Sridhar as CEO for its wealth and lending division as the company expands globally.
Microsoft strengthens its India strategy with expanded AI and data center investments, increased hiring, and large scale workforce upskilling initiatives across sectors.
Salesforce reports record Q3 FY26 results driven by AI products Agentforce and Data Cloud and raises its full year revenue forecast.
Nothing launches a 5 million dollar community funding round as part of its strategy to become IPO ready within three years.
AI driven search is shifting from keyword based ranking to behaviour based visibility. Brands now compete on trust, engagement and intent signals as AI assistants reshape digital discovery.
OpenAI and TCS advance discussions on a potential HyperVault partnership to support AI compute and enterprise data infrastructure needs.
For us, as an international bank, talk about AI began a few years ago, and we even created a group called SoGen AI to explore AI use cases for our daily banking operations.
Healthify and Novo Nordisk India launch an AI enabled obesity care program offering personalised lifestyle and treatment support.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the company avoids code red culture and focuses on stable, safety aligned AI development amid rising industry competition.
Accenture and Snowflake launch a new business group to help enterprises scale AI and modernise data platforms through integrated cloud and consulting capabilities.
Marvell will acquire Celestial AI for 3.5 billion dollars to advance optical interconnects and scale next generation data centre connectivity for AI workloads.
Healthify launches Ria Voice, a real time multimodal AI health coach built with OpenAI to offer personalised voice based wellness guidance.
Apple appoints Bangalore University alumnus Amar Subramanya as its new Vice President of AI, expanding leadership as the company accelerates AI innovation.
Martech for 2026 report launched: 127 pages covering AI agents, context engineering, automation models, vibe coding, Martech Ops 3.0, and the future of AI-driven marketing workflows.
Meesho expands vernacular AI voice agents and automation across operations as it prepares for its expected 2025 IPO, aiming for efficiency, customer reach and marketplace growth.
Lenskart introduces two hour delivery in Singapore, strengthens app led engagement and reports higher market share as it focuses on efficient marketing and faster fulfilment.
AI moodboards are transforming creative work, helping designers and brands ideate faster, explore more visual directions and collaborate with AI for quicker, sharper concept development.
Marketers are shifting from personal data to privacy-first contextual targeting as cookies fade. AI-driven signals, real-time moments and content relevance are redefining digital advertising.
AWS launches AI agents to automate legacy code modernisation, reduce technical debt and help enterprises accelerate cloud transformation.
HSBC enters a multi year partnership with Mistral AI to scale generative AI across global operations and strengthen digital transformation.
India’s billion-user market has exposed a global personalisation failure. Big Tech struggles to serve India’s diverse languages, cultures, devices and behaviours.
New research shows poetic prompts can bypass safety systems in several AI models, revealing vulnerabilities in current guardrail approaches.
Liquid C2 launches an AI driven programme to expand Google Cloud access across Africa, improving cloud adoption and distribution efficiency.
DeepSeek launches new reasoning AI models with performance comparable to top global systems, advancing open access innovation.
Coforge adds new AI accelerators to its Quasar platform to help enterprises scale AI adoption with improved governance and deployment efficiency.
Alvarez and Marsal appoints industry leader Amit Dakshini to strengthen its automotive consulting practice and expand capabilities in India.
SoftBank loses nearly USD 50 billion in market value as investor concerns rise over AI sector valuations and global tech market volatility.
Flutter Brazil has named Leonardo Martins as its new Head of Media and Martech, strengthening its marketing and technology strategy in the region.
Comviva introduces Mobilytix, a GenAI-driven real-time marketing platform designed to enhance customer engagement and campaign agility for brands.
Aithor.com unveils “AI Humanizer,” a tool designed to improve the natural flow and readability of AI-generated content to better match human writing style.
IIM Bangalore will release 60 free AI focused courses on Swayam in 2026, expanding access to digital learning for students and professionals.
Zerodha invests 5 million dollars in Tijori to support the expansion of its AI driven market intelligence and analytics platform.
SAP outlines a unified approach to European AI and cloud sovereignty, focusing on data control, compliance and transparent enterprise adoption.
HP plans workforce reduction of up to 6,000 jobs through 2028 while ramping up investment in AI-driven products and restructuring operations.
Reliance, Brookfield and Digital Realty to invest 11 billion dollars in Andhra Pradesh to build large scale AI data infrastructure and 1 GW data centre capacity.
