Mistral AI, the Paris-based startup, is challenging OpenAI with open-source large language models, driving global AI competition through accessibility and efficiency.
Visa launches MCP Server and Agent Toolkit to power secure, AI-driven agentic commerce, enabling developers and businesses to integrate intelligent payment experiences.
AI logistics startup Augment, founded by Deliverr’s co-founder, secures $85M Series A to expand globally and transform supply chain management with AI-driven solutions.
AI-powered marketing tools bring efficiency but also rising hidden costs, with cloud bills, energy use, and carbon footprints reshaping MarTech budgets.
Sharon Supriya joins Premom Health India as Chief Digital Officer, moving from Times Group to lead digital growth in India’s fast-evolving health-tech sector.
Lyxity launches an AI content platform for planning, creation, personalization and governance, with enterprise integrations and brand-safety controls for multilingual, multi-channel campaigns.
Claude AI is being misused by hackers to target hospitals, governments, and companies, raising urgent concerns about AI-powered cybercrime and the need for stronger safeguards.
HCLTech, Pearson India and MeitY Startup Hub launch ‘Arise For You’ to empower student entrepreneurs with mentorship, AI skills and startup resources.
OpenAI partners with IIT Madras, pledges $500,000 grant and 500,000 ChatGPT licenses to boost AI-powered education in India.
WhatsApp launches AI-powered writing help, enabling users to rewrite and summarize messages while keeping chats private with end-to-end encryption.
Trusterra launches India’s first AI-powered used EV resale platform, aiming to boost trust, transparency, and growth in the pre-owned electric vehicle market.
Elon Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over alleged monopolistic practices, raising questions about competition, regulation, and the future of AI markets.
Criteo’s Todd Parsons on AI’s role in commerce, data privacy, regulation, and why performance-first personalization will define the future of retail media.
Apna.co launches an AI-powered calling agent to cut hiring timelines by 50%, offering multilingual candidate interviews and reshaping recruitment efficiency in India.
WizCommerce raises $8M to bring AI-powered “digital employees” into the $10T wholesale industry, aiming to modernize sales, pricing, and customer engagement.
Microsoft introduces AI-powered Copilot in Excel, enabling natural language formulas and simplifying complex tasks while raising questions on accuracy and governance.
Indian brands from HUL to Cadbury are embedding AI into marketing, retail media, and compliance, shaping the new CMO playbook for the country’s MarTech boom.
Google says Gemini AI now consumes less energy per query than nine seconds of TV, underscoring AI’s growing focus on efficiency and sustainability.
OpenAI appoints Sheeladitya Mohanty as India's Marketing Lead, strengthening its focus on the country’s growing AI market with localized strategies and expansion plans.
Cart.com appoints Sam Bowman as Chief Marketing Officer after acquiring Amify, marking a strategic move to scale its global commerce solutions and strengthen brand leadership.
Anthropic adds Claude Code to enterprise plans, combining AI coding support with compliance and collaboration tools for businesses adopting AI at scale.
Criteo and Zepto expand partnership to enhance retail media campaigns in India’s fast-growing quick commerce sector with AI-driven personalized advertising.
Google’s Fitbit introduces Gemini AI-powered health coach to deliver personalized fitness plans, recovery insights, and adaptive wellness guidance.
Bikhchandani opened with a story from his early corporate days. In his office cafeteria, employees had to line up at a file folder to access restaurant menus before placing orders.
Boundless Ventures launches ₹200 crore fund to back Indian AI startups, focusing on early-stage innovation, sustainable scaling, and global growth potential.
TCS opens its eighth Mexican operations centre in Mexico City, inward-integrating AI, cloud and enterprise services to reinforce its Latin American delivery capabilities.
Guideline launches its Digital Ad Data Innovation Suite, boosting transparency, fraud detection, and cross-channel ad measurement for marketers and agencies.
Accenture acquires CyberCX for $1B, boosting AI-driven cybersecurity capabilities across the Asia-Pacific region.
Grammarly launches nine AI agents and a redesigned Writing Surface to support students and professionals with advanced, context-aware writing assistance.
Profound raises $35M Series B led by Sequoia to expand its AI visibility and content optimization platform, helping brands master discoverability in AI-first search.
Microsoft integrates GPT-5 into Visual Studio, enhancing GitHub Copilot with smarter coding, debugging, and productivity features for developers.
Perplexity launches AI-powered India Finance tab with live BSE/NSE data and hints at a potential tie-up with Zerodha to integrate stock insights into its Comet browser.
Huawei open-sources its CANN AI toolkit for Ascend GPUs, challenging Nvidia’s CUDA dominance and aiming to build a global open-source AI ecosystem amid tech sovereignty push.
Perplexity AI shocks the tech world with a $34.5B all-cash bid to acquire Google Chrome, aiming to reshape AI-driven search amid Google’s antitrust challenges.
India’s first private EO satellite constellation, led by PixxelSpace, aims to boost data sovereignty with 12 indigenous satellites for agriculture, security, and climate monitoring.
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke will step down later this year; Microsoft will distribute leadership among existing execs to guide the platform’s next growth phase.
Salesforce confirms a data breach impacting major firms including Google and Chanel, linked to third-party compromise.
Perplexity AI denies claims of offering Airtel customers a downgraded Pro Lite service, assuring full Pro access amid growing scrutiny of AI partnerships in India.
GraasAI raises $9M to expand its AI Agent Foundry in India, aiming to revolutionise e-commerce automation with end-to-end operational AI agents.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, in conversation with Akshay Kumar at Mumbai’s AI Summit, stressed AI’s role as an assistant, not a replacement, highlighting ethics, safety, and human creativity.
"Marketers share how AI boosts speed and scale but can’t replace human empathy, stressing the need to balance algorithms with emotional brand connection."
Meta acquires AI audio startup Waveforms to strengthen its AI capabilities, aiming to expand innovations in speech, sound, and superintelligence technologies.
Salesforce to acquire WAii, a natural language-to-SQL startup, to enhance AI-powered data queries and analytics for enterprise customers.
Mobiquity launches CMONE, an agentic AI marketing platform to automate campaigns, improve ROI, and ensure data security across channels.
Two Chinese nationals arrested in California for smuggling Nvidia AI chips to China, reigniting tensions over export control and tech security.
Terafac raises ₹6.5 Cr in pre-seed funding led by Inuka Capital to revolutionize Indian factory automation with AI and robotics solutions.
Ex‑Google executive Mo Gawdat warns AI could eliminate white‑collar jobs and erase the middle class by 2027, calling for urgent policy action.
Cloudflare appoints Jayashree Naik as India Security Leader to drive cybersecurity growth in India’s fast-digitizing market.
Legal AI startup Harvey hits $100M in annual recurring revenue and $5B valuation in just three years, with over 500 global enterprise clients.
Mitigata raises $5.9M Series A led by Nexus to expand AI-driven cyber resilience for Indian enterprises.
