Google Opens New Office In Bengaluru; To House 5000 Employees
The office will house teams from various Google units including Android, Search, Pay, Cloud, Maps, Play, and Google Deepmind among others.
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AI Startups
Former OpenAI Technology Chief Mira Murati Launches Rival Startup Thinking Machines Lab
The San Francisco-based company has also poached senior former OpenAI employees, including co-founder John Schulman, Jonathan Lachman, former head of special projects, and Barret Zoph, former vice-president.
Startups
Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma Shares Support for Perplexity AI
The feature, named ‘Ask AI’, is located under the ‘FREE TOOLS’ section on the home page.
Tesla Picks Showroom Sites In New Delhi, Mumbai
Tesla has selected space to lease in the Aerocity area near New Delhi's international airport.
Startups
Bengaluru-Based Startup Dynolt Technologies Raises $1.7 Mn To Enhance e-Mobility Ecosystem
Dynolt Technologies has already deployed over 14,000 power converters across India, surpassing 30 million charging cycles.
AI Startups
Bengaluru-Based AI Startup Convin Introduces AI Phone Calls to Automate Customer Interactions
AI Phone Calls enable businesses to automate both inbound and outbound calls with multilingual, human-like conversations.
AI Startups
Elon Musk’s xAI Releases Latest Foundational Model Grok 3
One of the standout features in Grok 3 is DeepSearch, which allows users to conduct AI-powered deep research by scanning the internet and X.
Hiring
Zomato Is Hiring GenAI Engineers For Its New AI Platform Nugget
Developed over three years as an internal tool, Nugget now handles more than 15 million support interactions per month across Zomato, Blinkit, and Hyperpure.
Chips
India's AI Mission To Launch Soon with 14,000 GPUs
Of these, 14,000 GPUs are reportedly already available with Yotta Data Services, E2E Networks, Tata Communications
Chips
Tata Electronics To Tape Out First Chip in September-October 2025: IT Minister
The company is working on 14 nanometer (nm) and 28 nm chips
Startups
ePlane and ICATT Sign $1 bn Agreement to Launch eVTOL Air Ambulance Fleet in India
ePlane will provide ICATT with 788 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air ambulances.
Chips
Broadcom and TSMC Consider Potential Intel Deals That Could Break Up the Iconic Chipmaker
TSMC, the world’s biggest contract chipmaker, has separately studied controlling some or all of Intel’s chip plants