As the US and China form AI blocs, countries are increasingly torn between themCountries like Kazakhstan are trying to balance between U.S. and China AI initiatives for technological gains. Indonesia has expressed inte...
25 Oct, 2026, 10.05 AM IST
- Half of OVHcloud capacity is available, AI model launching in early 2027: CEO says
The company has 250 megawatts of capacity connected, of which 140 MW is in operation, leaving 110 MW ready to take on new business, CEO Oct...
20 Oct, 2026, 12.57 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
AI revenue should offset traditional services deflation: TCS CEO K KrithivasanDue to the continuing pressure on companies amid geopolitical strife, TCS is assuming client budgets will not rise. It is, however, banking...
12 Oct, 2026, 04.11 PM IST
Mistral CEO says new AI model beats Chinese ones in some areasThe 3-year-old company is seen as Europe's best contender in the AI race, but is still dwarfed by US companies Anthropic and OpenAI, as wel...
06 Oct, 2026, 01.59 PM IST
AI startup Black Forest Labs urges optimism from Europe despite safety fearsEurope needs to view artificial intelligence with more optimism -- despite growing warnings about its dangers -- or risk falling further be...
27 Sep, 2026, 04.41 PM IST
BNP Paribas to keep sensitive data off public cloud despite Google dealBNP Paribas will keep some sensitive customer data and critical operations off public cloud infrastructure even after signing a five-year c...
24 Sep, 2026, 11.01 PM IST
Europe’s dangerous dependence puts it on Xi and Trump’s menuMark Carney's warning emphasizes the need for middle powers like the European Union to assert themselves. Europe faces significant challeng...
24 Sep, 2026, 11.11 AM IST
Europe's AI firms, playing catch-up, challenge US calls for slowdownAnthropic's CEO Dario Amodei in an online essay urged firms to slow the pace at which they improve AI model capabilities and called for an ...
18 Sep, 2026, 05.57 PM IST
Politics, paranoia & AI kill switch: AI can be switched off. But what if it learns to fight back?US lawmakers have introduced an AI Kill Switch Act to regulate advanced artificial intelligence systems. This bill grants the government po...
16 Sep, 2026, 11.00 PM IST
Firefox teams with Mistral for AI browsingMozilla's web browser Firefox unveiled Wednesday an AI assistant powered by the the French start-up Mistral, promising strict privacy prote...
16 Sep, 2026, 07.50 PM IST
Cohere, Aleph Alpha combine to target enterprise AI marketThe combined business will operate as Cohere, with dual headquarters in Toronto and Berlin, while Aleph Alpha's Heidelberg office will focu...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.53 PM IST
TotalEnergies launches three-year AI development programme with MistralThe three-year joint programme represents an investment of more than €100 million ($115 million) to support geoscience expertise in develo...
15 Sep, 2026, 11.56 AM IST
Crypto's shopping hack; Centre eyes Meta child safeguardsIndians are buying groceries, fuel, food and gold via gift cards on overseas crypto platforms. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
11 Sep, 2026, 01.00 PM IST
French AI company Mistral hits $24 billion valuation in funding roundMistral said that the round was jointly led by existing investor PSG Equity, along with South Korea's Samsung Electronics and the EU-backed...
08 Sep, 2026, 11.50 AM IST
If Europe's AI sovereignty relies on Mistral, 'we're doomed': French finance ministerEuropean sovereignty in artificial intelligence (AI) cannot depend on a single startup like Mistral, France's Finance Minister Roland Lescu...
03 Sep, 2026, 12.07 PM IST
Recent Indian executive moves at OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta & other tech majorsIndian executives have recently taken on key leadership roles at some of the world’s biggest AI and technology companies, highlighting the ...
28 Aug, 2026, 07.52 PM IST