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.
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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).
SaaS
Genesys Secures $1.5 bn Investment from Salesforce and ServiceNow to Boost AI-Powered CX
Genesys plans to deepen integration with Salesforce and ServiceNow through its CX Cloud and Unified Experience solutions.
AI News
110,000 ChatGPT Conversations Still Live on Archive.org Despite OpenAI Cleanup
While most shared chats were harmless, others expose serious ethical and legal breaches.
AI Startups
Bengaluru-Based Metaforms Raises $9 mn to Scale AI-Powered Market Research Automation
The funding will be used to triple its engineering and AI research teams in India.
Big Tech
Google Brings Math Olympiad Gold Winning 'Deep Think' Model to Gemini App
To access Deep Think, users must toggle the feature when selecting Gemini 2.5 Pro in the app.
Quantum
Karnataka Charts $20 Billion Quantum Economy Vision by 2035 at Quantum India Bengaluru 2025
Key initiatives include developing a first-of-its-kind Quantum City near Bengaluru.
Funding
SiMa.ai Secures $85 mn to Accelerate Physical AI Expansion and Edge Innovation
The fresh capital will support SiMa.ai’s global expansion, fuel software innovation, and scale go-to-market operations.
AI Startups
Kombai Launches AI Agent Built Specifically for Frontend Developers
Kombai also features best-in-class Figma interpretation abilities and has built-in coding best practices for 30+ frontend libraries.
IT
Cognizant Partners with WRITER to Deploy Secure AI Agents at Scale
The partnership combines Cognizant’s industry knowledge with WRITER’s agentic AI platform.
Datacentre
OpenAI Picks Norway for Its First European Data Centre
The site will be developed and designed by Nscale.