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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


Newtral Raises $600K to Scale AI-Powered ESG Infrastructure

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- Newtral Technologies has raised $600,000 via NOW Venture Studio's Accelerate program to expand its AI-first sustainability platform. The startup says it will use the capital to d... Read More


WhatsApp to Allow Users to Secure Usernames Before Public Rollout

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- WhatsApp is developing a new feature that will allow users to reserve their desired usernames ahead of the official rollout. This early reservation system aims to give users the ... Read More


Cyient Appoints Utkarsh Srivastav as Chief Marketing Officer

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- Cyient Limited, a global provider of intelligent engineering solutions, has appointed Utkarsh Srivastav as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). In this role, Srivastav will ove... Read More


Rusk Media Raises Rs.103 Crore Series B to Expand Gen-Z Entertainment Globally

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- Rusk Media, an entertainment company targeting Gen-Z and Alpha audiences, has secured Rs.103 crore in a Series B funding round. The round was led by IvyCap Ventures, with partici... Read More


AWS Picks 40 Startups for 2025 Generative AI Accelerator

New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- Amazon Web Services (AWS) has named 40 early-stage companies to its 2025 Generative AI Accelerator (GAIA) - an eight-week hybrid program that pairs startups building foundational ... Read More


Indian Enterprises to Appoint CAIOs in 67% of Firms by 2027, IBM Study

New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- Indian enterprises are accelerating AI leadership: 25% already have a Chief AI Officer (CAIO), and 67% plan to appoint one within two years, the IBM Institute for Business Value f... Read More


DSW Launches AgenticAI for Banks and Insurers

New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- Data Science Wizard (DSW) has commercially launched DSW AgenticAI, a production-grade agentic AI platform built for banks, insurers and other regulated enterprises. Built on the c... Read More