Acquisition
Apple Top Exec Considers Buying Perplexity
Perplexity’s price tag would dwarf Apple’s $3 billion Beats deal from 2014.
AI Startups
Musk’s xAI Accused of Polluting Without Permits While Chasing Billions
xAI is reportedly finalising a $4.3 billion equity funding round
AI Startups
Darwix AI Raises $1.5 mn to Expand Its Omnichannel Gen AI Platform for Enterprise Sales
The startup claims its generative AI stack is already powering customer interactions for large enterprises across the U.S., India, and the Middle East.
AI Startups
Cursor Launches Ultra Subscription Plan Priced at $200
The Ultra plan includes priority access to new features.
AI Startups
Lemnisk Launches New AI Features to Boost Real-Time Customer Engagement
Lemnisk has also introduced a "Voice to CDP" tool that analyses contact centre calls
AI Startups
Plotting Perplexity Against Bloomberg Terminal Backfires for CEO Aravind Srinivas
A growing number of users, have flagged critical data inaccuracies.
AI Startups
Krutrim Unveils AI Agent That Gets Things Done
Kruti completes actions end-to-end with minimal user input, using voice or text commands in 13 Indian languages.
AI Models
OpenAI Rolls Out o3-pro Model, However, Delays Open-Weights Launch
The new model excels in academic tasks and integrates with tools for web browsing, file analysis, Python use, and memory personalisation.
AI Startups
Sarvam Launches Samvaad, a Conversational AI Platform for Indian Languages
Samvaad supports interactions across phone, WhatsApp, web, and apps
AI Startups
OpenAI Targets $125 bn Revenue by 2029
It currently serves 500 million weekly active users and over three million paying business customers
AI Startups
Elon Musk’s xAI Forecasts $13 bn Earnings by 2029
xAI anticipates reaching $1 billion in gross revenue by year-end.
AI Startups
OpenAI Challenges Court Order to Preserve ChatGPT Logs in NYT Copyright Lawsuit
The company argues the directive undermines its user privacy commitments.