AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(06th March 2025):

✅ Alibaba

- QwQ 32B Model Release & Investment:

Alibaba unveiled QwQ 32B, a 32-billion parameter AI model under its Qwen umbrella—comparable in performance to larger models like DeepSeek-R1. Alongside its open-source release and various specialized models (e.g., QwQ-Max-Preview, Wan 2.1), Alibaba announced a major commitment of over $52 billion in cloud computing and AI over the next three years.

✅ Google

- AI Mode for Search:

Google introduced “AI Mode” for Search, an experimental feature powered by a custom version of Gemini 2.0. It uses a “query fan-out” technique to deliver detailed, multi-part answers. The mode is available to Google One AI Premium subscribers and extends Google’s efforts with AI Overviews and a Data Science Agent for Colab.

- Enhanced Shopping & AR Features:

The company is also upgrading its Shopping tab with new AI and augmented reality (AR) capabilities. “Vision Match” helps users describe clothing items for matching product suggestions, while expanded AR features enable virtual makeup try-ons and fitting for apparel.

✅ Microsoft

- AI Sales Agents for 365 Copilot:

Microsoft announced two new AI-powered sales tools—Sales Agent and Sales Chat—for Microsoft 365 Copilot. These agents, set for a public preview in May, integrate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Salesforce to autonomously manage leads and deliver real-time CRM insights.

- AI Accelerator for Sales:

In addition to its new agents, Microsoft launched the AI Accelerator for Sales program to support businesses in migrating to AI-enhanced processes.

✅ Agora

- Conversational AI Engine:

Agora launched a public beta of its conversational AI engine, which supports interactive voice experiences using any AI model. Featuring ultra-low latency responses and built-in noise suppression, the engine is built on Agora’s TEN framework and leverages Oracle for cloud infrastructure.

✅ Meta

- GibberLink Hackathon Project:

Two Meta engineers developed GibberLink during a weekend hackathon. This proof-of-concept enables AI agents to communicate over the phone in a robotic language using the GGWave protocol—potentially reducing computational costs in scenarios where AI-driven customer service is expanding.

✅ Anthropic

- AI Safety Commitments Removal:

Anthropic has removed several of its voluntary AI safety commitments—initially made in 2023—in a move that coincides with broader shifts in US AI policy. While some safety measures remain, the change follows similar steps by other AI companies.

✅ OpenAI

- GPT-4.5 Rollout:

OpenAI is rolling out its new GPT-4.5 model to ChatGPT Plus subscribers. The update claims improvements in world knowledge, emotional intelligence, and reduced hallucination rates, although it remains expensive to run.

- Specialized AI Agents:

OpenAI is reportedly planning to launch specialized AI “agents” for diverse applications—priced between $2,000 and $20,000 per month—with SoftBank committing $3 billion to these efforts amid significant operating losses.

- Voice Engine Update:

OpenAI’s Voice Engine, capable of cloning voices from a 15-second sample, remains in limited preview. Safety safeguards such as watermarking and consent requirements are in place as the company addresses regulatory and misuse concerns.

✅ Apple

- App Store Review Summaries:

With iOS 18.4 now in public beta, Apple is introducing AI-powered summaries of App Store reviews. Using its Apple Intelligence and large language models, the feature distills reviews into short, weekly-updated summaries—initially available in English for US users.

✅ Prime Video

- AI-Assisted Dubbing Test:

Prime Video is testing AI-assisted dubbing for select licensed movies and TV shows. The pilot, offering English and Latin American Spanish dubbing, combines AI with human oversight and follows trends seen in similar services by Deepdub and YouTube.

