AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
IAN Group Closes $100 Mn Fund, Backs Early-Stage Deep Tech Ventures
The fund will invest in early-stage companies and MSMEs across India, focusing on founders who use technology to solve well-defined problems.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Agility Robotics Humanoids to Manage E-commerce Firm Mercado Libre’s Texas Warehouse
The agreement aims to address labour gaps, automate repetitive work, and improve workplace ergonomics.
Sanjana Gupta ·
NeoSapien raises $2M to Boost AI Wearable Ecosystem
The startup is creating Neo 1, a wearable “second brain,” along with its supporting AI operating system.
Smruti S ·
Edtech Uolo Raises $7 Mn to Expand AI Learning in K–12 Schools
Uolo will use the fresh funds to expand school partnerships, strengthen its GenAI tools, and further integrate learning across classrooms and homes.
Merin Susan John ·
Avanade Expands India Operations as Microsoft-Based AI, Cloud Solutions take off
Avanade’s expansion follows its acquisition of Total eBiz Solutions, giving the company an established presence in Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Delhi
Shalini Mondal ·
Disney Plans $1 Bn Investment in OpenAI, to Bring Over 200 Characters to Sora
Under the agreement, Sora will generate short videos based on user prompts, using a library of cartoon and comic characters.
Siddharth Jindal ·
IN-SPACe, SIDBI Sign ₹1,000 Cr Agreement to Boost India’s Space Startups
This fund will provide capital support for early and growth-stage enterprises in the space sector.
Sanjana Gupta ·
AI Server Startup Majestic Labs Comes Out of Stealth With $100 Mn Funding
Its patent- pending architecture promises 1000 times the memory capacity of a conventional enterprise server.
Smruti S ·
Addverb Joins IITs, Other Top Institutes for Robotics Education in India
Students will also have opportunities for internships, workshops, and capstone projects led by Addverb professionals.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Intel AI Chief Sachin Katti Joins OpenAI
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan will now oversee the chipmaker’s AI efforts following Katti’s departure.
Ankush Das ·
CAMB.AI, Broadcom Bring Voice AI Directly to Chip
The next phase will move CAMB.AI’s real-time translation model to Broadcom’s on-device NPU, enabling translation in over 150 languages.
Sanjana Gupta ·
AI4Bharat Launches ‘Indic LLM Arena’ to Benchmark AI Models for Indian Languages
AI4Bharat says the Arena is not just a leaderboard but a “public utility” for the country’s AI ecosystem.
Mohit Pandey ·
Genpact Appoints Dinesh Jain as GCC Lead
Jain will define and execute Genpact’s GCC strategy and playbooks, advising global clients on setting up, scaling, or transforming their centres into innovation, engineering, and process excellence hubs
Shalini Mondal ·
Collins Aerospace Opens New Manufacturing Facility in Bengaluru
The facility will employ over 2,200 people by 2026 and produce temperature sensors, communication systems, water solutions, and more.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Google Brings Trillium TPUs to India to Power Local AI Growth
Google DeepMind announced a collaboration with IIT Madras to support the launch of Indic Arena, a benchmarking platform developed by the AI4Bharat centre.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Meets PM Modi to Shape India’s Responsible AI Future
The meeting comes days after Anthropic announced plans to open its first India office in early 2026.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Uber Users Can Soon Book Electric Air Taxis Through the App
Uber is partnering with Joby Aviation, paving the way for Blade flights to be integrated into Uber as soon as next year.
Ankush Das ·
Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Cracks the Code on LLM Nondeterminism
Thinking Machines argues that the real culprit is the lack of batch invariance in widely used inference kernels.
Siddharth Jindal ·
OpenAI Rolls Out Developer Mode in ChatGPT With Full MCP Access
The feature allows developers to manage tools directly from connectors.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Replit Raises $250 Mn at $3 Bn Valuation, Led by Prysm Capital
Replit's annual revenue skyrocketed from $2.8 million to $150 million in just one year, now boasting 40 million users.
Smruthi Nadig ·