TECHNOLOGY
Budget's AVGC labs proposal a 'landmark step', will expand creative talent pool, top executives say
In Budget 2026, FM Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to support IICT in setting up AVGC Content Creator labs with an outlay of Rs 250 crore
TECHNOLOGY
Meta India's net profit grows 28.3% to Rs 647.5 crore in FY25; Gross ad revenue up 29%
Meta India's revenue from operations grew by 25 percent YoY to Rs 3,792.9 crore in FY25 while total expenses increased by 22.6 percent.
STARTUP
Zupee cuts 200 jobs amid organisational restructuring
Zupee said it intends to sharpen focus on core growth areas including culturally-rooted online social games and emerging content formats.
TECHNOLOGY
Google India's gross FY25 ad revenue rises 11.3% to Rs 34,742 crore
Google India's revenue from operations saw a rare 3 percent decline to Rs 5,340.1 crore, down from Rs 5,518.1 crore the previous year.
TECHNOLOGY
India's AI strategy should be application-led over frontier model development, says Economic Survey 2026
The Economic Survey notes that India's strategy must also encourage innovation on open-source and open-weight platforms which will enable the country to achieve more with less resources.
TECHNOLOGY
2026 will be the year AI 'dramatically' changes the way Meta works, says Mark Zuckerberg
AI agents are "really beginning to work," unlocking the ability to build completely new products and transform how the company works, said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
TECHNOLOGY
Meta signals massive 2026 AI spending surge, plans up to $135 billion outlay
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that 2026 will be a big year for delivering personal super intelligence, building infrastructure for the future, and shaping how the company will work going forward
BUSINESS
Davos 2026: Govt to release online gaming rules within 15 days, says Ashwini Vaishnaw
In an interview to Moneycontrol, union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said they have had a 'tremendous amount' of consultation with various stakeholders.
BUSINESS
Pocket FM ropes in former Meta scientist Vasu Sharma to spearhead its AI efforts
Former Meta AI scientist Vasu Sharma said he will focus on advancing the Pocket LLMs and bolstering Pocket FM's creative assistant, AI CoPilot, for writers everywhere.
TECHNOLOGY
Davos 2026: Indian govt taking a responsible, thoughtful approach to AI innovation, says Meta's Joel Kaplan
Meta's global policy chief Joel Kaplan told Moneycontrol that application layer is the right place for India to make the investment since the scale of investment to build foundation models is quite significant.
TECHNOLOGY
Davos 2026: India 'hugely important' for Meta's wearable and AI device strategy, says CTO Andrew Bosworth
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth told Moneycontrol at Davos 2026 that the social media giant is eager to bring its wearables to India, since the demand has been huge.
TECHNOLOGY
Davos 2026: India should focus on applied AI, there are enough foundation model providers, says Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis
"Indians love AI and they love using it. I think it's going to be a great technology for India economically" Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis told Moneycontrol at Davos 2026
DAVOS-SUMMIT
Davos 2026: Global business talks incomplete without India amid geopolitical uncertainty, says KPMG's Yezdi Nagporewalla
In an interview to Moneycontrol, KPMG India CEO Yezdi Nagporewalla said that AI still dominates a huge amount of conversations among CEOs.
TECHNOLOGY
Davos 2026: AI is continuously improving despite perception that excitement has faded, says Andrew Ng
In an interview to Moneycontrol at Davos 2026, Andrew Ng speaks about why open source should be key to India's AI strategy, why fears of mass AI-driven job losses are overstated, Google's comeback and the 'white-hot' AI race
TECHNOLOGY
Davos 2026: US becoming less immigrant-friendly is a 'huge unforced error', says Andrew Ng
The United States has steadily tightened its visa regime since President Donald Trump returned to power in 2024.
TECHNOLOGY
Davos 2026: Are we in an AI bubble? Andrew Ng says it depends on where you look
In an interview to Moneycontrol, Andrew Ng says he remains cautiously optimistic and generally bullish about the sector and most of the leading players in the field
TECHNOLOGY
Davos 2026: Google’s having a moment but AI landscape is ‘white hot,’ says Andrew Ng
In an interview to Moneycontrol, Andrew Ng said Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT are the two market leaders in horizontal information discovery but there is room in coding and many other business verticals.
ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE
Davos 2026: Fragmentation a global concern that could slow the pace of AI innovation, says WEF’s Stephan Mergenthaler
AI has been at the heart of the discussions in Davos for several years, but what has shifted is looking at the technology through the lens of practical applications, Mergenthaler told Moneycontrol at Davos 2026.
TECHNOLOGY
ChatGPT to begin testing ads in US as OpenAI accelerates revenue push
OpenAI will start showing ads to users on ChatGPT's free and Go tiers in the United States in the coming weeks.
TECHNOLOGY
Anthropic appoints former Microsoft leader Irina Ghose as India MD
Irina Ghose's appointment as Anthropic India MD comes as the Claude maker gears up to open its first India office in Bengaluru.
TECHNOLOGY
2025 was the year real-money gaming died in India. What next?
Whether the government’s regulatory reset will help make India a global gaming powerhouse or simply shift users, capital, and talent elsewhere remains an open question.
TECHNOLOGY
YouTube to sharpen focus on live content, alternate movie distribution: India MD Gunjan Soni
YouTube’s move comes as connected TV viewership gains traction and hits critical mass in India.
BUSINESS
South Korean firms Krafton, Naver, Mirae Asset launch Rs 6,000 Crore Unicorn Growth Fund to back Indian startups
The fund aims to back startups poised to become unicorns across areas such as AI, fintech, digital content, and logistics.
TECHNOLOGY
Google pledges $15 million, unveils new collaborations to boost India's AI research and developer community
Google's philanthropic arm has committed funding support to government's AI Centres of Excellence, IIT Bombay, Wadhwani AI and startups like CoRover.AI and Gnani.AI