As AI accelerates content creation, brands adopt AI governance systems to stay consistent, culturally safe and on-message at scale.
Indrajaal has introduced India’s first mobile AI powered anti drone patrol vehicle to strengthen border surveillance and autonomous threat response capabilities.
DeepSeek’s open-source model DeepSeekMath-V2 solves five of six IMO 2025 maths problems and posts top scores on Putnam, pioneering self-verifiable AI reasoning.
A new forecast estimates 220 million paying ChatGPT users by 2030, yet OpenAI may still struggle to reach profitability due to rising compute and data center costs.
A Deloitte report on Canadian healthcare has come under fire for containing AI-generated citations and factual errors, raising concerns over reliance on artificial intelligence.
AI driven autonomous personalization is reshaping websites with real time layouts, dynamic content, and unique experiences for every user.
AI transformed customer experience in 2025 with predictive service, voice AI, sentiment engines, WhatsApp bots, and autonomous workflows.
Edelweiss Life Insurance names Kamlesh Jobanputra as Chief Technology and Data Officer to strengthen digital transformation and data strategy.
Wipro forms a strategic research partnership with IISc to accelerate innovation in artificial intelligence, quantum technologies and frontier computing.
DHL begins rollout of HappyRobot powered AI agents to automate workflows, improve efficiency and support large scale logistics operations worldwide.
Microsoft will remove Copilot from WhatsApp next year after platform enforces stricter rules on third-party AI chatbots, affecting integrations globally.
AI-driven ad fraud is escalating rapidly as generative bots mimic real users. Brands deploy advanced AI defenses to protect ad spend, security, and trust.
China now leads globally in downloads of open-source AI models, marking a shift in the balance of influence in AI development and diffusion.
India emerges as the key battleground in the global MarTech race as global giants and local SaaS players compete with AI, pricing, and innovation for dominance.
Tata Technologies appoints Anand Kumar Sinha as Chief Digital and Information Officer to strengthen digital transformation and enterprise IT strategy.
Fractal Analytics secures SEBI approval to launch India’s first AI focused IPO, marking a milestone for the country’s enterprise AI and analytics sector.
MapmyIndia integrates its location intelligence platform with Zoho CRM to help businesses improve customer insights, logistics optimisation and field operations.
Digital Connexion commits $1.1 billion to establish 1 GW-class AI data centres in Andhra Pradesh, boosting India’s infrastructure for generative AI and high-performance computing.
The United States launches the Genesis Mission to expand AI driven scientific discovery, aiming to accelerate research, innovation and national competitiveness.
AI assistants, conversational search and natural language platforms are reshaping digital discovery. Indian brands shift from keyword SEO to intent-led marketing.
AI-enabled martech tools are reshaping India’s marketing workflow, boosting speed, personalisation and automation across creative, media and operations.
OpenAI and design lead Jony Ive preview a screenless AI device prototype described as simpler and calmer than the iPhone, blending voice-first AI with minimal distraction.
Salesforce India records 47 percent FY25 revenue growth and increases focus on agentic AI transformation across enterprise customers.
OpenAI introduces Shopping Research mode in ChatGPT to help users evaluate products and find best buys using AI-driven product comparisons and insights.
AI-powered predictive creative is reshaping advertising as brands use emotion signals and real-time data to tailor content, boost relevance and improve campaign efficiency.
Indian brands are shifting to private LLMs for safer, personalised, AI-driven marketing as data rules tighten and first-party intelligence becomes strategic.
Wealthy raises 130 crore rupees led by Bertelsmann India Investments to scale AI driven wealth management tools and expand its financial advisor network.
Martech enters a survival phase in 2026 as AI, privacy rules and budget pressure reshape stacks. Essential tools rise while outdated platforms fade.
TCS launches an AI platform to improve clinical trial oversight, quality management and decision-making for global life sciences and healthcare organisations.
EaseMyTrip names industry veteran Manmeet Ahluwalia as CMO to strengthen brand strategy, customer engagement and global growth.
Nokia to invest four billion dollars in the U.S. to expand AI powered network innovation, manufacturing capacity and next generation telecom infrastructure.
In this conversation, he discusses first party data, AI driven personalization, DPDP, AI agents, and what the next five years will look like for modern marketing.
