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Google owner Alphabet Inc.’s shares rose as much as 3.22% in New York on Tuesday.

Karnataka’s UK roadshow gains momentum with SCI Semiconductors’ GCC plan

Interest was mirrored by ARM, Latos, Samco and Weir Group across semiconductors, AI and energy companies during Karnataka industries minister MB Patil.

Xoriant acquires Latvia’s TestDevLab to strengthen European footprint, boost AI-led quality engineering

The deal marks Xoriant’s fourth acquisition in three years, as the ChrysCapital-owned firm expands aggressively across global markets. Xoriant currently operates 28 offices across India, the US and Europe.

OPINION | The AI boom is real. The ‘hype accounting’ it has created is unreal

In AI-rush, world’s most celebrated industrial-disruption ever, the fastest is the imagination of those financing it. The circus of circular-money and ‘vibe-revenue’ around it is defying human-arithmetic 

Salesforce India’s FY25 profit jumps 45% to Rs 1,292 crore, revenue up 46%

Salesforce's offices in India are spread across six locations with a workforce of over 13,000, growing from 2,500 employees in 2020. India is the second-biggest market for the company after the US

SoftBank Group shares tumble on OpenAI competition worries

The stock sank as much 11% on Tuesday, following a 10.9% dive in the previous session before Japan’s long weekend

Accel partners with Google to deepen AI investment play 

The two will together invest up to $2 million in at least 10 startups. Google will give founders another $350,000 in compute credits across Google Cloud, Gemini, and DeepMind

Will the AI bubble burst? Or just the LLM bubble?

As AI valuations soar and LLM progress appears to plateau, industry insiders are pivoting to radically different approaches—but will they arrive before the bubble bursts?

Almost 60% of GCCs investing in Agentic AI; build incubators to globalise ideas: EY

GCCs are also institutionalising innovation, with 67 percent creating dedicated innovation teams and incubation programs aimed at global problem statements.

How Kantara, Baramulla gave visual effects firm Identical Brains Studios a new lease of life

The NSE SME debut should’ve been a high, especially with Rs 20 crore raised, but celebrations were muted. Then Kantara and Mahavatar Narsimha changed the script.

What OpenAI learned when ChatGPT users lost touch with reality

A look at how a push for growth accidentally harmed vulnerable users, and why OpenAI is now trying to rebalance safety and engagement

Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | TCS Bets Big on AI Infrastructure—But is India still playing catch-up?

Moneycontrol's Pro Panorama November 24 edition: IT sector continues to navigate uncertainty, reasons behind Rupee’s slide and implications for stakeholders, strong market momentum meets weak sentiment, and more

Accenture explores Agentic AI for high-volume enterprise workflows, says India head

Accenture is already applying Agentic AI in finance workflows for a large Indian retail company, where 5 agents are expected to deliver around 35% cost savings in payment operations.

Greed, leverage & complacency: Signs the next market domino may be ready to fall

History’s greatest investors made their fortunes not by predicting peaks, but by respecting cycles. Today’s environment of easy money, high leverage, and AI euphoria may look unstoppable but so did every bubble before it.

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Siren Song

Nvidia's blockbuster earnings weren't a victory lap -- they were the siren song luring global markets towards a capital reallocation to AI so massive, concentrated and fragile that even a small crack could capsize everything

India is getting free AI. But is Big Tech getting something more valuable?

As global AI firms offer millions of Indians free access to their models through tie-ups with Indian telcos, a key question emerges: Is India’s vast user base becoming training data for global AI models and who is accountable when consent is buried inside a bundle?

Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | A new AI order is reshaping real estate 

Moneycontrol's Pro Panorama November 21 edition: CAG audit reveals problems in Delhi's broken bus services, India’s private banks get another shot at wealth, impact of new emission norms on construction equipment makers, Asim Munir’s nuclear rattling runs the risk of an escalation, and more

'In two years of 100% growth, we added a net total of just four people,' says Umesh Sachdev, CEO, Uniphore

Sachdev explains how the latest round came together, why Uniphore is doubling revenue year-on-year, how it has achieved this scale while adding a net headcount of just four people in two years, and what makes its Business AI Cloud central to the next phase of enterprise adoption.

Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | A bag of chips full of air

Moneycontrol's Pro Panorama November 20 edition: India's trade ties tilt more to China, position your equity portfolio smartly before the next re-rating, China charts climate course to enhance global clout, and more

YouTube unveils new partnerships, AI tools to help accelerate India's creative economy

India is YouTube's largest market, with over half a billion users. It is also a crucial region for the platform's future growth.

AI-related stocks rally as Nvidia outlook brings relief

The chipmaker at the heart of the AI trade gave a strong revenue forecast, a sign that demand for its products remains healthy

Asia stocks rally hard after Nvidia tops estimates, jobs data in view

CEO Jensen Huang touted blockbuster demand for its AI chips from giant cloud providers and shrugged off concerns about an AI bubble

Deepwatch opens GCC in Bengaluru with 50 employees, plans to hire 100 more

The new GCC will focus on building agentic AI systems, or autonomous AI agents that streamline cybersecurity workflows by automating repetitive tasks such as threat detection, investigation, and response.

Gemini 3 launch gives Google an edge in the fiercely competitive AI race

As Gemini 3 rolls out, Google will look to solidify its AI turnaround and move to the forefront of the fiercely competitive AI race.

