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Satya Nadella's 2025 India AI Tour: A 3-City pitch amid India's AI ambitions

It was carefully crafted as a response to India's digital ambitions, talent pool, and policy environment, amid fierce competition from rivals like Google and Amazon.

India’s proposed AI copyright overhaul: What the draft licensing model really means

As DPIIT pushes a new framework for AI training and creator compensation, tech giants warn the plan could reshape India’s digital economy.

In an AI world racing to automate, Prosus-backed Deccan AI is betting big on humans

Deccan AI works with frontier labs to supply complex, high-fidelity training data and human evaluations that keep models accurate, grounded and safe.

Mumbai’s AI hiring outpaces supply at 15% job posts vs 8% talent; Bengaluru tops with 29% share

Beyond the two largest hubs, Delhi-NCR, which holds 18% of India’s AI talent and 12% of job postings, shows a relatively balanced market.

Major tech firms flag “market harm” in India’s AI copyright proposal

A recent analysis prepared by a leading global technology company, reviewed by Moneycontrol, warns that the proposal risks slowing down innovation.

Oracle slides by most since January on mounting AI spending

Oracle’s stock had already lost about a third of its value through Wednesday’s close since a record high on Sept. 10. Meanwhile, a measure of Oracle’s credit risk reached a fresh 16-year high.

TCS’ Salesforce consulting bets gives it an edge over rivals in agentic AI, say analysts

TCS is charting its next phase of growth. Industry experts expect more acquisitions, new businesses and geographical expansion from the country’s largest software exporter.

DPIIT panel to release second AI-copyright paper soon; eyes three-year reform horizon

An official said the proposed framework, if accepted, would have an outer limit of three years to be translated into law

India’s GCCs power 22.5% of AI demand, cement 1.26 lakh talent base

India’s AI skill penetration is now 2.5 times the global average and talent concentration rising 252 percent between 2016-2024, a rate that outpaces the US, Germany, and the UK.

Satya Nadella puts Agentic AI front and centre with Microsoft's latest model

IT giants Cognizant, Infosys,TCS and Wipro expand Microsoft Copilot rollout to above 2,00,000 lakh licences

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announces tie-ups with Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, Wipro for Agentic AI's adoption

These companies will deploy over 50,000 Microsoft Copilot licenses each, setting up a new benchmark for enterprise-scale AI adoption, a company statement said

The Great AI Gold Rush: Why technology titans are betting billions on India

A high-stakes race is underway as Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and others commit tens of billions to secure their foothold in India's booming, data-rich AI market

Coforge banks on AI, cloud to hit $2 bn milestone by FY26

Management has ruled out entering any new verticals, geographies, or service lines for the next three to five years.

TCS to acquire Salesforce consulting firm Coastal Cloud for $700 million

This will be the IT services giant's second acquisition in less than three months. In October, TCS said it was acquiring US-based ListEngage MidCo for $72.8 million

Inside Meta’s pivot from open source to money-making AI model

Meta’s strategy shifted dramatically earlier this year after the company released Llama 4, an open-source model that disappointed Silicon Valley and Zuckerberg

Salesforce's AI agents grew from single digits to over 100 agents in one year, says senior executive

Salesforce also announced partnership with staffing solutions firm TASC Outsourcing, having built two company-specific AI agents for lead sourcing and outreach.

Amazon upstages Microsoft’s India bet with $35-billion pledge

Microsoft's investment is aimed squarely at accelerating AI adoption, while Amazon's plans are broader, including business expansion and export-led growth

Global giants Amazon, Google, Microsoft make multi-billion dollar AI bet on India

A young and growing population along with availability of cheap data has made the country a fertile ground for AI-driven growth

India’s ‘virtuous cycle’ for tech involving policy, market is “magic”, says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Nadella said Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure in India is being built with “sovereignty controls,” and that Copilot data processing for Indian users remains local.

Amazon raises India investment pledge to $35 billion by 2030

The US e-commerce giant will invest in areas such as artificial intelligence and logistics infrastructure, it said in a statement

India’s draft AI copyright model may treat everything online as training data, unless one locks it away

The proposal introduces a compulsory licensing mechanism—administered through a proposed Copyright Royalty Collection and Allocation Tribunal—that would treat accessibility as the key threshold

AI boom vs bubble? $37-billion enterprise surge shows decisive tilt, says Menlo Ventures

The firm says enterprise AI spending has surged to $37 billion in 2025, making it the fastest-scaling software category in history

Bengaluru GCC to reach 15% of Curriculum Associates’ 2,700 global workforce as company scales AI innovation: CEO Kelly Sia

Sia said the India centre is becoming integral to the company’s global innovation strategy, particularly as it ramps up work on AI-enabled learning and assessment tools.