Google unveils Nested Learning, a new approach designed to solve AI memory loss and enable more human-like continuous learning across tasks.
Anthropic releases Claude Recipe Book, offering practical AI workflows and examples to help businesses adopt Claude models for real operations.
AI social agents are transforming brand management by automating replies, monitoring sentiment and optimizing content and media decisions across platforms in real time.
Xiaomi unveils MiMo-Embodied, the first open-source AI model combining autonomous driving and embodied robotics tasks, opening the model for developers globally.
OpenAI teams up with Foxconn to develop and manufacture AI hardware in the US, expanding infrastructure and accelerating AI deployment capabilities.
AgroStar secures 30 million dollars to expand AI based agronomy services, strengthen its omnichannel network and scale climate smart farming solutions for Indian farmers.
Sony, Warner and Universal sign licensing agreements with AI music startup Klay as Warner also settles its dispute with Udio and plans a licensed AI creation platform.
Pibit AI secures 7 million dollars to scale its AI platform Cure, aiming to modernize underwriting and strengthen risk decisions for global insurers.
Adobe is acquiring Semrush for 1.9 billion dollars to expand its AI powered search and marketing capabilities across its digital experience portfolio.
Salesforce suspends Gainsight apps after detecting unusual activity and launches an investigation into potential data exposure affecting customer environments.
IKS Health has appointed new chief marketing and chief legal leaders as the company expands its healthcare technology and agentic AI capabilities.
Bunjy introduces an AI-powered integrated marketing agency, integrating performance marketing and data-driven solutions to help enterprises optimise campaign results.
SkyReels launches a new generative AI platform designed to automate video creation and support marketers with faster, scalable creative production across industries.
AI is transforming how CMOs achieve growth, optimise media budgets, improve customer journeys and accelerate KPI performance through automation and predictive intelligence.
Uber faces collective legal action in the UK over allegations that its AI-powered pay and management systems lack transparency and violate worker data rights.
Google has unveiled Nano Banana Pro, its new image-generation model powered by Gemini 3, enabling high-quality visuals and studio-level output for creators and enterprises.
PNY establishes a local RMA facility in India for NVIDIA GeForce and NVIDIA Professional GPUs, aiming to improve turnaround times and service support for Indian customers.
xAI and Humain partner to develop Saudi Arabia’s next-gen AI compute network and deploy Grok models to support the country’s AI-driven national vision.
Kore.ai becomes a launch partner for Microsoft Agent 365 to accelerate enterprise adoption of agentic AI with advanced automation and workflow capabilities.
Brands accelerate first-party data strategies as privacy laws tighten. With cookies fading and DPDP enforcement rising, companies invest in consent-led data, CDPs, and AI-driven personalisation.
AI is reshaping marketing funnels as brands build always-on, self-learning systems that adapt to real-time customer behavior across channels.
Google unveils Gemini 3, stating major improvements in reasoning, math, coding and multimodal tasks, positioning it ahead of leading AI models in global benchmark tests.
Zoho has rolled out a major update to Zoho One, adding AI-powered context intelligence, deeper integrations and a unified experience to help enterprises improve collaboration and decision making.
xAI launches Grok 4.1, showing improved reasoning, creativity and emotional responses, with benchmark gains over earlier models and competitive results against leading AI systems.
Interview with Anand Jain, Co-Founder and CMO, CleverTap by Brij Pahwa, Editorial Lead, e4m and MartechAI.com
Cognavi India appoints Mohit Sareen to its Board, strengthening its marketing-led growth and accelerating its AI-driven hiring transformation.
In India, phone brands like Xiaomi and Vivo are integrating agents for travel planning and personalised camera settings.
A major outage at Cloudflare disrupted services across many leading platforms including ChatGPT, X and Spotify, highlighting the dependency on key internet infrastructure.
YouTube launches new AI tools in India and partners with AIIMS and IICT to advance healthcare content, research applications and creator-focused innovation.
Infosys unveils an AI First model for Global Capability Centers aimed at accelerating innovation, automation and enterprise wide transformation for global organisations.
Sakana AI secures 135 million dollars in Series B funding, boosting its mission to build specialised AI models for Japan’s enterprise and public sectors.
AI in FX is evolving from basic chatbots to smart doers that drive acquisition, personalisation, compliance-safe automation and better customer outcomes.
