SaaS
Salesforce Announces 'Agentforce for Public Sector' in India
Salesforce announced its public sector division in India last year.
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AI News
Google Gemini App Helps Create 5 Bn Images in Less Than a Month
Google’s Gemini app surged to the top of global charts in September, recording 12.6 million downloads
SAP and OpenAI Launch 'OpenAI for Germany' to Modernise Public Sector with Sovereign AI
OpenAI for Germany will be supported by SAP’s subsidiary Delos Cloud, running on Microsoft Azure technology.
AI Startups
Indian Vibe-Coding Startup Rocket.new Raises $15 Mn to Revolutionise AI App Development
The Surat-based startup plans to double its engineering and product team over the next year.
AI Models
Alibaba Debuts Most Powerful AI Model Yet, Qwen3-Max
Qwen3-Max outperformed competitors including Anthropic’s Claude and DeepSeek-V3.1 on third-party benchmarks.
Developer's Corner
Microsoft Enhances GitHub Copilot, Azure Migrate to Speed Up Legacy App Modernisation
Azure Migrate has expanded support to PostgreSQL databases and popular Linux distributions.
AI Developments
Cloudflare Expands Project Galileo to Shield Independent Media and Non-Profits from AI Crawlers
Cloudflare’s initiative aims to give these outlets more control over how their work is accessed and reused in the AI-driven web.
Data Centre
OpenAI Announces Five New Stargate AI Data Centres Across the U.S.
Stargate is now set to deliver nearly 7 gigawatts of planned capacity and over $400 billion in investment within three years
Open Source
Cloudflare Open-Sources VibeSDK for AI-Powered Vibe Coding Platforms
VibeSDK integrates with large language models (LLMs) to generate code, build applications, debug errors, and iterate in real time
Partnerships
LSEG and Databricks Partner to Deliver AI-Ready Financial Data via Delta Sharing
The partnership aims to solve a key challenge in financial services: fragmented, batch-based data delivery.
Developer's Corner
Google Launches Public Preview of Chrome DevTools MCP Server for AI Coding Assistants
The Chrome DevTools MCP server is available for setup via npm, with detailed documentation accessible on GitHub.
AI Developments
Snowflake and Industry Leaders Launch Open Semantic Interchange to Standardize AI Data Semantics
The OSI represents a decisive shift from siloed, single-vendor approaches to a collaborative model built on open source, interoperability, and trust.