AI Features
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI Features section.
The Dark Horses of Tokenmaxxing Era Threaten an Inference Price War
Chinese AI models have priced their APIs 5–10x lower than those of Anthropic and OpenAI. But is that sustainable?
Supreeth Koundinya ·
‘AI is Going To Worsen the Divide Between Haves & Have-Nots,’ Says Aadhar’s Founding CTO
Srikanth Nadhamuni argues that AI can dismantle India's procedural complexity, but only if it is built the way Aadhaar was: for everyone.
Smruthi Nadig ·
What is UiPath’s Moat in 2026?
“UiPath is no longer an RPA company. We are an RPA plus process orchestration plus solutions company,” says CTO Raghu Malpani.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
End of Exam Guides? How AI is Influencing JEE, NEET, UPSC Prep
The rise of AI-powered learning tools is reshaping how students consume educational content, prompting publishers and coaching institutes to evolve beyond book-based teaching.
Prachi Pradhan ·
In 2016, PM Modi Saw an AI Demo. 10 Years Later, Its Creator Says India Still Doesn’t Get AI
Prof Rajeev Sangal says while the country has demonstrated it can build at scale, it is still struggling to decide what exactly it wants to build.
Mohit Pandey ·
This AI Edtech Startup Fights Short Attention Spans by Teaching on WhatsApp
Instead of adapting traditional courses for mobile screens, SkillBytes AI is building a chat-native learning experience designed around short conversations, interactive quizzes, and behavioural insights.
Prachi Pradhan ·
Can India’s AI Curriculum Overhaul Deliver Industry-Ready Talent?
The AI Curriculum Taskforce has recommended increasing practical exposure in AI programmes from the current 25–30% to as much as 75%.
Shalini Mondal ·
For AMD, AI Success Now Rides on ROCm
For years, AMD has been tasked with competing against NVIDIA’s CUDA. With ROCm 7.0, it now contributes directly to the mainstream codebases of the tools most AI developers actually use.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
The Real Reason Why AI Agents are Failing in Organisations
Genpact’s Ajay Vasal believes the biggest returns from agentic AI will come from better operational outcomes and employee augmentation.
Prachi Pradhan ·
Big Tech Cloud Infra is Breaking the Illusion of India's Sovereign AI Ambitions
Hyperscalers such as Google are actively investing in India. However, they primarily serve their own enterprise clients.
Shalini Mondal ·
Zoho’s Nathu La Redefines What a SaaS Company Builds
Zoho has already deployed 1,000 to 2,000 units of Nathu La in pre-production across its data centres. The company says the system is optimised for virtualisation, storage, HPC and AI inference workloads.
Mohit Pandey ·
From Clicks to Commands: How Enterprises are Abandoning the GUI for AI-Native Architecture
As autonomous AI agents replace human operators across enterprise systems, the graphical user interface is giving way to AI-native command-line architectures.
Novinston Lobo ·
Why India’s Data Centers Need UEI to Survive the Impending Power Crunch
Experts call for an AI-powered unified energy interface to manage electricity systems and enable smarter distribution.
Merin Susan John ·
Enterprises are Now Realising That AI-Native Shift Doesn't Happen in Isolation
As enterprises race to build AI-native architectures, the debate is no longer whether to automate, but how much.
Novinston Lobo ·
Why Forecasting India's Weather Is One of AI's Hardest Challenges
As heat waves scorch the country and monsoons confound forecasters, a research organisation is working with India's meteorological establishment to bring hyperlocal, AI-powered weather intelligence to every neighbourhood.
Novinston Lobo ·
How an Engineer Used Claude to Reclaim Ancestral Land in Uttar Pradesh
A decade after his father passed away, Zahid Khan still couldn’t point to his family’s ancestral land on a map. He then turned to AI.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Claude Smadja Calls Out the AI Bubble
According to him, India is in a better place with the “Make in India” push “right on target”.
Mohit Pandey ·
From Chip Talent to Chipmaker: NetraSemi Bets on India’s Semiconductor Future
As AI increasingly moves from the cloud to devices, NetraSemi’s E2000 demonstrates how Indian startups are positioning themselves at the intersection of Edge AI and semiconductor innovation.
Prachi Pradhan ·
How Dell Became One Of The Biggest Winners Of NVIDIA's AI Boom
In Q1FY26, Dell’s AI server revenue from the products that were shipped was about $1.88 billion. A year later, that figure reached $16.13 billion—an increase of 757% year over year.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
When the Factory Floor Gets a Brain
Most factories produce more data than they can use; connecting people, processes, and decisions in real time offers operational benefits.
Novinston Lobo ·