S Jaishankar’s UNGA meetings covered AI, space, energy and UN reform, including technology cooperation between India, France and the UAE.
Zig.ai has integrated its revenue execution platform with ChatGPT and Claude, allowing sales teams to run prospecting, outreach and other workflows through AI conversations.
Instacart is using Shrek, Scooby-Doo and other pop culture references in a new campaign promoting its AI-powered grocery assistant Clementine.
Starbucks will establish its first India GCC in Chennai, with the technology hub expected to create around 800 jobs in its first phase.
boAt has introduced Crest AI-powered smart audio devices built with Google Gemini, bringing conversational AI, translation and voice assistance to earbuds.
Disney has appointed IIIT Hyderabad alumnus and former Character.AI CEO Karandeep Anand as its first company-wide Chief Technology Officer.
India added over 100 greenfield GCCs in the first eight months of 2026 as multinational companies expand AI, engineering and technology operations.
Kardi Ai will launch its AI-powered long-term ECG monitoring technology in India on September 26, combining a wearable chest strap, mobile connectivity and AI analysis.
Adidas employees challenge the company’s account of India technology layoffs, with internal chats raising questions over the scale of cuts, redeployment and leadership decisions.
How algorithms are reshaping retail curation, personalisation and discovery, and why human taste and judgement remain critical in an AI-driven shopping ecosystem.
Lectra has launched Apogy, an AI-native platform connecting fashion design, patternmaking, digital prototyping and production workflows.
Xiaomi has launched a 14kg three-drum Mijia washing machine in China with MiMo-powered AI that creates personalised wash recommendations from voice or text.
PhonePe is expanding AI across consumer payments, merchant tools, fraud operations and internal workflows as it increases automation across its digital ecosystem.
Suno has launched new AI music models as it expands licensed music creation following agreements with Warner Music Group and BMG.
OpenAI is expanding AI into chip design, life sciences and finance while cutting model prices as it looks to accelerate enterprise adoption.
Cathay Pacific is testing Google's AI-powered contrail forecasting technology to help pilots identify routes that could reduce the climate impact of persistent aircraft contrails.
Tea Board India, ISRO's NRSC and NIT Rourkela have partnered on CHAAYANKAN, an AI-based project to monitor tea plantations using satellite and drone data.
AI Fiesta is expanding into Singapore and the Philippines through partnerships with giga! and Globe Telecom after crossing one million registered users.
Milacron has opened its first Global Capability Centre in Coimbatore, housing more than 60 engineers as it expands its engineering and innovation capabilities in India.
Quickplay has launched Live Operations, an AI-powered platform that brings scheduling, signal control, advertising, content clipping and monitoring into one console.
Flipkart and Bengaluru Traffic Police's Gridlock Hackathon drew 33,600 registrations and over 1,100 AI prototypes aimed at tackling the city's traffic challenges.
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.
Godrej Living has appointed Rohan Salunkhe as Head of Technology & Digital Transformation to lead technology initiatives and strengthen its digital capabilities.
Mureka has launched V9.5, an AI music model designed to generate more natural vocals, coherent arrangements and songs that better follow creator prompts.
Apple is reportedly planning AI-powered smart glasses for late 2027, combining Siri, cameras and Visual Intelligence without a built-in display.
BFSI emerged as India's largest GCC office occupier in H1 2026, with transactions rising 70% to 7.32 million sq ft as IT/ITeS demand declined.
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.
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.
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.
Aditya Birla Fashion is evaluating PointAI’s one-second AI virtual try-on and Fashion Advisor technology for potential use across its retail network.
As AI accelerates marketing content production, automated review systems are emerging to check brand, factual and compliance risks, but human oversight remains critical.
IMBODY enters India with Power S, an AI-guided strength training system combining digital resistance, personalised workouts and connected fitness features.
Tech Mahindra expands its ServiceNow partnership with a dedicated AI Innovation CoE to help enterprises move generative and agentic AI from pilots to production.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicts AI could help cure or prevent most diseases within five to 10 years, while biological data and clinical validation remain key hurdles.
IIT Bombay's online ePGD in Computer Science and Engineering covers AI, generative AI, computer vision, cybersecurity and advanced computing systems.
Columbia Group establishes its first India GCC in Mumbai, with plans to hire 220 employees across digital solutions, ship management and operational functions.
Ephicacy appoints Dr. Shekhar Thumake as Head of AI to lead enterprise AI strategy and develop agentic AI capabilities for clinical data operations.
Unilever used AI forecasting, content technology and digital infrastructure to coordinate its FIFA World Cup 2026 activation across more than 120 markets.
Alibaba launches HappyShrimp in beta, expanding its generative AI portfolio into music creation with tools for generating songs, lyrics and audio content.
Hero MotoCorp appoints former EY-Parthenon partner Srihari Mulgund as Chief Strategy Officer, bringing over 24 years of automotive and mobility experience.
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.
Singapore Tourism Board and Agoda deepen their digital collaboration as STB expands the use of data, AI and technology across tourism and destination marketing.
Kerala deploys AI-based PRISM at Thiruvananthapuram Central Jail to monitor inmate behaviour, contraband smuggling and potential escape attempts.
A Goa-based cybersecurity professional used ChatGPT’s image-analysis capabilities to locate his lost clogs among rows of footwear outside Ujjain’s Mahakaleshwar Temple.
Anthropic appoints former Google Cloud executive Rajat Pandit to lead Applied AI for India, strengthening its focus on enterprise AI deployment.
Chengalpattu has launched Project Vaan Vizhi, a pilot using AI-enabled autonomous drones for real-time surveillance, incident detection and faster police response.
Julius Baer has leased 74,037 sq ft in Mumbai's Andheri East for its Global Enterprise Services operations, expanding its India GCC footprint.
Rajasthan Royals is using AI across IPL auctions, match analytics, scouting, marketing and ticketing as it expands its data-led approach to cricket operations.
Delhi Police has deployed over 1,000 CCTV cameras linked to AI video analytics around the Red Fort as part of heightened Independence Day security.