✅ OpenAI- NextGenAI Consortium:OpenAI launched NextGenAI with 15 research institutions, offering $50 million in funding, compute resources, and API access to advance AI in research and education. CEO Sam Altman highlighted its potential on social media.- Corporate Restructuring & Legal Updates:A federal judge denied Elon Musk’s attempt to block OpenAI’s conversion to a for-profit entity, while a former researcher (Alec Radford) has been subpoenaed in a copyright infringement lawsuit.- Agentic AI Commentary:Bret Taylor —founder of Sierra and OpenAI board chair—discussed the promise of “agentic AI” at Mobile World Congress, noting its advantages over traditional chatbots.✅ Teachmint & Edtech- Teachmint X2:Edtech startup Teachmint introduced Teachmint X2, an interactive flat panel certified by Google’s EDLA. In the samespace , Supertron Electronics Private Limited also unveiled AI-enabled interactive panels for classrooms.✅ Accenture- AI Expansion:Accenture bolstered its AI capabilities by acquiring Danish firm Halfspace - an AI company (adding nearly 80 AI specialists) and investing in AI analytics company Aaru to enhance customer behavior prediction and market trend analysis.✅ Zoho (IDC Study)- SaaS Implementation Delays:An IDC study commissioned by Zoho found that 75% of Indian enterprises using SaaS since 2020 have experienced significant delays—with timeline overruns averaging 57% and cost increases of 43%, leading to notable business losses.✅ Ola & Lenovo- Krutrim 3 Development:Ola Electric partnered with Lenovo to develop Krutrim 3—a 700-billion parameter AI model—and is building India’s largest supercomputer to drive its AI-first cloud, reinforcing its role in India’s digital transformation.✅ Cargill- Digital Workforce Expansion:Cargill announced plans to add 500 digital and technology roles in India, focusing on data engineering, analytics, and AI to reduce outsourcing and boost its global restructuring efforts.✅ Hugging Face & JFrog- Security Integration:Hugging Face teamed up with JFrog to integrate an advanced security scanner on its Hugging Face Hub, significantly reducing false positives and enhancing threat detection in model weights.✅ CoreWeave & Weights & Biases- Acquisition Move:NVIDIA-backed CoreWeave is acquiring Weights & Biases to expand its AI service suite—bridging compute infrastructure and model management for a more integrated development workflow.✅ GitHub- Security Offering Restructure:GitHub is unbundling its Advanced Security (GHAS) features into two standalone products—“Secret Protection” and “Code Security”—to allow teams to adopt security features individually, alongside launching a free secret risk assessment tool.✅ Keysight Technologies, Samsung & NVIDIA- AI-Enhanced Networks:In a collaboration, Keysight Technologies, Samsung Electronics, and NVIDIA are developing AI models to boost radio access network (RAN) performance for 5G-Advanced and 6G, with lab tests showing a 30% improvement in cell edge throughput.✅ Amazon / AWS- Agentic AI Division:Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a dedicated division focused on agentic AI, restructuring its AI and hardware units (including merging Bedrock and SageMaker) to accelerate innovation.- Nova Reasoning Model:Amazon is set to release a new “Nova” branded reasoning model by June—aiming for improved cost efficiency and competitive performance in tasks like math and science.- Hybrid Model Development:Reports also indicate Amazon is developing another hybrid reasoning model that combines fast responses with deeper, more complex analysis.✅ SAP Labs India, Deloitte & Arise Ventures- 2025 Startup Studio Cohort:The trio launched a program supporting women-founded tech startups in the CPG, Retail, and G&PS sectors, providing mentorship, market access, and investor connections to foster AI-driven innovations.

AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(04th March 2025):

✅ Jio Platforms Limited (JPL)

JPL, in collaboration with AMD, Cisco, and Nokia, announced an Open Telecom AI Platform at MWC 2025. AMD provides computing power, Cisco integrates networking tech, and Nokia contributes broadband expertise.

✅ Anthropic

Anthropic raised $3.5B in Series E funding, reaching a $61.5B valuation. The investment supports AI research and expansion. The company also launched Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code, integrating into Replit, Thomson Reuters, and Alexa+.

✅ Perplexity & Astra

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas invested in Astra, an AI startup developing AI Sales Agents. Perplexity is also working on Comet, an AI web browser, and integrating AI search into Paytm.

✅ Klarna

Klarna moved away from Salesforce and 1,200 SaaS tools, consolidating data with Neo4j and Cursor AI to improve productivity.

✅ Google

Google launched a Data Science Agent in Colab, automating tasks like data cleaning and modeling. It also open-sourced SpeciesNet, an AI model identifying animals from camera trap photos.

✅ TakeMe2Space

The SpaceTech startup raised ₹5.5 crore to launch MOI-1, India’s first AI lab in space, expanding global satellite subsystems.

✅ TSMC

TSMC increased its US investment to $165B, adding three fabrication plants and R&D centers in Arizona.

✅ Stability AI & Arm

Stability AI partnered with Arm to enable on-device AI-generated audio via Stable Audio Open, optimizing processing speeds by 30x on Arm CPUs.

✅ Vermillio

Vermillio secured $16M in Series A funding, led by Sony Music Entertainment, to scale its AI licensing and IP protection platform, TraceID.