Fractal Analytics bets heavily on R&D in AI race ahead of IPO

In 2025, Fractal spent Rs 144 crore ($16.6 million) on R&D, with an average 6% spend on R&D over the past three years

Data centre spending to jump 20.5% in 2026 as India IT spend crosses $176 bn, says Gartner

Data centre systems are expected to outpace all other IT spending categories again in 2026, cementing their central role in India’s AI and cloud growth cycle

The AI circular economy just got an upgrade: Inside the Microsoft, Nvidia, Anthropic deal

The deal expands the AI industry’s increasingly intertwined “circular economy” at a time when investors are questioning whether the sector’s infrastructure binge is running far ahead of monetisation.

Google unveils Gemini 3 as it seeks to pull ahead in the AI race

Google is releasing Gemini 3 Pro in preview, making it available across a suite of its products including the Gemini app and the core search product.

Karnataka to launch deep tech push with Rs 663 crore fund; VCs to bring in Rs 443 crore

The initiative marks the first time the state is partnering directly with private venture capital (VCs) to co-invest in early-stage deep tech and AI startups.

No firm is immune if AI bubble bursts, says Google CEO Sundar Pichai

Alphabet shares have surged about 46% this year, as investors bet on its ability to compete with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI

Microsoft India crosses $3 billion in revenue; profit grows 38% YoY in FY25

These numbers come ahead of Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella’s expected visit to India in December, where he is expected to meet the top government officials.

Infosys launches AI-first model to help enterprises modernise GCCs

The model provides an end-to-end approach covering strategy development, site selection, entity setup, recruitment, and operational launch.

Entry-level tech demand slumps 20-25% as India shifts to diamond-shaped workforce: EY

Industry observers cited in EY’s report say several Indian IT services firms have already consolidated 20-25% of entry-level roles through intelligent automation and AI augmentation.

Doing more with less: AI rewrites the operating model of Indian IT

Strategy has shifted to AI factories, agentic systems, and platform-infused engineering. And executives speak of productivity gains rather than fresher hiring now.

Legal tech startup Nyayanidhi raises $2 million in seed round led by 3one4 Capital

Founded in 2024 by Adithya LHS, Chakshu Masagali, and Pratik Pany, Nyayanidhi is building an AI-driven platform designed to automate drafting, translations and filings for litigation.

Instagram is pushing its Edits app to be a one stop shop for creators amid intensifying rivalry

More than half of the people watching Reels on Instagram each day are seeing content created with the Edits app, said Meta executive Peter Shields.

Spotify rejigs premium plans in India and four other markets, adds new lossless audio tier

Spotify is introducing three new premium plans in India, called Premium Lite, Premium Standard and Premium Platinum, with prices ranging from Rs 139 to Rs 299. The new Premium Platinum tier will offer advanced features aimed at audiophiles.

Govt’s Rs 1 lakh crore RDI scheme to fund quantum, chip and AI innovation

The ANRF-led Rs 1 lakh crore RDI scheme will channel funds into quantum computing, semiconductor fabrication, and AI applications across agriculture, health, and education

Back office renaissance: Genpact, EXL, Firstsource surge as BPMs ride the AI wave, outpacing IT peers

Integrated technology operations, once the stronghold of IT firms, are now being executed meaningfully by companies that began as BPMs or BPOs.

OpenAI fights order to turn over millions of ChatGPT conversations

The artificial intelligence company argued that turning over the logs would disclose confidential user information

IT hiring flat but 17-18% surge recorded for GCCs, says Info Edge

Global Capability Centres (GCCs) and premium tech roles offset muted IT hiring as Info Edge posts steady Q2FY26 earnings.

Are you listening to bots? Survey shows AI music is virtually undetectable

The study found that 73% of respondents supported disclosure when AI-generated tracks are recommended, 45% sought filtering options

CAMS’ AI platform, Lens, to help in compliance automation, more tools for AMCs, DPs, brokerages in the offing

The new suite of tools is expected to significantly enhance CAMS’ scale of operations, compliance automation and efficiency across the mutual fund ecosystem.

AI takes centre stage in entertainment; Indian studios gear up with dedicated divisions

High volumes of content, lesser time taken and lower costs is what is attracting films and series makers to use AI to produce their upcoming titles.

Tech bodies urge MeitY to narrow deepfake curbs, warn of overreach and heavy compliance load

IAMAI, Nasscom, BSA and ITIC have key concerns over MeitY’s draft amendments to the IT Rules on synthetically generated information, cautioning that the proposed deepfake framework could sweep up benign edits, impose impractical compliance requirements, and fragment India’s content regulation regime.

Google expands AI computing capacity in India in partnership with IIT Madras on Indic language benchmarking platform

Indic Arena, run independently by the AI4Bharat research centre at IIT Madras, will allow users to anonymously evaluate and rank AI models based on how they perform across Indian languages and culturally specific tasks.

Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Is India an AI hedge trade?

In November 10 edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: RBI opens M&A loan gate are Indian banks ready, extended US shutdown clouds market outlook, government resets its renewable energy plans, equal pay for women’s cricket isn’t charity, and more

OPINION | The rise of Vertical AI

The cloud era was about making human workflows digital. The AI era is about letting machines handle those workflows altogether. The next decade will belong to Vertical AI: specialised applications that marry powerful models with domain-specific data, workflows, and go-to- market expertise

A reality check for India's AI crypto rally

The rapid rise in AI-linked tokens reflects investor enthusiasm for the fusion of artificial intelligence and blockchain, but questions remain about long-term value.

India’s AI governance guidelines favour coordination over control, set agile framework to balance innovation and risk: Nasscom

“The Guidelines’ explicit statement that “a separate AI law is not needed at this stage” is a near-verbatim reflection of our position,” said Nasscom.