AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
Bengaluru-Based Gnani.ai Announces $10 Mn Series B Funding to Scale Globally
Led by Aavishkaar Capital, this investment aims to support global expansion, enhance agentic AI capabilities, and expand multilingual solutions.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Bellatrix Aerospace Raises $20 Mn to Expand Manufacturing Propulsion Facilities
The move aims to meet demand from satellite constellations in domestic and international markets while supporting ongoing customer programmes.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Indian Govt Approves 29 More Proposals Under Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme
With this latest round, the total investment under the scheme has reached ₹61,671 crore, supporting 65,040 direct jobs.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Airtel’s Nxtra Raises $1 Bn to Build AI Data Centres
The company plans to scale capacity from about 300 MW to 1 GW in the coming years.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Microsoft Adds Critique Multi-Model AI to Copilot Researcher
The system uses models from providers, including Anthropic and OpenAI.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Starcloud Reaches $1.1 Bn Valuation for its Data Centres in Space
The funding will support new satellites, manufacturing and hiring as the company targets Starcloud’s AI infrastructure demand.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Samsung to Mass Produce Silicon Photonic Chips by 2028: Report
Samsung Electronics has outlined a roadmap to integrate light-based chips with AI semiconductors and challenge foundry leader TSMC.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Sarvam AI Launches Chanakya to Build AI for ‘National Consequence’
The company said the initiative focuses on deploying AI in environments where systems operate without internet access and where reliability is critical.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Centre Designates Data Centres as Critical Information Infrastructure Ahead of Census 2027
Census 2027 will be India's first fully digital headcount, powered by the CMMS, a dedicated web-based platform.
Novinston Lobo ·
MS Dhoni Joins AI-Led Storytelling Platform Kuku as Investor & Brand Ambassador
The move came at a time when AI-powered content platforms are gaining traction, particularly in short-form and regional storytelling formats.
Prachi Pradhan ·
French AI Startup Mistral AI Raises $830 Mn in Debt for its Sovereign AI Infra
This investment aims to increase its capacity to 44MW and support the growing demand for AI capabilities from governments and enterprises.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Israeli Startup Saves $500k Annually Using AI-Built JSONata Engine
Gnata, “a pure-Go implementation of JSONata 2.x”, was built in just seven hours, $400 in tokens and a 1,000x speedup on common expressions.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Airtel’s Ex-CEO Manoj Kohli Joins Adobe’s International Advisory Board
This follows the recent retirement of long-time CEO Shantanu Narayen, who will continue as Adobe’s Chair of the Board.
Smruthi Nadig ·
PyTorch Config Change Reduces Docker Image Size by 78%
Engineers from OLX reported that a single-line modification to dependency requirements allows developers to exclude unnecessary GPU libraries, shrinking container images from 8.3GB to 1.75GB.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Crusoe to build 900 MW Data Centre Campus in Texas for Microsoft
The data centre project was originally being developed for Oracle and OpenAI.
Siddharth Jindal ·
One Kubernetes Config Change Saved Cloudflare 600 Engineering Hours a Year
Cloudflare changed Kubernetes ‘fsGroupChangePolicy’ to ‘OnRootMismatch’, cutting restart times.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Doreswamy, Who Played Role in Excelsoft IPO, Appointed CEO
Veteran tech and finance leader to focus on expanding the company globally, deepen tech capabilities, and position Excelsoft as EdTech leader.
C P Balasubramanyam ·
Anthropic Accidentally Reveals Its Most Powerful AI Model Mythos
The model is said to represent a significant leap beyond Anthropic’s existing Claude lineup, such as Opus 4.6.
Siddharth Jindal ·
UP Govt Scraps ₹25,000 Cr MoU with Puch AI Days After Signing Over Credibility Concerns
The state’s investment agency noted that Puch AI failed to provide necessary financial details in a timely manner, revealing gaps in due diligence.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Kyndryl, Gloplax Partner to Build & Scale GCCs for Enterprises
The companies’ joint capabilities will help enterprises establish and modernise GCCs with integrated advisory, technology and operational excellence.
C P Balasubramanyam ·