AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
TN Secures ₹9,500+ Cr Investment Pledges at UMAGINE TN 2026
Tamil Nadu announced fresh investments in AI, data centres, and startups across multiple sectors.
C P Balasubramanyam ·
MeitY Launches Param Shakti Supercomputing Facility at IIT Madras
MeitY Secretary, S Krishnan, linked the facility to the IndiaAI Mission, noting that the government is avoiding dependence on a single technology platform.
Sanjana Gupta ·
Ford Unveils AI Assistant, Next-Gen BlueCruise at CES 2026; Eyes Hands-Free Driving
The AI assistant will debut in Ford’s smartphone app in early 2026, before expanding into vehicles in 2027.
Shalini Mondal ·
Tailwind Cuts 75% Jobs as AI Destroys 80% Revenue
CEO Adam Wathan said that Tailwind’s CSS framework is now seeing around 75 million downloads a month, largely because AI tools generate Tailwind code automatically.
Mohit Pandey ·
Coimbatore-based AI Startup Aivar Raises $4.6 Mn to Expand in US and Middle East
The company will also continue to invest in its AI accelerators, senior talent and international delivery capabilities.
Smruthi Nadig ·
TakeMe2Space Lands $5 Mn Funding to Build India’s Data Centre in Space
Space tech startup TakeMe2Space aims to deploy six satellites to support its OrbitLab platform, which offers AI inference.
Sanjana Gupta ·
World’s First LLM Company Goes Public
Z.ai, which develops the GLM family of AI models, is now listed in Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
X Limits Grok Image Tools to Paid Users After Global Govt Backlash
The move follows widespread government backlash over how Grok was being misused on the platform.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Lovable Engineer Saves Company $20 Mn Yearly With Help From His Mother
A system prompt cleanup at the AI startup led to measurable speed gains, better instruction-following, and significant cost savings.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
EPAM, Cursor Tie Up to Push AI Coding Beyond Enterprise Pilots
EPAM said the initiative will be supported by its global base of more than 50,000 engineers.
Mohit Pandey ·
India Eyes Manufacturing ‘World’s Smallest AI Supercomputer’ by NVIDIA
IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said NVIDIA’s DGX Spark would be suited for railways, shipping, healthcare, and education.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Microsoft taps PayPal to Enable In-Copilot Shopping and Payments
Microsoft and PayPal said the integration intends to bridge discovery and purchase, while opening new retail channels.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Gmail Enters Gemini Era with AI Overviews, Writing Tools & Inbox Prioritisation
The new capabilities begin rolling out on January 9 in the US, starting with English.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Apple, Google Enter Multi-Year Deal to Power Apple Intelligence Models
The new foundation models will power upcoming Apple Intelligence features, including a more personalised version of Siri expected to roll out later this year.
Siddharth Jindal ·
HCLTech’s Advanced AI Revenue Jumps to $146 Million in Q3
Just one quarter earlier, the figure had crossed $100 million for the first time.
Mohit Pandey ·
HCLTech Cuts Net Jobs, Adds 2,852 Freshers in Q3 As Revenue Jumps 13%
HCLTech ended the December quarter with 2,26,379 employees, down by 261 from the previous quarter.
Mohit Pandey ·
TCS Headcount Falls by 11,151 Even as AI Workforce Crosses 2,17,000 in Q3
The decline in overall headcount highlights how TCS is reshaping its workforce as it moves toward AI-led delivery.
Mohit Pandey ·
India to Produce 3nm Chips by 2032: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Ashwini Vaishnaw said India will have talent, design capability, and a manufacturing ecosystem for advanced chip production.
Sanjana Gupta ·
DeepSeek Finds Strong Usage Base in Russia, Belarus & Cuba
DeepSeek’s adoption has remained low in North America and Western Europe.
Supreeth Koundinya ·
Zyoin Group, WeWork India to Support Scalable GCC Expansion Across India
Zyoin Group and WeWork Indiaplan to support organisations at different stages of their GCC journey.
Shalini Mondal ·