AI News
Udemy Report Highlights Soaring Demand for AI Skills in India
The findings show a staggering 1,526% surge in Prompt Engineering skills among Udemy learners in India.
Data Warehouse
Snowflake Launches Cortex AI for Financial Services
Financial firms will now be able to deploy AI agents that draw on structured and unstructured data within Snowflake.
Databases
Wikimedia Germany Launches AI-Friendly Database to Expand Access to Wikipedia Knowledge
The database is publicly available on Toolforge, with a developer webinar scheduled for October 9.
AI Developments
OpenAI Launches In-Chat Shopping with Stripe, Shopify
The feature runs on the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), co-developed with Stripe.
AI News
Microsoft Adds Grok 4 to Azure AI Foundry, Unlocks Frontier AI Capabilities
Developers can discover and deploy the model via the same interface they use for OpenAI, Meta, Mistral, and other partner models.
AI News
Excelsoft Launches AI Toolkit to Empower Teachers with Smarter Lesson Prep and Assessments
In its first phase, the toolkit offers four solutions—Lesson Plan Assist, Quiz Generator, Exam Preparation Assist, and Video Trimmer.
AI Agents
Okta Unveils 'Identity Security Fabric' to Protect AI Agents
According to Okta, while 91% of organisations already use AI agents, only 10% have strategies to manage these non-human identities.
Developer's Corner
Cloudflare Rolls Out 'AI Index' in Private Beta to Empower Site Owners and AI Builders
AI Index creates and manages an internal search index and exposes tools like a search API, MCP server, and LLMs.txt files.
SaaS
Salesforce Announces 'Agentforce for Public Sector' in India
Salesforce announced its public sector division in India last year.
AI News
Google Gemini App Helps Create 5 Bn Images in Less Than a Month
Google’s Gemini app surged to the top of global charts in September, recording 12.6 million downloads
Open Source
Cloudflare Open-Sources VibeSDK for AI-Powered Vibe Coding Platforms
VibeSDK integrates with large language models (LLMs) to generate code, build applications, debug errors, and iterate in real time
AI News
Cloudflare to Hire 1,111 Interns in 2026, Offers Free Tools to Students Amid AI Disruption
Interns will work in Cloudflare hubs across Austin, San Francisco, New York, Bengaluru, Lisbon, and London.