AI Startups
Astra AI Shuts Down Just Months After Backing from Perplexity AI Founder
Hegde cited internal disagreements with fellow co-founder Ranjan Rajagopalan over the startup’s growth pace.
Latest
AI Developments
Microsoft Introduces Copilot Mode in Edge to Transform Web Browsing with AI
Copilot Mode supports voice commands and is designed to offer contextual assistance.
AI Developments
AI Referrals to News Sites Skyrocket 770% as Search Landscape Shifts
In that month, AI sources delivered 1.13 billion visits to the top 1,000 websites globally.
AI News
Conversations with ChatGPT are not Legally Private: Sam Altman Warns
He advocated for new legal frameworks—a concept he referred to as “AI privilege”
Chips
Huawei Debuts CloudMatrix 384 Supernode to Challenge NVIDIA’s NVL72
The CloudMatrix 384 is already operational within Huawei’s cloud, and several Chinese firms are conducting trials
Developer's Corner
Google Launches Opal to Build AI Mini‑Apps Without Coding
Opal is available today via Google Labs in public beta in the U.S.,
Quantum
QpiAI to Install Indigenous 8-Qubit Quantum Computer in Andhra Pradesh This November
QpiAI chose Andhra Pradesh for the installation after receiving a warm and proactive response from the state government.
Lay Offs
Intel to Cut 24,000 Jobs and Scrap Factory Projects in Major Reset
The company will also cancel major factory expansion plans in Germany and Poland.
AI News
OpenAI Aims for August Launch of GPT‑5, Promising Unified, Multimodal AI Power
The new model is expected to launch in three consumer tiers—main, mini, and nano
Chips
Semiconductor Startup Netrasemi Raises ₹107 Cr to Build Advanced Edge AI Chips
The startup plans to scale its team from 83 to 166 engineers and complete production of four SoC variants by early 2026.
Databases
Voyage AI Embeddings Go Native in MongoDB to Slash Costs and Boost Accuracy
Voyage-context-3 can be accessed through MongoDB’s Atlas Vector Search private preview and the Voyage API.
Funding
Gupshup Raises $60 mn to Expand Conversational AI Globally
The funding will also support Gupshup’s exploration of domiciliation to India ahead of a potential IPO within the next two years.