A coastal city in the south is quietly powering India's AI futureVisakhapatnam is emerging as India's next AI infrastructure hub, attracting massive investments from tech giants like Google and Reliance. ...
02 Jul, 2026, 04.31 PM IST
VC fundraising hits wall; WhatsApp’s new privacy headacheIndian VC firms are facing their hardest fundraising year in a decade as LPs tighten filters and demand cash returns. This and more in toda...
01 Jul, 2026, 02.50 PM IST
Orchestration layer is new battleground for Indian AI talentRecruiters told ET that hiring for standalone prompt engineering roles has plateaued as companies increasingly seek engineers who can build...
01 Jul, 2026, 06.01 AM IST
Meta says new AI system can convert brain activity into text without surgeryMeta's new AI, Brain2Qwerty v2, decodes brain signals into text without surgery, achieving 61% word accuracy. This non-invasive technology ...
30 Jun, 2026, 01.00 PM IST
Mind Games: Talent wars heat up as AI startups take on Big TechA fierce talent war is raging in the AI sector, with tech giants like Google facing significant researcher departures to rivals OpenAI and ...
25 Jun, 2026, 07.12 PM IST
OpenAI unveils custom chip it designed with Broadcom to boost its AI infrastructureOpenAI has unveiled its first custom AI chip, Jalapeno, developed with Broadcom to boost its infrastructure. This move aims to overcome com...
24 Jun, 2026, 06.37 PM IST
Meta makes a $900 million super-app move in IndiaCred founder Kunal Shah, a philosophy graduate, built his platform on exclusivity for high credit scorers, now processing over 40% of India...
24 Jun, 2026, 05.35 PM IST
Talent twist: Silicon Valley's India story takes an unexpected turnThe prospective appointment of Kunal Shah to a leadership position at WhatsApp exemplifies an emerging pattern: Indian founders are increas...
24 Jun, 2026, 01.47 PM IST
Meta’s Chris Cox sought Kunal Shah’s WhatsApp advice - then made him leaderMeta Chief Product Officer Chris Cox reached out to Shah directly in the spring, seeking advice on picking the future leader of WhatsApp. C...
24 Jun, 2026, 10.00 AM IST
Why Meta tapped Kunal Shah; Beauty’s new factory boomHappy Wednesday! Meta just handed WhatsApp’s steering wheel to Cred’s Kunal Shah, betting he can turn India’s favourite chat app into a pay...
24 Jun, 2026, 08.05 AM IST
Meta's WhatsUpside Down hire: How Kunal Shah broke the Valley playbookSilicon Valley's AI talent war saw tech giants acquire engineers. However, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg broke the mold by investing $900 million ...
23 Jun, 2026, 11.54 PM IST
Kunal Shah’s WhatsApp coronation is a masterclass in dealmakingShah is stepping down as Cred’s chief executive, with finance and strategy head Miten Sampat taking over on an interim basis. Shah becomes ...
23 Jun, 2026, 08.58 PM IST
Kunal Shah’s WhatsApp win; India bourses insulated from AI boomIn bagging the top job at WhatsApp, Cred’s Kunal Shah has done what no Indian entrepreneur could do. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
23 Jun, 2026, 07.58 PM IST
Intellectual curiosity & infectious optimism: Industry cheers Kunal Shah's new role as WhatsApp HeadIndia Inc. is celebrating Kunal Shah's appointment as WhatsApp head, hailing it as a milestone for Indian startup leadership. Industry lead...
23 Jun, 2026, 05.46 PM IST
Family bankruptcy meant Kunal Shah could not afford BTech, studied philosophy and did data entry operator jobs. Cred founder is WhatsApp's new global bossKunal Shah’s journey to becoming Meta’s new global head of WhatsApp is far from the typical startup success story. After his family went ba...
22 Jun, 2026, 09.09 PM IST
Cred’s Kunal Shah is WhatsApp’s new CEOCred founder Kunal Shah will join WhatsApp as its global head after Meta announced a nearly $900 million investment in the fintech firm. Th...
22 Jun, 2026, 08.03 PM IST
Meta in India doing what others can’t: Infrastructure head Santosh JanardhanMeta Platforms is set to build significant AI data centre capacity in India. The company is already working on a large data centre in Jamna...
19 Jun, 2026, 03.16 PM IST