AI News
McDonald’s Pulls AI-Generated Christmas Ad After Public Backlash
Viewers overwhelmingly condemned the ad for its AI-generated visuals, accusing the brand of pushing “AI slop.”
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Open Source
Linux Foundation Launches Agentic AI Foundation with Backing from Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI
The foundation debuts with major contributions from Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), Block’s goose framework, and OpenAI’s AGENTS.md standard.
Acquisition
TCS Acquires Salesforce Consulting Firm Coastal Cloud for $700 Mn
Founded in 2012, Coastal Cloud is a leading multi-cloud Salesforce consulting firm, specialising in enterprise-scale transformations.
AI Startups
Bengaluru Voice AI Startup SuperBryn Raises $1.2 Mn to Fix Why Most Voice Agents Fail in the Real World
SuperBryn is building a reliability framework designed to help enterprises deploy voice AI agents at scale.
Lawsuits
The New York Times Sues Perplexity AI, Claims Copyright Theft and False Attribution in AI Outputs
According to the complaint, Perplexity scraped even pay-walled articles from nytimes.com and third-party databases.
Funding
Skydo Raises $10 Mn Series A to Build Global Payments Backbone for Indian Exporters
The funding will help Skydo scale its product suite and global footprint as India targets $2 trillion in exports by FY30.
Acquisition
Intel Moves Closer to Buying SambaNova, Signaling a High-Stakes Push to Catch Up in the AI Chip Race
Financial terms of the potential deal were not disclosed.
Partnerships
CAMB.AI Partners Kompact AI to Bring Multilingual Voice AI to CPU-Based Enterprise Systems
The collaboration combines CAMB.AI’s multilingual voice synthesis capabilities with Kompact AI’s CPU-first runtime that enables large language models to run efficiently on standard processors without relying on costly GPU infrastructure.
Acquisition
Virtusa Acquires SmartSoC to Capitalize on AI-Driven Semiconductor Boom
The deal adds silicon-level capabilities to Virtusa’s portfolio, extending its end-to-end services from chip design through networks, cloud infrastructure and application development.
Gadgets
Google Unveils New Details on Android XR-Powered Smart Glasses Ahead of 2026 Launch
The plan was first announced at the Google I/O developer conference in May, alongside partnerships with eyewear brands Warby Parker and Gentle Monster.
Partnerships
Nagarro Becomes OpenAI Services Partner to Accelerate Enterprise-Scale AI Adoption
Under this new partnership, Nagarro will leverage OpenAI technologies including the OpenAI API and ChatGPT Enterprise.
Expansion
Figma to Introduce India Data Residency as It Deepens Enterprise Presence
The company is deepening engagement with leading Indian enterprises, including Airtel, CARS24, Flipkart, Groww, Juspay, Myntra, Swiggy, TCS and Zomato.