✅ Wipro and GE HealthCare

Wipro and GE launched Versana Premier R3, an AI-powered ultrasound system under the "Make in India" initiative.

✅ AT&S AG

The Austrian firm opened an IT Shared Service Center in Pune, supporting global operations.

✅ Microsoft

Microsoft unveiled Dragon Copilot, an AI assistant streamlining healthcare workflows.

✅ Deutsche Telekom & Perplexity AI

DT is developing an "AI Phone" with "Magenta AI," launching in 2026 with integrated AI-powered tasks.

✅ Podcastle

Podcastle introduced Asyncflow v1.0, an AI text-to-speech model with 450+ voices, competing with ElevenLabs.

✅ Other News

- AI use in Hollywood sparked debate at the Oscars.

- NVIDIA’s Blackwell chips may be reaching China via third-party traders.

- California proposed SB 53, protecting AI whistleblowers and creating CalCompute.

AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(03rd March 2025):

✅ Together Fund

- Launched Together AI Studio, a 12-week venture-building program in India for AI-first startups.

- Offers up to $1M in funding, mentorship, US-India network, and $600K+ in cloud credits.

- Focus areas: AI-driven business applications, healthcare, and frontier AI research.

✅ AJVC (A Junior VC)

- Closed its ₹100 crore inaugural fund, exceeding its target.

- Plans to invest in 12-15 startups annually, with a focus on AI, SaaS, and consumer tech.

- Already invested in five AI startups.

✅ Progress

- Appointed Ed Keisling as its first Chief AI Officer (CAIO) to lead AI strategy and development.

- Keisling was previously SVP of engineering at Progress.

✅ Flora

- AI startup founded by Weber W. to create a unified platform for creative professionals.

- Features an "infinite canvas" integrating AI-generated text, images, and videos.

- Free version available; paid plans start at $16/month.

✅ Google

- Introduced real-time interactive features for its Gemini AI assistant at MWC 2025.

- "Screenshare" lets users ask questions about shared phone screens.

- Video search feature enables queries about recorded videos.

✅ UBTECH Robotics

- Completed multi-humanoid robot collaborative training at Zeekr’s 5G Intelligent Factory.

- Robots performed sorting, handling, and precision assembly tasks using BrainNet software.

✅ Amazon Web Services (AWS)

- Announced new AWS Outposts offerings for telecom service providers at MWC 2025.

- Includes Outposts racks and servers for 5G Core and RAN workloads.

- Collaborating with Nokia; major telecom operators are adopting these solutions.

✅ Apple

- Siri’s major AI upgrade delayed until 2027 as part of Apple Intelligence.

- iOS 19 in 2026 will bring some AI improvements, but full generative AI capabilities expected in iOS 20.

- Faces competition from Alexa+, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot.

✅ Opera

- Launching Browser Operator, an AI agent that automates website tasks.

- Will be part of Opera’s Feature Drop program.

- Competing with OpenAI’s Operator and Perplexity’s Comet browser.

✅ Jolla (Venho.ai)

- Introducing Mindy, a privacy-focused AI assistant.

- Can integrate with apps, summarize content, and generate AI agents on the fly.

- Available via subscription ($10/month) and on the Mind2 Jolla AI device.

✅ ReaLJam (Google DeepMind Collaboration)

- AI-powered tool for real-time jam sessions with musicians.

- Uses reinforcement learning and a "waterfall display" for smooth play.

- Received positive feedback from experienced musicians.

AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(02nd March 2025):

✅ Teleperformance SE & Sanas

Teleperformance SE is deploying AI-powered "accent translation" technology in its Indian call centers. Developed by Sanas with a $13M investment, this tool enhances clarity for international clients while reducing background noise. The company maintains a balance between AI and human interaction, though concerns about cultural identity loss persist.

✅ Krutrim AI Lab

Krutrim AI Lab launched Chitrarth, a multimodal Vision-Language Model (VLM) supporting ten Indian languages. Built to address linguistic limitations in existing AI models, it enhances applications in education, e-commerce, and more. The company plans further advancements, including a supercomputer in collaboration with NVIDIA.

✅ OpenAI

- GPT-4.5: focusing on usability and reducing hallucinations by 40%. Despite improved accuracy and conversational abilities, its high cost and limited availability ($200/month plan) may hinder widespread use.

