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BUSINESS

Why Nazara is spending $100 million to acquire a controlling stake in Spain’s Bluetile

Nazara’s purchase of Bluetile and its in-house rewards-driven gaming platform, BestPlay, is the company’s largest acquisition to date. The total deal size could rise to $340 million

TECHNOLOGY

From mastering complex tools to AI prompts: Adobe's Govind Balakrishnan on reimagining content creation

Adobe Express is Adobe’s answer to the wave of AI tools from startups and tech giants that have made content creation faster and more accessible than ever.

TECHNOLOGY

India emerged as cornerstone of Adobe’s global strategy during Shantanu Narayen’s 18-year stint

India is home to Adobe's largest workforce outside the United States, with over 8,500 employees

TECHNOLOGY

Shantanu Narayen, Adobe's Indian-American CEO, to step down after 18-year stint

During Shantanu Narayen's stint, Adobe's revenue grew from under $1 billion to more than $25 billion and its workforce expanded from 3,000 to over 30,000 employees

TECHNOLOGY

Netflix's Eyeline Studios opens Hyderabad office, to hire VFX talent

Hyderabad brings together a strong technology backbone, world-class engineering capability, and a film culture that understands ambition, said Eyeline Studios CEO Jeff Shapiro.

BUSINESS

Dream Sports sees departure of over 100 employees following post-RMG ban restructuring

In December, Moneycontrol reported that Dream Sports had split into eight ‘startups’, each with its own leaders

TECHNOLOGY

Anthropic vs Trump government: A timeline of how the standoff on AI guardrails led to a lawsuit

Anthropic's dual lawsuits against the United States government mark the latest escalation in the intensifying battle between the Claude maker and the department of defense

BUSINESS

Google Play Store policy revamp: Founders see boost to monetisation but flag delayed India rollout

Google recently announced major changes to Play Store policies including lower app commissions, registered third-party stores and external billing option.

TECHNOLOGY

Google overhauls Play Store policies: Lower app commissions, external billing, Third-party app stores

Google is lowering its app commissions to 20 percent and introducing a Registered App Store programme that makes installation of participating third-party app stores easier.

TECHNOLOGY

AI lets us work more naturally, not like machines: LinkedIn engineering chief Mohak Shroff

Agency is the defining skill of the AI era, and Indian entrepreneurs possess extraordinary levels of it, said LinkedIn engineering head Mohak Shroff.

BUSINESS

Why Mangaluru is emerging as the new tech ‘Plus One’ to Bengaluru

From ‘Back to Ooru’ founders to GCC expansions and a data centre push, India’s coastal city is positioning itself as a sustainable, high-productivity alternative to metro tech hubs.

TECHNOLOGY

The next AI revolution is coming. But it's not AGI and not coming next year: Yann LeCun at AI Summit

"Everybody is stealing each other's engineers, and working on the same thing because nobody can afford to do something slightly different and then run the risk of falling behind," said AI Godfather Yann LeCun.

TECHNOLOGY

Incredible small language AI models emerging at low costs in India: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

"I didn't think then, and I don't think now, that you can make a frontier model for $10 million. In fact, if anything, I would just say that it's gotten harder. The total complexity and costs have gone up," Sam Altman told Moneycontrol.

TECHNOLOGY

OpenAI to open new offices in Bengaluru and Mumbai later this year

India is one of the biggest market for OpenAI's ChatGPT with 100 million weekly users.

TECHNOLOGY

AI Summit: "You need the best of model and product at enterprise scale" ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski on the Sarvam AI threat

ElevenLabs co-founder Mati Staniszewski spoke to Moneycontrol about why India is important to the voice AI company, Bengaluru office plans, and expanding their offerings beyond voice

TECHNOLOGY

AI Summit: Nvidia deepens India push with AI factories, sovereign cloud collaborations

Nvidia's India AI partnerships range from cloud providers to global system integrators and major industrial software firms.

BUSINESS

Anthropic India revenue run rate doubled since October; Enterprises key to last-mile AI integration, says Irina Ghose

When asked about the recent sell-off in the Indian IT stocks due to Claude Cowork, Ghose told Moneycontrol the intent is to "complement, coexist (and) build things together".

TECHNOLOGY

AI Summit: Invideo, Google Cloud unveil expanded partnership to debut AI filmmaking workflows

Invideo is set to showcase these workflows at the upcoming India AI Film Festival that will be held on February 17 in New Delhi, in conjunction with the AI Impact Summit.

TECHNOLOGY

Inside Sarvam AI’s rapid-fire launches ahead of the India AI Impact Summit

From live AI dubbing of the Union Budget to speech, vision, and state-backed compute infrastructure, Sarvam AI is rolling out a broad stack of products in the run-up to the India AI Impact Summit.

STARTUP

JetSynthesys buys EverMerge from Big Fish Games to bolster its global gaming footprint

JetSynthesys plans to scale EverMerge’s reach into new high-growth regions including India.

TECHNOLOGY

YouTube's revenue surpassed $60 billion in 2025, says Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai

Google now has 325 million paid subscriptions across consumer services, led by strong adoption for Google One and YouTube Premium, said Sundar Pichai.

TECHNOLOGY

Google parent set to double 2026 spending to $185 billion amid intensifying AI race

Alphabet's aggressive AI spending comes on the back of strong revenue growth momentum. It crossed the $400 billion annual revenue mark for the first time.