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Airoclip Secures $2.75M Seed Funding for Adaptive Puzzle Games

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Airoclip, an AI-powered gaming startup founded by IIM Calcutta alumni Naga Rohith Anisetty and Pruthvi Sai Y in 2024, has raised $2.75 million in a seed round led by T-Accelerate... Read More


UPI Meets AI: ChatGPT Pilots Seamless UPI Shopping In India

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- OpenAI, in partnership with Bigbasket and leading payment banks, pilots UPI-powered in-chat shopping in India, streamlining grocery orders with AI-driven payments. OpenAI has ro... Read More


Zoho's Sridhar Vembu Shares Multilingual Guide for 'Arattai' App

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- The founder of Zoho, Sridhar Vembu, kept audiences spellbound with a cultural and linguistic outreach never seen before: a social media guide instructing users on pronouncing "Ar... Read More


Fery Rides Raises Rs.2.075 Cr to Expand Women-Led Eco Mobility

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Fery Rides, India's first women-led mobility platform designed exclusively for women drivers and passengers, has raised Rs.2.075 crore in a seed funding round led by IAN Angel Fu... Read More


Google To Build World's Largest AI & Data Centre Hub In Visakhapatnam

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- The global chief of Google Cloud announced the construction of what the company calls its biggest AI and data centre hub outside of the United States: a multi-gigawatt, $15 billi... Read More


Anthropic CEO Meets PM Modi, Confirms India Expansion

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Anthropic founder and CEO Dario Amodei met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi to discuss the company's push into India, including plans to open a Bengaluru office in early... Read More


Gemini's Nano Banana Boosts Google AI Mode And Lens Creativity Tools

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Gemini's Nano Banana, Google's AI image generation model, is being integrated into Google Search's AI Mode and Google Lens, introducing creative image capabilities and interface ... Read More


Airtel-Hitachi Alliance Delivers Smart Soundbox For India's Merchants

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Airtel Payments Bank has partnered with Hitachi Payment Services to deliver an end-to-end Soundbox solution, a move set to accelerate digital payments and broaden merchant accept... Read More


Mappls Emerges as Swadeshi Challenger to Google Maps, Says Sridhar Vembu

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Zoho co-founder and chief scientist Sridhar Vembu publicly praised MapMyIndia's navigation app Mappls on X, calling it "very nice" and saying it reflects "decades of R&D, much lo... Read More


Former UK PM Rishi Sunak Joins Microsoft, Anthropic as Senior Adviser

New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- Former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has accepted part-time senior adviser roles with Microsoft and AI research firm Anthropic, offering "high-level strategic perspectives" on ma... Read More