✅ Meta

Meta plans to launch a standalone AI app in Q2 2024, aiming to surpass Google and OpenAI. While its vast user base is an advantage, privacy concerns and potential subscription fees could be hurdles.

✅ Purpleant Technologies

Purpleant introduced BotWot iCX, a multimodal AI-powered platform for marketing, service, and customer retention. Targeting industries like e-commerce and banking, it offers AI-driven content generation and decision automation. The platform is globally available from March 1, 2025.

✅ SoftBank Group Corp.

CEO Masayoshi Son plans to borrow $16B for AI investments, with another $8B possible in 2026. This aligns with SoftBank’s previous efforts, including a $15B commitment to Stargate, a joint venture with Oracle and OpenAI.

✅ Google DeepMind

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis dismissed concerns over DeepSeek AI’s capabilities, stating Google’s technology is superior. Google also addressed changes to its AI Principles, particularly regarding AI’s use in weapons and surveillance.

✅ Samsung Electronics

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy A56 5G, A36 5G, and A26 5G. These mid-range smartphones feature AMOLED displays, 50MP cameras, and extended software support (six OS updates, six years of security patches). Prices range from ₹26,200–₹48,000.

✅ Baykar Technologies

Turkey successfully tested Bayraktar KEMANKEŞ 1, an AI-guided mini cruise missile designed for UAVs. Weighing 30 kg with a 200 km range, it enhances Turkey’s defense capabilities and export potential.

✅ Dukaan®

CEO Suumit Shah replaced 90% of Dukaan’s customer service workforce with AI chatbots in 2023. While reducing response times, the move has sparked debates over automation's impact on employment.

✅ Other News

- Andrej Karpathy introduced "vibe coding," where AI handles most coding tasks, sparking debate on AI’s role in software development.

- States of Jersey Police are testing AI for witness interview transcription, ensuring ethical compliance.

AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(01st March 2025):

✅ DeepSeek AI

- Reported a 545% theoretical daily profit margin for inference services but earns less due to discounts and free services.

- Revenue & Costs: Theoretical daily revenue: $562K; NVIDIA H800 GPU costs: $87K.

- Upcoming Models: DeepSeek R2 to launch earlier than planned.

- Market Impact: DeepSeek R1’s launch led to an NVIDIA stock drop, though NVIDIA's CEO highlighted increased AI compute demand.

✅ NVIDIA

- Supplies H800 GPUs to DeepSeek, which incurs $87K daily costs.

- DeepSeek R1 affected NVIDIA’s stock, emphasizing the hardware-AI service dependency.

✅ OpenAI Startup Fund

- Manages $175M + $114M in special purpose vehicles; invests in robotics (1X, Figure AI), healthcare AI (Ambience Healthcare, Thrive), coding (Anysphere), and ed-tech (Heeyo, Class Companion).

- Notable investments: Harvey AI (success), Ghost Autonomy (underperforming).

- Co-invests with top VCs and participates in multiple funding rounds.

✅ Mistral AI

- A French OpenAI rival, valued at $6B, with backing from Microsoft, IBM.

- Products: Chat assistant Le Chat, AI models Mistral Large 2, Codestral.

- Funding: Raised $1.04B; exploring an IPO.

✅ Google

- Sergey Brin's Memo: Encouraged a 60-hour workweek to accelerate AI/AGI development, though not an official policy change.

- Sheets Update: Integrated AI model Gemini for trend analysis, heatmaps, and Python-driven insights in Google Workspace.

✅ OpenAI

- Sora Integration: AI video tool Sora to be embedded in ChatGPT, with fewer controls than the web version.

- New Developments: Exploring a Sora mobile app, an AI image generator for photorealistic results, and an upgrade to Sora Turbo.

✅ SymbyAI

- Scientific AI SaaS platform optimizing research workflows.

- Raised $2.1M seed funding to expand team and partnerships.

- Provides AI-powered peer review, replication assistance, and data privacy-focused solutions.

✅ Mozilla

- Clarified Firefox Terms of Use after backlash, stating no changes in data privacy.

- Critics worry broad terms could imply AI/ad use of user-uploaded data, despite Mozilla’s denials.

✅ Microsoft

- Skype Retirement (May 2025): Users transition to Microsoft Teams (free), with chat and contact migration.

- Interoperability: Skype-Teams messaging will work during the transition.

- Paid Skype features will be phased out for new users but continue for existing subscribers until renewal.

