Cautio Acquires Two-Wheeler Safety Startup BYTES to Expand AI Road Safety Platform The acquisition will see BYTES’ team and core technology absorbed into Cautio’s operations
Sarla Aviation Begins Ground Tests of Air Taxis in Bengaluru SYL-X1 features a 7.5-metre wingspan and serves as a sub-scale platform for the company’s planned full-scale aircraft with a 15-metre wingspan.
Bengaluru-Based Prosperr.io Raises $4 Mn to Build AI-Powered Tax Infrastructure for India The startup offers an always-on tax platform for salaried individuals that adapts to financial goals, unlocks eligible deductions, and enables proactive advisor communication.
Yann LeCun’s Next Act: €500 Million AI Venture Focused on World Models The venture, expected to be called Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) Labs, is likely to be announced in January.
Bengaluru-Based Gnani.ai Launches Indic Speech-to-Text Model Under IndiaAI Mission Vachana STT supports multiple Indian languages and is built for deployment across sectors such as banking, telecom, and customer support.
TCS Partners with Workday to Unlock Power of Human Capital and Supercharge Workplaces with AI Additionally, Workday and TCS will support universities and educational institutions in delivering connected student experiences.
Cursor Acquires Graphite to Build Next-Gen AI Coding Platform The deal will combine Cursor’s AI coding capabilities with Graphite’s advanced review and merge tooling.
Snowflake Introduces Postgres on Its AI Data Cloud in Public Preview Snowflake Postgres lets users create, manage and connect to dedicated Postgres instances directly through the Snowflake environment.
GitLab Launches Newer Version to Boost AI Automation, Governance, and Developer Tools The 18.7 update strengthens the foundation for agentic AI workflows that help streamline repetitive development tasks and maintain organizational standards.
Google Unveils FunctionGemma to Power Efficient On-Device AI Actions FunctionGemma is built on the Gemma 3 270M architecture and fine-tuned specifically for function calling.
Adobe Taps Runway to Bring Next-Gen AI Video Creation to Firefly Under the agreement, Runway has named Adobe its preferred API creativity partner, giving Adobe customers early access to Runway’s latest video generation models.
Salesforce to Acquire Qualified, Expanding Agentic AI Push in Marketing and Sales Salesforce said the acquisition will accelerate the development of Agentforce Sales and Agentforce Marketing.
India Tech Funding Slips 17% in 2025, Early-Stage Deals Defy the Slowdown Despite the slowdown, India retained its position as the world’s third-largest tech funding ecosystem, behind only the US and the UK.
OpenAI Nears Deal With Amazon, Taps Trainium Chips and Cloud Sales Boost As part of the discussions, Amazon is said to be seeking exclusive rights to sell OpenAI’s models to its cloud customers through Amazon Web Services (AWS).