ETtech Deals Digest: River, Sarvam rounds lift startup funding to $314 million this weekEarly-stage deals accounted for 58.4% of the capital raised during the week, while late-stage rounds made up 37%. Seed stage startups compr...
07 Aug, 2026, 08.18 PM IST
Scientists use AI to create viruses that don’t exist in nature for the first timeScientists have designed and created new viruses using artificial intelligence. These AI-designed bacteriophages successfully replicated an...
07 Aug, 2026, 11.26 AM IST
OpenAI’s Marc Manara says startups don’t need the smartest model, just the right oneOpenAI's AI model economics are shifting, with cost influencing startup strategies. Smaller models now perform well, freeing up resources f...
07 Aug, 2026, 10.32 AM IST
Google seeks to step up AI push with DeepMind shakeup: ExpertsGoogle DeepMind chief executive Demis Hassabis stepped down from that role on Wednesday to become its chairman. DeepMind chief technology o...
07 Aug, 2026, 08.17 AM IST
Alibaba plans to charge big users of its next open-source AI modelLike last month's blockbuster model release from Chinese AI startup Moonshot, Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max model is an open-source, open-weight mo...
07 Aug, 2026, 08.12 AM IST
Impact of MDR’s return; KKR veterans to anchor new fundHappy Thursday! Competition in the payments space may change with merchant fees on UPI potentially making a comeback. This and more in toda...
06 Aug, 2026, 01.50 PM IST
Nvidia plugs into India's sovereign AI stack, joins Sarvam's $75 million raiseThe latest investment follows the first close of the Series B in June when HCLTech led a $234 million financing alongside Bessemer Venture ...
06 Aug, 2026, 01.45 PM IST
Tamil Nadu unveils roadmap to build $1.5-trillion economy by 2031Tamil Nadu's finance minister presented the 2026-27 budget, aiming for a $1.5 trillion economy by 2031. A new industrial policy will foster...
05 Aug, 2026, 11.58 PM IST
Google shakes up AI leadership as DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis shifts roleGoogle's AI division sees a significant leadership overhaul and key departures. Demis Hassabis moves to chief scientist while Koray Kavukcu...
05 Aug, 2026, 10.18 PM IST
Europe's established tech firms emerge as unexpected AI winnersSAP, Capgemini, Sopra Steria and OVHcloud have all reported stronger demand, faster growth or upgraded outlooks as companies move from expe...
05 Aug, 2026, 11.45 AM IST
Palantir stock jumps 27% after ‘otherworldly’ demand lifts outlookPalantir Technologies shares saw a significant jump after strong financial forecasts were released. The company raised its full-year revenu...
04 Aug, 2026, 09.51 PM IST
Anthropic, OpenAI listings a reality check for AI: Rocketship’s Venky HarinarayanPublic listings of Anthropic and OpenAI will test the AI ecosystem. Markets are judging AI winners and losers early, impacting sectors and ...
04 Aug, 2026, 10.46 AM IST
Sarvam to raise $75 million from Nvidia, Glade Brook, others as part of ongoing funding roundSarvam AI has secured $75 million from Nvidia and other investors. This investment is part of a larger $300 million funding round. The comp...
03 Aug, 2026, 05.13 PM IST
OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probeThe discovery of additional rogue behavior at OpenAI, even if limited in nature, could feed growing appetite for regulation coming out of t...
02 Aug, 2026, 07.06 PM IST
OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probeThe discovery of additional rogue behaviour at OpenAI, even if limited in nature, could feed growing appetite for regulation coming out of ...
01 Aug, 2026, 03.42 PM IST
Sarvam appoints Thinking Machines Lab founding member Devendra Singh Chaplot as advisorSarvam AI has appointed Devendra Singh Chaplot as an advisor. Chaplot was a founding member of Mistral AI and Thinking Machines Lab. The ap...
30 Jul, 2026, 08.14 PM IST
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg says US should not block Chinese AI models: FTIn an interview with the newspaper published on Tuesday, Zuckerberg said that banning cutting-edge Chinese AI in the US would not be "an ef...
29 Jul, 2026, 09.40 AM IST