Open Source
OpenAI Launches Open-Source Models, Tops Hugging Face Leaderboard
The flagship gpt-oss-120b targets high-performance desktops and servers, requiring 60 GB of VRAM and multiple GPUs.
Chips
SiMa.ai and Synopsys Forge Collaboration to Accelerate Automotive Edge AI
This collaboration offers OEMs a faster, more resilient path to deploy AI capabilities for ADAS and IVI
Chips
Legendary GPU Architect Raja Koduri Unveils Startup Oxmiq to Rewrite the Rules of AI Computing
Backed by $20 million in seed funding, Oxmiq brings together a team of GPU and AI veterans with over 500 years of combined experience.
Developer's Corner
Accops & Mirror Security Launch Zero-Code Exposure Tool for AI Coders
Accops, a Reliance Jio company and leading provider of Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solutions, partnered with AI security company Mirror Security to launch the industry’s first zero-code exposure solution for AI coding assistants. This product integrates Mirror Security’s VectaX, the world’s fastest fully homomorphic encryption (FHE)
Indian IT
TCS Extends Partnership with Weatherford International to Enable AI-Driven Business Transformation
TCS plans to introduce advanced AI-driven solutions to streamline Weatherford’s finance and accounting processes, reduce costs, and improve scalability.
Funding
TurboHire Raises $6 mn in Series A to Drive AI-Led Hiring Transformation
The funding will also support the company’s global expansion and deepen product capabilities.
AI Startups
Perplexity Caught Using Stealth Bots to Bypass Website Blocks
Perplexity’s stealth activity occurred across tens of thousands of domains, involving millions of requests per day.
AI News
ChatGPT Surges to 700 mn Weekly Users, Quadruples Growth in a Year
OpenAI reports three million paying business clients as of March 2025
AI Developments
All AI Agents Fail Major Security Test
The study found 100% of the agents failed at least one test, with an average attack success rate of 12.7%.
Cloud
Airtel Launches Sovereign Cloud and AI Platform for Global Telecom Market
The AI suite supports telecom operators with a unified data engine, real-time workforce management, and a customer experience platform.
Research
NVIDIA Research Challenges LLM Dominance, Backs Small Models for Agentic AI
The paper questions the industry’s $57 billion investment in large model infrastructure.
Leadership Moves
Salesforce Appoints Mankiran Chowhan as Managing Director for India Sales & Distribution
Chowhan has been with Salesforce for over three years, most recently serving as VP & Business Head – Financial Services & Consumer Industries (FCI).