OpenAI is expanding AI into chip design, life sciences and finance while cutting model prices as it looks to accelerate enterprise adoption.
Navana.ai has raised ₹40 crore in Series A funding led by Ronnie Screwvala to expand its Voice AI platform across BFSI and strengthen Indian-language speech models.
Deloitte is expanding its Egypt Innovation Hub across AI, engineering and cybersecurity, with another $80 million in investment planned over the next three years.
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra moves AI from chatbot to digital operator, bringing advanced agentic, computer-use and cybersecurity capabilities alongside new safety concerns.
Adobe has acquired Indian AI startup Rilo, adding its six-member team and workflow automation technology as it expands its agentic AI capabilities for marketers.
Gupshup has launched a self-serve Voice AI platform that lets enterprises build multilingual AI agents for support, sales, payments and operational calls.
Commerce has appointed Sri Subramanian as Head of Data and AI, where he will lead data strategy, AI, analytics and efforts to translate technology into business outcomes.
OneRail has launched OmniSTAR, an AI-powered delivery platform built with Nvidia technology to help retailers make faster, lower-cost last-mile delivery decisions.
Nvidia is reportedly in talks to invest in Perplexity through a funding round that could value the AI search and agent startup at more than $30 billion.
Fireflies.ai is exploring acquisitions of Indian AI and voice AI startups while introducing a lower-priced plan to expand its presence in India.
Syneos Health appoints Madhuri Raya as Global Head, AI & Engineering and Technology Capability Center to scale its AI ecosystem and engineering capabilities.
Sandhya Devanathan joins OpenAI as VP for Southeast Asia and Australia after more than a decade at Meta, taking charge of growth, partnerships and operations.
Gujarat High Court quashes GST proceedings after a tax officer used non-existent and irrelevant AI-generated case laws, and mandates strict verification of AI-assisted legal research.
Cashfree launches Relay, an AI agent platform that automates cart recovery, failed payments, COD confirmation, subscription dunning and disputes for SMBs.
Wipro’s iSkill AI learning agent has crossed 7,500 employee conversations, using role, skills and certification data to personalise course recommendations.
Ringg AI raises $10 million led by Peak XV Partners to expand its voice, WhatsApp and browser AI agents and strengthen its enterprise AI platform.
Wipro has integrated iSkill, an AI conversational agent, into its AI Academy to personalise learning recommendations for more than 240,000 associates.
Vodafone Business and Tech Mahindra partner to help UK enterprises adopt AI, automation, private 5G, IoT, cloud and data technologies.
AI safety startup Alice raises $140 million to expand its model testing and security platform as its AI business grows more than 500% in two years.
Kyndryl and Bridgepath partner to help enterprises build AI-native GCCs by embedding artificial intelligence across delivery, operations, governance and decision-making.
Uber appoints former Coinbase AI leader Varsha Mahadevan as Director of Engineering for its GenAI Platform, strengthening its generative AI engineering leadership.
Bengaluru-based Murf AI has launched Falcon 2, a text-to-speech model built for real-time AI agents with under-100ms voice generation and support for 35+ languages.
Nvidia is reportedly in talks to invest in Perplexity through a new funding round that could value Aravind Srinivas’ AI search startup at more than $30 billion.
Forcepoint appoints former Proofpoint executive Vincent Merlin as CMO to lead global marketing and accelerate adoption of its AI Data Security platform.
Globant appoints Fernando Matzkin as COO to accelerate its AI-native transformation, with Glob.AI and AI Pods central to its operating strategy.
TCS and Porsche have signed a five-year partnership to scale AI across manufacturing, engineering, operations and customer experience, alongside TCS’ proposed acquisition of MHP.
AI MarTech firm Tec-Do raises fresh funding led by Huatai-General Atlantic to expand its Navos multi-agent platform, AI models and Agentic Commerce push.
Meta has become one of Microsoft’s biggest AI customers, reportedly spending hundreds of millions annually and consuming trillions of tokens weekly through Azure.
Tech Mahindra expands its ServiceNow partnership with a dedicated AI Innovation CoE to help enterprises move generative and agentic AI from pilots to production.
Xebia becomes an OpenAI Select Partner to help enterprises build and scale agentic AI across data, software and business workflows.
UNIVO Education launches an AI Readiness Initiative with free foundational courses as India moves to expand AI literacy and skill one crore youth.
Z.ai delays GLM-5.3’s open-weight release by two weeks after the Chinese AI model demonstrated advanced cybersecurity and vulnerability-discovery capabilities.
KNAV appoints Danveer Bhasin as Senior Vice President of Markets as the global accounting and advisory firm accelerates brand expansion and international growth.
Sonata Software appoints Hariprasad Rebala as Chief AI Officer to lead its AI strategy and strengthen enterprise AI transformation capabilities.
Columbia Group establishes its first India GCC in Mumbai, with plans to hire 220 employees across digital solutions, ship management and operational functions.
Benevolve is powering AI-driven talent intelligence for PhonePe, Myntra and MediBuddy, helping businesses map skills, manage performance and support workforce planning.
Alibaba releases Qwen3.8-27B, expanding its open-weight AI strategy with a smaller model aimed at local hardware, coding and professional workflows.
Instabase becomes SuperApp and launches an AI collaboration workspace bringing GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and teams together in a shared environment.
CIBC leases 1.21 lakh sq ft of managed office space in Hyderabad for its GCC in a five-year deal valued at around ₹180 crore.
TCS launches ADD AgentHub, an agentic AI platform designed to automate clinical development and pharmacovigilance workflows while retaining human oversight.
NxtGen launches SpeedCloud Global, taking its Indian-built cloud and AI services overseas as it targets international enterprise workloads.
OpenAI appoints former Wiz executive Dali Rajic as chief revenue officer, replacing Denise Dresser as the company expands its enterprise AI business.
Anthropic appoints former Google Cloud executive Rajat Pandit to lead Applied AI for India, strengthening its focus on enterprise AI deployment.
Julius Baer has leased 74,037 sq ft in Mumbai's Andheri East for its Global Enterprise Services operations, expanding its India GCC footprint.
Jasper has promoted Tom Newton to CMO and appointed Lauren Newman as CFO as the AI marketing company expands its enterprise and AI agent strategy.
Google has launched Gemini 3.7 Flash with stronger coding, agentic workflow and web development capabilities, alongside lower introductory API pricing.
India is building multilingual, voice-first AI through platforms such as BHASHINI, BharatGen and Bharat-VISTAAR to broaden access beyond English-first users.
Lovable has raised $400 million at a $13.3 billion valuation as the Swedish AI startup sees rapid growth in its vibe coding platform.
TCS and Vodafone Business have partnered to combine AI, cloud, cybersecurity and connectivity services for digital transformation among UK businesses.
Standard Chartered is strengthening its India GCC strategy as industry estimates project the country's global capability centre market to reach $105 billion by 2030.
