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    • OpenAI hires Indian-origin executive Arvind KC as Chief People Officer

      As AI reshapes how work gets done, Arvind KC is expected to help OpenAI grow and navigate the transition.

    • Beyond ChatGPT: Eros' Ridhima Lulla bets on its culture-first AI to rewrite Indian storytelling

      Eros has also launched Eros Universe, a new creator platform designed to democratise filmmaking by giving AI tools and intellectual property access to aspiring creators.

    • Popcorn goes smart: PVR INOX bets on AI for F&B upsell, more turnout at snack counters

      In addition to driving in-cinema F&B sales via AI, the multipex chain is also focusing on outdoor events like the IPL and music concerts to grow F&B revenue.

    • Wishlink raises $17.5 million in Series B funding led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia, India

      The funding will be used to scale creator and brand partnerships and build technology across consumers, creators, and brands.

    • From viral reels to registered firms: How Sebi rules are resetting India’s finfluencer economy

      Some finance influencers have opted to pivot — not away from content, but into businesses that can legally monetise the trust they’ve built, like Shashank Udupa, who has launched Vayu Capital, or Sharan Hegde's The 1% Club, one of the first finfluencer-led platforms to secure a Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) licence.

    • How Dhurandhar turned popcorn into profits for PVR INOX, other multiplexes

      While blockbuster films are traditionally measured by box office collections, Dhurandhar proved that runtime and audience engagement can significantly influence ancillary revenues like F&B sales.

    • Miltenyi Biotec sees big India opportunity as it advances Made‑for‑India CAR‑T therapies

      Miltenyi is preparing to bring its pipeline of cancer and autoimmune‑targeted therapies to India.

    • AI will remain a technology tool, leaders will decide how to use it, says Accenture CEO Julie Sweet

      Headlines of fewer jobs, opportunity and less human relevance are wrong, as humans will continue to lead in decision making, Sweet predicted

    • OPINION | Purposeful Personalisation: AI-driven transformation in financial engagement

      Financial institutions must move beyond generic outreach. They should adopt unified platforms and agentic AI to deliver timely, personalised, context-aware engagement. This builds trust, boosts conversion, and increases customer lifetime value

    • OPINION | The AI threat to Indian IT services is real but the doom narrative is overblown

      Markets often swing between excessive optimism and excessive pessimism. The recent correction reflects genuine uncertainty. Yet writing off Indian IT as structurally impaired is not well-thought through 

    • OPINION | Evaluating India’s generative AI copyright framework and the DPIIT proposal

      DPIIT proposes a mandatory blanket AI training licence with revenue-based royalties, raising concerns over fairness, rate-setting, compliance burdens, and unresolved personality rights implications 

    • Software isn’t dead, but its cozy business model might be

      Companies must rethink their charging policy to reflect tasks completed rather than number of users

    • OPINION | Life in the Age of Subscriptions: We don’t buy, we just auto-renew

      What started as convenience has turned into a permanent monthly tax on entertainment, software, and simply existing online. From streaming sports to cloud storage, modern digital life is less about choice and more about recurring payments 

    • OPINION | Digital Colonialism: The new East India Company in AI

      From the East India Company to AI giants, the structure feels familiar. India supplies talent and data while the platforms, ownership, and profits increasingly live elsewhere 

    • 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.

    • OPINION | Legacy systems might survive AI, but old strategies will not

      Artificial intelligence will not merely modernise legacy systems. It will reorder economic advantage and geopolitical power. For India, the real danger is not slow adoption, but assuming disruption will arrive on our terms By

    • 3-hour takedown rule shakes up influencers, agencies; creators fear financial risks

      Creators are mostly worried about content being wrongly reported under the compressed timeline which applies across all categories of unlawful content, including but not limited to synthetically generated information (SGI) or AI generated content.

    • OPINION | From AI anxiety to AI impact: Why the Delhi summit matters

      The India-AI Impact Summit 2026 begins in the capital today. An outline of the backdrop to the Summit and a framework to judge its outcome follow 

    • ixigo acquires majority stake in Spain's online travel solutions firm for Rs 125 crore

      ixigo will acquire an upfront majority stake of 60% in Trenes, the second-largest train OTA in Spain, marking a significant milestone in ixigo’s international expansion into Europe.

    • IndiGo-led flight disruptions impact Yatra’s air bookings by Rs 48 crore

      Last-minute cancellations, where advance vendor payments had already been made, resulted in working capital blockage and higher finance costs during the December quarter.

    • How Flipkart hit a six with Rs 1-crore Namibia deal

      Flipkart also got a cracker of a deal because this is an off-season period for e-commerce companies

    • Tech firms want 3-hour takedown rule revisited, will write to MeitY

      Trade bodies are preparing representations to MeitY, warning that newly notified IT rules will introduce major compliance burdens without consultation and could lead to over-censorship of lawful content

    • India’s AI summit and the hard work ahead

      India’s AI summit is a geopolitical milestone, but milestones do not equal tech-mastery. The harder test is whether summit diplomacy can translate into the long, difficult work of building real technological capability at home

    • From IIT Roorkee to IIM Indore, college campuses are minting India’s next esports superstars

      About 30 to 40% of the new talent pool is coming from colleges and from grassroot levels, pointed out Krafton's Karan Pathak.

    • OPINION | How Indian founders without fancy credentials beat pedigreed returnees

      New research shows that it’s home-grown entrepreneurs who are champions. Having survived harsh operating conditions, they outperform entrepreneurs with a foreign pedigree used to working in an environment of abundance. Government, please note 

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