Jeff Bezos joins Project Prometheus as co-CEO in his first operational role since Amazon, with the AI startup backed by $6.2 billion and focused on engineering and manufacturing.
Oracle outlines how AI-driven agentic workflows are transforming HR operations, from talent management to workforce planning, as enterprises accelerate automation and predictive decision making.
Marketing teams are reaching the same conclusion: combining data, AI and automation turns every customer click into higher engagement and sales
Accenture has invested in Alembic to strengthen its causal AI capabilities and advance data-driven marketing measurement for global enterprises.
Parle Products appoints Sanjay J Joshi as Chief Technology Officer to strengthen digital strategy, technology modernisation, and data-driven operations.
Generative AI is transforming India’s restaurant marketing with personalised discovery, automated journeys, smarter campaigns and 24/7 customer engagement.
Primus Partners teams up with Data Safeguard to advance privacy automation, responsible AI adoption, and regulatory readiness across India, the Middle East, and the US.
Disseqt AI teams up with HCLTech and Microsoft to help banks modernize operations with agentic AI, enhancing automation, compliance and decision intelligence.
Karnataka unveils updated IT and space tech policies focused on jobs, regional expansion and incentives aimed at strengthening the state’s technology leadership.
OpenAI has launched a new Group Chat feature in ChatGPT, allowing multiple users to collaborate with AI in shared conversations for projects, planning and real-time problem solving.
Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has repeatedly emphasised that India’s AI strategy aims to democratise access and expand employment opportunities.
Lenskart unveils an AI powered smart glasses prototype during a live demo by Peyush Bansal, highlighting new capabilities and the brand’s push into intelligent eyewear technology.
Salesforce, Figma and HubSpot acquire early-stage Israeli AI startups to expand enterprise search, marketing AI and creative tech capabilities.
Firefox launches an AI Window that prioritises user control and privacy, offering a customisable alternative to mainstream AI-powered browsing tools.
Satya Nadella confirms Microsoft now has full access to OpenAI’s system level IP, strengthening its long term AI chip strategy and reducing reliance on external semiconductor players.
NDTV has appointed Koreel Lahiri as Chief of Strategy and Innovation to lead digital growth, product expansion and next generation content initiatives.
Salesforce plans to acquire AI search startup Doti to enhance enterprise search and automation across Slack and its broader cloud ecosystem.
AI is reshaping India’s media planning, boosting efficiency and audience insights while keeping human judgement central. Here’s how agencies and advertisers are adapting.
PhonePe has partnered with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into its app, offering AI powered assistance to millions of users across India.
Jensen underscored how India’s grassroots adoption of AI is outpacing most global markets.
Cybersecurity firm Deepwatch lays off employees as it restructures operations to focus on AI driven automation and long term efficiency.
India activates the DPDP Act rules, bringing the country’s first real privacy law into force. New regulations mandate explicit consent, strict data governance, and enforceable user rights.
Netflix appoints Vamsi Murthy as Senior Director and Head of Marketing for India to strengthen its brand and audience strategy in the region.
VideoDB acquires Chennai-based AI testing startup Devzery to boost AI-driven software testing automation and expand its India operations.
Yann LeCun, Meta’s Chief AI Scientist and AI pioneer, is set to depart the company to launch a new startup focused on next-generation artificial intelligence systems.
AI is helping Indian brands evolve from CRM to CXM, creating connected, real-time customer experience loops that unify marketing, sales, and service for measurable ROI and trust.
Assam government signs MoU with Google to deploy AI tools for governance, education, and digital infrastructure under its ‘Digital Assam’ vision.
Synthetic data is transforming marketing by enabling AI model training without breaching privacy, helping brands innovate ethically and personalize responsibly in India’s data-regulated era.
Google introduces Trillium TPUs and expands AI infrastructure in India to power local innovation, research, and data sovereignty initiatives.
Sachin Katti, former AI chief at Intel, joins OpenAI to head compute infrastructure for AGI, focusing on next-generation systems and large-scale AI efficiency.
Multimodal AI is reshaping customer engagement by combining text, voice, image, and video insights to deliver real-time, personalized, and emotionally intelligent brand interactions across industries.
Infosys launches a next-generation AI agent to optimize operations and drive digital transformation in the global energy sector.
AI browsers like ChatGPT Atlas and Perplexity Comet are changing how Indians search. Marketers must optimize for answers, not just rankings, through structured content and factual clarity.
