AI hiring startup Hunar.AI raises Rs 40 crore from Blume Ventures, othersThe AI-hiring startup plans to use the money for AI infrastructure, product development and sales and market expansion, targeting businesse...
19 Oct, 2026, 06.45 PM IST
Online festive sales fizzle; Snowflake CEO on AI’s impact on softwareHappy Monday! Festive ecommerce sales have slowed down this year, we tell you why. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
19 Oct, 2026, 02.02 PM IST
Voice AI’s future lies in outcome-based pricing: Exotel’s Sachin BhatiaBhatia linked pressure on the per-minute pricing model to venture capital funding and a crowded market, where providers compete to offer in...
19 Oct, 2026, 12.43 PM IST
AI responsibility must be natively built & community-driven: Google DeepMind’s Lila IbrahimAs chief AI readiness officer, Lila Ibrahim mandate is to help prepare society for increasingly capable AI by bringing together governments...
19 Oct, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Google expands AI push in India with $15 million MSME funding, crop research and teacher trainingIn a remarkable move, Google has embarked on extensive AI initiatives in India, primarily focused on boosting sectors like agriculture, edu...
16 Oct, 2026, 02.12 PM IST
I’ll believe it when I see it: Figma boss on AI restraint calls“It’s a nice thing to say, and I’ll believe it when I see it,” the 33-year-old Field -- one of the youngest American billionaires --told ET...
16 Oct, 2026, 10.54 AM IST
Flipkart ex-staff push for Esop buyout; Wipro, Tech Mahindra’s Q2 reportHappy Friday! Former Flipkart employees are asking Walmart to cash out their vested stock options. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning ...
16 Oct, 2026, 09.09 AM IST
India’s family offices bet on homegrown AI firms to gain groundIndia’s tech landscape is witnessing an influx of investments from family offices and wealthy individuals. Key players like Premji Invest a...
16 Oct, 2026, 08.22 AM IST
Voice-first India is reshaping OpenAI’s priorities: Applications CTOIndian users frequently switch between English and Hindi during the same conversation, a behaviour OpenAI wants its models to understand an...
16 Oct, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
India needs AI-enabled creative stack, forward-looking IP framework: Gaurav BanerjeeGaurav Banerjee emphasized the need for India to create an AI-enabled creative stack during the CII Big Picture Summit. He suggested that c...
15 Oct, 2026, 10.54 PM IST
How AI is Powering the Future of Citizen ServicesIndia is a diverse land, and reflecting the country’s linguistic diversity has been a long-held ambition for technology, AI included. Now, ...
15 Oct, 2026, 05.35 PM IST
Physical AI in Manufacturing: How computer vision, robotics and edge automation are moving into the real worldPhysical AI is taking artificial intelligence beyond software and into factories, hospitals and other real-world environments. Computer vis...
15 Oct, 2026, 07.00 AM IST
Gnani AI adds tone and pace controls to its multilingual speech model Timbre v3.0Gnani AI introduced Timbre v3.0, enabling businesses to control AI voice parameters like pace and expression. The model supports text-to-sp...
14 Oct, 2026, 01.59 PM IST
Build some, buy some, lock into none: Aditya Birla Capital's Pankaj Gadgil on buying AIGadgil said companies should retain the ability to build their own tools without waiting to recreate solutions available in the market.
14 Oct, 2026, 01.30 PM IST
Bhashini deploys real-time multilingual AI translation platform at international civil services programmeThe National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) is organising the Capacity Building Programme on Urban Service Delivery for Civil Servants o...
13 Oct, 2026, 01.06 PM IST
AI startup Sarvam in talks for $300 million top-up; valuation may double to $3 billionThe startup builds Indian-language AI models and applications for government agencies and businesses, including banks and insurers. Its cus...
13 Oct, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
ElevenLabs hears a global tune in Indian voice AI deploymentsElevenLabs, recently valued at $22 billion, is expanding its research, engineering, and deployment teams in the country, which is now its s...
07 Oct, 2026, 06.00 AM IST