Microsoft commits $17.5 billion for India’s AI buildout after Satya Nadella meets PM Modi

The $17.5 billion commitment is over and above the $3 billion announced in January, taking Microsoft’s total India AI commitment to $20.5 billion.`

India’s tech workforce races ahead on AI as enterprises lag on maturity, governance

Most professionals learn AI independently through YouTube, online communities, documentation or hands-on practice, with only a third receiving structured training from employers

Agentic AI startup Emergent secures strategic investment from Google’s AI Futures Fund

The deal comes as demand for agent-driven automation and task execution grows, with AI adoption shifting from content generation to building tools, products and workflows.

AI stocks show bubble-like traits as retail buying surges, says McKinsey’s Tim Koller

Rising retail ownership, stretched expectations and past market parallels suggest speculative dynamics may be building in today’s AI rally

Apple rocked by executive departures, with chip chief at risk of leaving next

In just the past week, Apple’s heads of artificial intelligence and interface design stepped down.

After Zoho’s small-town playbook, Kovai.co bets on Coimbatore for global SaaS scale

The firm will invest Rs 220 crore in its Coimbatore development centre over the next three years and the money will fund product engineering, AI features and global expansion.

OPINION | India’s DPDP Act: Transforming digital business and data governance

India’s DPDP Act 2023 shifts data from passive asset to active liability, mandating clarity, accountability, and automation. It reshapes compliance, increases costs, and demands data discipline, boosting trust and AI capabilities

Cognizant beats 1 mn AI skilling goal, doubles target to 2 mn; over 1.5 lakh Indians benefit

Around 76,000 have undergone intermediate training on Gen AI tools, and 9,000 have completed advanced role-based programs as of October 2025.

OpenAI, TCS in talks to establish Stargate's India chapter, develop agentic AI solutions: Report

The deal will also quicken TCS’ push to become the 'largest AI-led services company' in the world

OPINION | Indian market stands apart amid global AI-driven rally

India has lagged the global AI-driven rally, but its domestically focused sectors and resilient flows provide diversification and relative stability if the crowded global AI trade reverses

Raise Financial unveils Artham, India’s first SLM for capital markets

Built and hosted in India, Artham is designed to understand the structure, vocabulary and regulatory frameworks of domestic financial markets

Wikipedia seeks more AI licensing deals similar to Google tie-up, says co-founder

The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, struck a deal with Google in 2022 to have the tech giant pay for training access to Wikipedia content

OpenAI agrees to acquire AI startup Neptune to boost model training capabilities

The Sam Altman-led firm is already a Neptune customer, using Neptune's tracker to monitor and debug training of its GPT large language models

Can Nvidia keep selling AI chips to China? Huang’s Trump huddle jolts Capitol Hill

Huang also said he’d met with Trump earlier Wednesday and discussed export controls for Nvidia’s chips. Huang added that he wished the president “a happy holidays.”

NTT to invest Rs 2,400 crore for new data center near Bengaluru airport

This investment takes its total current and planned investments in Karnataka to over Rs 4,100 crore

Karnataka signs MoUs with Coinbase India, Refroid to push cybersecurity, AI

Karnataka's IT minister Priyank Kharge said the partnerships are intended to unlock new economic opportunities, and build technical capability.

The AI frenzy is driving a new global supply chain crisis

Japanese electronics stores have begun limiting how many hard-disk drives shoppers can buy. Chinese smartphone makers are warning of price increases

Anthropic plans an IPO as early as 2026: Report

The move comes as AI adoption gains pace, driven by higher enterprise tech spending and growing investor appetite.

Big tech’s ‘spend little, earn lots’ formula is threatened by AI

Despite the uncertainty of future payoffs, investors are giving the tech giants the benefit of the doubt on their AI plans, at least so far.

OPINION | How to put AI to productive use in a business enterprise

Talk of AI-led change is pervasive. What’s still not clear to many is the anatomy of change in a business operation. A financial intermediary founder provides an insight into this aspect by breaking down the use and effect of AI in his firm’s operations

OPINION | The new AI equation and India’s role in shaping the future of leadership

India and Silicon Valley represent two ends of the same spectrum - one defined by scale and inclusion, the other by speed and capital. The next era of AI leadership will depend on uniting these strengths to build a model that combines innovation with inclusion, and speed with soul

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