Global Tech
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's Global Tech section.
Meta’s AI Strategy is Bigger Than Just Llama
Meta’s LLM drought may finally be coming to an end, with Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang teasing new AI models.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Iran’s Strike on the UAE Exposes the Cloud’s Weakest Link
Drone strikes triggered fires and power outages at AWS data centres in the UAE and Bahrain, disrupting services for at least a day.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
India’s Supabase Block Leaves Developers and Startups Scrambling
India is one of the fastest-growing developer markets on Supabase, accounting for over 10% of all visits.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Open Compute Might Be AMD’s Biggest Moat Yet
AMD’s Archana Vemulapalli says Helios emerged from the company’s work within the Open Compute Project, where it worked closely with Meta to advance rack-scale AI.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Salesforce Battles SaaSpocalypse Fears as AI Spending Spooks Wall Street
Salesforce CEO says “this isn’t our first SaaSpocalypse” even as stock tanks despite strong quarterly results.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
Nandan Nilekani Convinces Dario Amodei to Make India the AI Use Case Capital
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani discussed how India may be uniquely positioned to test frontier AI models.
Siddharth Jindal ·
India Could Be AI’s Biggest Success Story Yet. Sundar Pichai & Demis Hassabis Explain Why
“For countries like India, AI presents a chance to leapfrog age-old gaps and create new opportunities.”
Siddharth Jindal ·
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Sees India as the World’s Largest AI Experiment
Nearly half of Claude’s usage in India comprises computer and mathematical tasks.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Meet the ‘Chinese Claude Code’ Looking to Create the Next DeepSeek Moment
Z.ai has released GLM-5, a 744-billion-parameter foundation model built for complex systems engineering.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Deloitte India’s New Low-Code Tool Only Confirms SaaSpocalypse Fears
Deloitte India will offer the platform to MSMEs and its 19,000 clients in India.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Claude Code vs Codex: Developers are Choosing Sides
Codex crossed one million downloads in its first week, says Sam Altman.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Meta Subscriptions Stop at India’s Freebie Culture
Meta’s push into paid social media is gathering pace, but scepticism remains over whether users are willing to pay.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
Google Cloud Outpaces AWS, Azure on AI Cloud Growth
More than 120,000 businesses now use Gemini, including Airbus and Honeywell.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Why 75% of Enterprise AI Never Makes it to Production
Deloitte’s Prashanth Kaddi says the AI bubble narrative is driven by steep valuations.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Oracle’s $300 Bn OpenAI Gamble Looks Shakier as NVIDIA Rethinks Deal
Oracle investors are rethinking its $300-billion cloud contract with OpenAI amid NVIDIA backtracking.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
The Rise of Agentic Commerce
AI agents can independently manage multi-step tasks such as product discovery, checkout, and payments—all with user consent.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Oracle Seeks $50 Bn Fundraise, Mass Layoffs as Cash Strain Worsens
Oracle plans a massive fundraise to expand cloud capacity for AI clients.
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
The Hard Reality of OpenAI’s Business Model
OpenAI has realised that the “subscription-only” model has a ceiling, and is focusing on enterprise customers.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Dismisses WSJ Report, Pledges ‘Huge’ Investment in OpenAI
Huang rejected claims of a pullback from OpenAI, saying the chipmaker plans its biggest-ever investment
Pallavi Chakravorty ·
What is OpenClaw And Why Developers are Swearing By it
The open-source AI agent runs on personal machines and can execute real-world actions.
Siddharth Jindal ·