AI Features
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI Features section.
AI Is Thirsty. Nadella Says That's Not A Problem
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella claims its Fairwater AI data centre uses no more water annually than a neighbourhood restaurant — thanks to closed-loop cooling. But with most data centres still relying on evaporative systems, critics say the r…
Novinston Lobo ·
The Startup That Raised $25 Million to Put Humans Back Into AI
With an expert network of over a million professionals, Deccan AI has grown tenfold in the last year providing post training for frontier tech companies.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
How India's Data Centre Boom Is Stoking a Crisis It Cannot Afford
As cooling costs soar and cities run dry, the country's AI ambitions risk being built on dangerously depleted foundations.
Novinston Lobo ·
The Emergence of New Creator Class in India
The government's new AI scholarship programme will depend on how effectively it teaches creators to work alongside rapidly evolving AI systems.
Shalini Mondal ·
India’s Agritech Enterprise Play Is Moving Beyond Farms
Startups like Niqo Robotics and KhetiBuddy are bringing AI, automation, and compliance workflows to enterprise agriculture.
Merin Susan John ·
Your AI Agents Are Only as Smart as Your Data Governance, Says Salesforce’s Gaurav Pathak
Gaurav Pathak, SVP at Salesforce, discusses the shift from transactional to agentic AI driven by data context and trust.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Companies Where AI Talent Wants to Work: DES 2026 Best Firm Winners
The selected firms were recognised for creating environments in which innovation, collaboration, and employee growth are deeply embedded in their cultures.
Shalini Mondal ·
How Data Centres Are Fighting Back Against a New Wave of Cyber Threats
As cybercriminals abandon brute-force tactics in favour of AI-powered identity-based attacks, the industry faces a stark choice: either evolve its defences or risk becoming the weakest link in the nation's digital backbone.
Novinston Lobo ·
State of AI in Indian Enterprise 2026
India 2026: 57/100. A proprietary scoring of India's largest listed companies on AI maturity — who actually does GenAI, and who doesn't.
Bring Back Purpose-Built Machine Learning, Says Zoho’s AI Research Lead
The answer to token maxing is not less AI. It is purpose-built machine learning and right-sized models, says Zoho’s Ramprakash Ramamoorthy.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Enterprise AI Has a Massive Problem, and It’s Not the Models
Organisations recognise that good data quality and governance are crucial for sustainable AI in personalised customer engagement.
Smruthi Nadig ·
AI Infrastructure and Sovereignty Imperative: Why the Stakes Have Never Been Higher
A new report from the World Economic Forum and Bain & Company states that the infrastructure decisions governments make today will shape their economic competitiveness for decades to come.
Novinston Lobo ·
Is Claude Mythos Overwhelming Security Teams?
Organisations can find more vulnerabilities than ever before, but the sheer volume forces them to fix their fundamentals first.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Why India Inc Struggles to Retain Gen Z in the AI Economy
India’s employers are facing a new workforce reality as Gen Z workers, armed with AI-era skills, are moving faster than traditional career ladders can keep up with.
Ajay Rag ·
Why Enterprise AI Projects Stall Between Pilot and Production
When the demo ends, and production begins, enterprise AI often stalls, caught between impressive pilot results and the harsh operational reality that no controlled environment has prepared for.
Novinston Lobo ·
AI Influencers are Coming for the Creator Economy
Human influencers bring lived experience and spontaneity, while AI influencers excel at narrative continuity, frequency, and precision at scale.
Merin Susan John ·
Human Archive Wants Data to Train Physical AI—By Whatever Means Necessary
Human Archive previously approached Pronto, Snabbit, and Urban Company to tap into their gig worker resources for training physical AI systems.
Prachi Pradhan ·
This Bihar Teen is Building 5.8 Bn Parameter AI Model. His Parents Don't Know Yet
By building ArcleIntelligence, 19-year-old Abhinav Anand wants to prove that AI innovation can emerge outside Silicon Valley and major startups.
Prachi Pradhan ·
Who is Funding DeepSeek? Inside the $45B State Deal
Chinese labs like DeepSeek are built on state-aligned capital, while their US peers chase valuations on the back of private VC cycles.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Neysa & Pipeshift Take On India’s Inference Problem
Together, these companies are building a system that lets enterprises run open-source models in single-tenant environments within India, without managing the operational overhead themselves.
Mohit Pandey ·