Big Tech’s AI shopping spree in 2025: Who bought whatThis year's AI sector saw a surge in high-profile acquisitions, with companies prioritising talent acquisition through strategic moves like...
01 Jan, 2026, 06.11 AM IST
AI in 2025: 25 milestones including mega deals, bubble fears, job cuts, talent wars and moreIn a transformative year, AI captured headlines with significant funding and elevated valuations for emerging startups. The existing tech b...
30 Dec, 2025, 11.19 AM IST
Smaller AI startups echo Indian watchdog’s anti-trust concernsIndian startups warn that Big Tech’s dominance in AI data and cloud services risks monopolies, price discrimination, and restricted competi...
08 Oct, 2025, 04.37 PM IST
OpenAI acquires AI-led finance app Roi in personalisation pushThis deal, the terms of which were not disclosed, follows OpenAI's acquihiring Context.ai, Crossing Minds, and Alex this year. Roi will end...
04 Oct, 2025, 03.15 PM IST
Urban Company's Rs 1,900-crore IPO; Google's Chrome winUrban Company is set to ride to Dalal Street, with its Rs 1,900-crore issue next week. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
03 Sep, 2025, 07.40 PM IST
Why is Big Tech dangling millions of dollars for chosen AI engineers?Tech companies are laying off workers, citing AI's efficiency, while simultaneously offering exorbitant sums to acquire top AI talent. This...
13 Jul, 2025, 09.54 AM IST
Google hires Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, researchers to advance AI ambitions; OpenAI acquisition falls apartMohan and the Windsurf team will focus on agentic coding initiatives at Google DeepMind, primarily working on the Gemini project. The devel...
12 Jul, 2025, 09.13 AM IST
Money isn’t everything: Meta’s Superintelligence Labs roundly rejected by some despite tempting pay offersMeta is trying hard to get top AI experts for its Superintelligence Labs. They are offering big salaries to compete with OpenAI and Google....
11 Jul, 2025, 04.17 PM IST
Shadowfax files IPO papers; UPI cools in JuneLogistics firm Shadowfax has become the latest new-age company to confidentially file for its IPO. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
01 Jul, 2025, 07.51 PM IST
AI talent war: OpenAI acquihires the team behind Crossing MindsBacked by the likes of Index Ventures, Shopify, Plug and Play, and Radical Ventures, the AI startup has raised more than $13.5 million acro...
30 Jun, 2025, 03.15 PM IST
Meta-Scale AI deal raises client conflict risk with Google, MicrosoftGoogle and other big tech companies are rethinking their ties with Scale AI. This follows Meta's significant investment in the data-labelin...
16 Jun, 2025, 05.14 PM IST
Meta's $14.8 billion Scale AI deal latest test of AI partnershipsUnlike an acquisition or a transaction that would give Meta a controlling stake, the deal does not require a review by US antitrust regulat...
14 Jun, 2025, 08.01 AM IST
Paytm, Mobikwik shares slip; US onsite visas stallPaytm and Mobikwik stocks slide after MDR rumour sparks selloff. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
12 Jun, 2025, 07.58 PM IST
'Hard to find high-quality data for complex reasoning'Niki Parmar, a member of Anthropic’s technical staff and co-author of the paper Attention is All You Need, says it has become hard to find ...
04 Mar, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
US senators call out big tech's new approach to poaching talent, products from smaller AI startupsPresident Joe Biden's administration and lawmakers from both parties have promoted stricter oversight of the tech industry recently. US ant...
13 Jul, 2024, 04.48 PM IST
AI deals between Microsoft and OpenAI, Google and Samsung, in EU crosshairsEuropean Commission assesses tech partnerships for merger control compliance, focusing on potential market concentration effects. Regulator...
29 Jun, 2024, 08.28 AM IST