IAIRO appoints AvenuesAI's CMD Vishal Mehta as Technical AdvisorThe Indian AI Research Organisation (IAIRO), a fast-rising institution at the centre of India's sovereign artificial intelligence ambitions...
28 May, 2026, 05.07 PM IST
Indian AI firms take up super hard stuffAI startups in India are now shifting their focus to move beyond applications and AI wrappers to build solutions in frontier deeptech areas...
14 Apr, 2026, 08.03 AM IST
AI startups feel war impact; Sarvam eyes unicorn clubHappy Wednesday! War-led uncertainty and a weaker rupee are beginning to impact growth plans for Indian AI startups. This and more in today...
25 Mar, 2026, 08.07 AM IST
Sarvam open-sources 30B, 105B reasoning models; here’s what it meansOpen-sourcing a model allows researchers, developers, and companies to access and use the model’s weights and architecture, enabling greate...
08 Mar, 2026, 01.32 PM IST
India adopting pragmatic approach to regulate AI: IAIROIndia has adopted a balanced and pragmatic approach on AI, avoiding the extremes of lightly regulated US model and heavily compliance-drive...
03 Mar, 2026, 05.57 PM IST
‘Frugal’ Sarvam AI did a DeepSeek with just 40 researchersSarvam is already deploying its models in enterprise and government use cases, including voice AI and language technologies. Cofounder Prat...
21 Feb, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
AI startups to focus on turning pilots into scalable products: Google India country manager LobanaAI startups need to focus on converting pilots to full-fledged products that can scale and generate revenues, said Google India vice presid...
15 Jan, 2026, 03.20 PM IST
India should prioritise Indic AI models instead of foundational ones: OpenAI researcherSushant Sachdeva urged India to focus on AI models for local languages rather than competing with the US and China on large foundation mode...
11 Jan, 2026, 08.32 PM IST
With tech, startup edge, AI can fuel next growth leap: PWC India's Mohammad AtharAI will be one of the most transformative developments for India, he said adding that focused investments in research and development, as w...
09 Jan, 2026, 05.26 PM IST
AI in a few hands poses risk for the nation: IndiaAI Mission CEOIndia faces risk as AI power concentrates in few firms and countries, leaving chip and compute access uneven. Cheap generative tools rival ...
20 Dec, 2025, 02.14 PM IST
The great Indic data huntRace to build Indic models has heated up, but challenge over availability of Indic language data persists.
16 Sep, 2025, 11.17 AM IST
IndiaAI selects 10 startups for global acceleration programmeIndiaAI Mission has selected 10 homegrown AI startups for its global initiative, partnering with Paris-based Station F and HEC Paris. The f...
29 May, 2025, 09.59 PM IST
Pause on accepting new proposals under IndiaAI after April 22The government will pause accepting new proposals under the Rs 10,000 crore IndiaAI Mission after April 22 due to high response volumes. Th...
16 Apr, 2025, 10.28 PM IST
'Don't lose sleep': Nandan Nilekani, the brain behind Aadhaar, explains why he is not worried about DeepSeek, other AIsInfosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani believes India shouldn't worry about lagging in AI model development, emphasizing the nation's AI missio...
11 Apr, 2025, 07.22 PM IST
India must evolve from services to product nation: Ashwini VaishnawIndia’s IT and electronics minister Ashwini Vaishnaw emphasised the need for India to transition from a services-based economy to a product...
21 Mar, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Bhavish Aggarwal to invest Rs 2,000 crore in AI startup Krutrim, unveils open-source modelsA source familiar with the matter informed ET that the funding will consist of both equity and debt. On Tuesday, Aggarwal announced the dev...
04 Feb, 2025, 09.14 PM IST
Every cloud can have a desi silver liningIndian AI startups like Shorthills AI, SML Healthcare, and Vizzhy primarily rely on global providers for scalable storage solutions. Howeve...
29 Oct, 2024, 10.21 AM IST