AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
NASA Wants ISRO to Join its Moon Base Programme
The invitation marks a new step in US-India cooperation on lunar exploration and deep space missions.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Pathway Claims 11x Lower AI Reasoning Costs With 150M-Parameter Model
The company has reached a $500 million valuation, following additional funding, taking total seed funding to $30 million
Shalini Mondal ·
TCS, Google Cloud Launch Gemini Experience Center in Mexico
TCS’ second Latin America centre features 3,000+ AI agents to help enterprises accelerate AI adoption.
Merin Susan John ·
ideaForge Now Has a Drone Taking Off Every 2 Minutes; Q1 Revenue Reaches ₹68.6 Cr
The drone maker reported positive EBITDA and said it aims to complete its opening FY27 order book by the third quarter.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Piyush Goyal Calls for AI-Enabled Government e-Marketplace for Intelligent Procurement
Union Minister Piyush Goyal said there needs to be deeper AI use in price intelligence, price sanity, and marketplace integrity as government procurement crosses ₹20 lakh crore.
Ridhika Basnet ·
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6-Cyber Through Daybreak for Advanced Security Research
OpenAI says the model has already helped identify vulnerabilities across Chrome’s V8 engine, databases, mobile operating systems, and kernels.
Siddharth Jindal ·
NVIDIA Taps Apollo, BlackRock and Others to Fund $500 Bn AI Infrastructure Buildout
NVIDIA says the model will rely on independent investor underwriting, with demand, utilisation, cash flow and residual value assessed for each project.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Lightstorm Secures ₹2,500 Crore From IndusInd Bank to Build India AI Superhighway
The network will span 30,000+ km of terrestrial fibre and 21,000+ km of subsea fibre, connecting more than 100 data centres globally.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Acumatica Opens Global Capability Centre in Hyderabad, Starts With Over 30 Employees
The centre will initially focus on engineering, while its mandate could expand into other disciplines as the operation matures.
Shalini Mondal ·
Meta Returns to Open Weights With Muse Spark 1.2 & Muse Glimmer
The company is releasing its 30B Muse Glimmer model for local agentic workloads and will release an open-weight version of Muse Spark 1.2 in the coming weeks.
Siddharth Jindal ·
IBM, MAHE Open AI Lab in Bengaluru as Demand for Compute, AI Talent Grows
The facility will support up to 30 high-performance computing workloads simultaneously and will be used for AI research, industry projects, and skilling programmes
Ajay Rag ·
Workato Opens Hyderabad AI Collaboration Hub for Enterprise AI Development
The new facility will bring customers, partners, and engineers together to build and deploy AI solutions.
Sanjana Gupta ·
GalaxEye Acquires StarOps to Strengthen Satellite Engineering Capabilities
The acquisition adds spacecraft platforms, engineering expertise, and indigenous technologies to support GalaxEye’s end-to-end space missions.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Vertiv to Train 1,500 Engineering Students Across Maharashtra in Data Centre Skills
The programme will focus not only on classroom learning but also on giving students exposure to industry practices.
Shalini Mondal ·
NetApp Acquires JetStream Software to Strengthen VMware Disaster Recovery
JetStream’s technology will work alongside NetApp’s SnapMirror, covering VMware workloads on third-party storage and supporting recovery on cloud platforms such as Azure NetApp Files.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Skyroot, HEX20 Sign Multi-Launch Agreement for 3 Vikram Missions
The agreement covers dedicated missions for Earth observation and in-orbit payload demonstrations starting in late 2027.
Sanjana Gupta ·
DePuy Synthes to Set Up 500-Employee GCC in Bengaluru
The centre will house capabilities including software development, data and AI.
Shalini Mondal ·
KühlTherm Launches Made-in-India Liquid Cooling Systems for AI Data Centres
The startup targets 2GW of manufacturing capacity by 2027.
Merin Susan John ·
Solinas Integrity Raises $5.5 Million to Scale AI-Powered Robotics for Water & Sanitation Infrastructure
The fund will be used to scale its AI-powered robotics platform for underground water and sanitation infrastructure and expand into global markets.
Merin Susan John ·
OpenAI’s Smart Speaker to Cost Over $300: Report
The Jony Ive-designed hardware will launch in 2027 as a battery-powered, screen-free AI companion, even as Apple's trade secrets lawsuit threatens to complicate its rollout.
Supreeth Koundinya ·