AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(3rd April 2025):
✅ Chinese Tech Giants (ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent)
- NVIDIA H20 GPU Orders:
These major Chinese companies have collectively placed orders worth $16 billion for NVIDIA’s H20 GPUs. The purchases are driven by the expanding AI ecosystem in China and the need for chips that comply with US export restrictions.
✅ OpenAI
- Cricket & Indian Market Focus:
Sam Altman expressed his wish to play cricket with Sachin Tendulkar. He noted the trend of Ghibli-style AI images and highlighted India’s importance as a key market. OpenAI is exploring partnerships (e.g., with Reliance Jio) and plans to reduce ChatGPT subscription costs to boost adoption.
- Research Benchmark & AI Models:
OpenAI introduced *PaperBench*, a benchmark to assess AI agents’ ability to replicate advanced AI research, and revised cost estimates for its advanced o3 "reasoning" model in solving ARC-AGI problems.
- Philanthropy & Corporate Transition:
An expert group is being formed to advise on OpenAI’s philanthropic initiatives as it transitions from a nonprofit (now a capped-profit entity) to a traditional for-profit corporation.
- Image-Generation Feature:
Their latest ChatGPT image-generation tool has seen explosive popularity—with over 700 million images created by 130 million users, particularly fueling interest from India.
✅ Infosys
- Formula E Stats Centre:
Infosys, in partnership with Formula E, launched an AI-powered analytics platform (powered by Infosys Topaz) that offers real-time race insights and interactive statistics. The project also involved migrating Formula E’s data lake to Google Cloud.
✅ DeepLearning.AI
- Data Analytics Professional Certificate:
In collaboration with Coursera and led by Netflix’s Sean Barnes, DeepLearning.AI introduced a professional certificate program. The course series covers Python, SQL, statistics, and data storytelling—aiming to democratize AI education as emphasized by co-founder Andrew Ng.
✅ E2E Cloud
- NVIDIA H200 GPU Cluster:
E2E Cloud launched one of India’s largest GPU clusters, featuring 2,048 NVIDIA H200 GPUs across Delhi NCR and Chennai. Integrated with their TIR AI/ML Platform, this infrastructure is geared for training advanced AI models and supporting real-time applications.
✅ ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC India)
- AI-Ready Data Centre Campus:
STT GDC India launched a new INR 450 Crore AI-ready data centre campus in Kolkata. Scheduled to be live in Q2 2025, the facility will offer high-density racks, advanced cooling, and scalability to support AI and high-performance workloads.
✅ Anthropic
- Claude for Education:
Anthropic launched Claude for Education—a specialized AI tool aimed at supporting teaching, learning, and administrative tasks in universities. It includes features like a dedicated Learning Mode and campus-wide access.
✅ Thoughtworks
- Leadership Appointment:
Thoughtworks named Kaushik Sarkar as the regional managing director for Europe, the Middle East, and India (EMEI). His role will focus on driving growth and expanding the company’s AI-driven software and data expertise across various sectors.
✅ Keysight Technologies
- AI Data Center Builder:
Keysight introduced a software suite that simulates real-world AI workloads to validate and optimize data center infrastructure. The tool is part of their KAI architecture and has already shown success with partners like Juniper Networks.
✅ Scapia
- Funding & Product Expansion:
The travel fintech startup Scapia secured $40 million in Series B funding led by Peak XV Partners. The funds will be used to expand their AI-driven travel and financial services, including enhancements to their co-branded travel credit card with Federal Bank.
