Google extends voluntary buyout offers to employees in several countriesThe move comes amid mounting AI spending that has unnerved Wall Street and dented Alphabet's stock price. Microsoft last week offered volun...
04 Nov, 2026, 02.08 PM IST
Aravind Srinivas looked up to Google CEO Sundar Pichai before building Perplexity AI; how an unexpected detail stayed with himAravind Srinivas co-founded Perplexity AI in 2022 with Andy Konwinski, Denis Yarats and Johnny Ho. They initially experimented with tools t...
29 Oct, 2026, 12.57 AM IST
UK government sets out $800 million for AI security fundingThe biggest chunk of funding will go to a new biosecurity initiative, including £100 million for a laboratory using AI to detect biological...
24 Oct, 2026, 10.24 AM 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
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
Canadian AI lab Cohere moves to buy AI cybersecurity startup AISLECohere has taken a significant step in the cybersecurity arena by signing a letter of intent to acquire AISLE, an AI-driven startup focused...
15 Oct, 2026, 02.41 PM IST
AI worms, 'major' incident fears spur safety calls at industry summitFrom the spectre of refrigerator-infecting AI worms to warnings of "major" security incidents at the horizon, calls to prioritise safety in...
15 Oct, 2026, 08.19 AM IST
Groww Q2 profit jumps; Hocco eyes big funding scoopGroww reported strong quarterly earnings in the July-September period. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
14 Oct, 2026, 08.20 PM IST
Google Deepmind's Hassabis calls AI hacks 'early warning shots'Demis Hassabis, co-founder of Google DeepMind, emphasized the need for enhanced security measures against AI-related hacking. He noted that...
14 Oct, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
Google opens up latest AI models to 200 European researchersGoogle has unveiled a groundbreaking initiative to provide 200 European researchers access to its cutting-edge AI models as part of the Res...
14 Oct, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
EU takes a page from Ireland's AI playbookThe EU wants to catch up in the AI race by taking a cue from Ireland -- an early adopter of the technology which has rolled out the red car...
14 Oct, 2026, 09.17 AM IST
Google launches flagship AI model Gemini 4 Argon for developers, businessesAlphabet's Google on Wednesday released its flagship AI model Gemini 4 Argon to developers and businesses worldwide, seeking to regain grou...
13 Oct, 2026, 10.38 PM IST
Google DeepMind is offering dream job for techies paying almost Rs 11 crore: ‘No degree required…’While it may be difficult to believe, Google DeepMind is offering the role of a lifetime. Whether you find it hard to accept or not, this r...
12 Oct, 2026, 12.56 AM IST
China AI developers publish safety tests for just 3.6% of model releases, report findsOnly a fraction of the 857 AI models released by Chinese companies have undergone safety testing, with merely 3.6% revealing published eval...
09 Oct, 2026, 06.19 PM IST
From 'lower middle class' Tamil family, he missed IIT Madras CSE by just 0.01, was rejected by MIT. Today, he is the CEO of a $20 billion AI startupPerplexity cofounder and CEO Aravind Srinivas turned academic setbacks into a remarkable AI career. After missing IIT Madras Computer Scien...
06 Oct, 2026, 10.21 AM IST