Tencent has launched its new AI model, Hunyuan Turbo S, which claims faster query responses via a “hybrid‐mamba‐transformer fusion architecture.” By doubling output speed and reducing first‐word delay, the model competes head‐to‐head with rivals such as DeepSeek‑V3, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and GPT‑4o. This launch intensifies China’s competitive AI landscape, where Alibaba’s Qwen innovations and DeepSeek’s anticipated R2 release also shape the race.Snowflake is opening a 30,000‑square‑foot Silicon Valley AI Hub in Menlo Park, California, to serve as a collaborative space for developers, startups, and business leaders. In parallel, the company announced a $200 million investment in AI startups via its Startup Accelerator along with a $20 million commitment toward AI upskilling, further bolstering its leadership in the AI cloud arena.Meta unveiled Aria Gen 2, an advanced iteration of its AR research glasses for AI, robotics, and machine perception. With enhanced sensors, on‑device AI processing, and improved usability in a 75‑gram frame offering 6‑8 hours of battery life, the glasses mark a significant upgrade. Meta is also developing a standalone app for its AI assistant to better compete with offerings like ChatGPT and Gemini.FOSS United, with support from Zerodha, awarded a ₹9,00,000 grant to Prasun Anand’s Zasper—an open‑source alternative to JupyterLab designed for massive concurrency and efficiency—to improve its user experience, platform support, and performance.Ford Business Solutions has expanded its Global Capability Center in Bengaluru, India, focusing on cybersecurity, DevOps, and AI while planning to hire an additional 2,000 employees, thereby strengthening its long‑standing digital presence.Rigetti Computing and Quanta Computer have forged a strategic partnership to advance superconducting quantum computing, with each committing to investments exceeding $100 million over the next five years.Honeywell introduced Digital Holographic Microscopy, an AI‑powered diagnostic tool that accelerates medical testing for peritoneal dialysis patients and supports environmental monitoring.Soket Labs leads Project EKA, an initiative to develop advanced foundation models tailored to India’s linguistic and socio‑economic needs, aiming to democratize AI access in education, healthcare, and national security.OpenAI has launched GPT‑4.5 (Orion), its largest language model yet, now available in research preview for ChatGPT Pro subscribers. Praised for enhanced writing, factual accuracy, and persuasive capabilities, GPT‑4.5 comes with premium token pricing and follows the release of its video generation model, Sora, now accessible in select regions.Netflix is recruiting remote Machine Learning Scientists and Engineers for its Content & Media ML Foundations team to drive innovations in content personalization and advertising.Microsoft introduced a dedicated Copilot app for macOS, offering users a standalone AI chatbot experience.Figure plans early alpha testing of its Figure 02 humanoid robot in home environments, propelled by a new generalist Vision‑Language‑Action model.TikTok is migrating from its Creator Marketplace to the TikTok One platform, which integrates AI‑powered creative tools for brands and creators.Other updates include the development of the Hi Robot system for executing complex tasks with vision‑language models, Karnataka’s Cabinet approving over ₹400 crores for tech infrastructure and startup support, and research revealing that training on insecure code can trigger toxic AI behavior.

AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(27th Feb 2025):

✅ Amazon

- Alexa+ Launch: Amazon introduced Alexa+, a next-gen assistant powered by Anthropic’s Claude, free for Prime members. It integrates with Amazon Bedrock LLMs, features "experts" for various services, and includes AI-driven document summarization.

- Alexa+ Pricing & Features: The premium version will cost $19.99/month, with early access on select Echo devices. New features include "Explore with Alexa" and "Stories with Alexa" for kids.

- AI Model Strategy: Alexa+ operates on a model-agnostic system, selecting the best AI model (including Nova and Anthropic models) for each query.

✅ Microsoft

- Phi-4 SLMs: Launched Phi-4-multimodal (5.6B parameters) and Phi-4-mini (3.8B parameters), optimized for resource-constrained environments, multimodal reasoning, and long-sequence processing.

✅ Infosys

- Project Development Centre in Guwahati: Opened a 230-member tech center, supporting Assam’s IT growth strategy.

✅ Snowflake

- OpenAI Integration: Snowflake is integrating OpenAI’s newest models into its Cortex AI platform, making it the only platform hosting both OpenAI and Anthropic models.

- Financial Growth: Reported 28% YoY growth, targeting $4.28 billion revenue in 2026.

✅ ElevenLabs

- Scribe Launch: Released Scribe, a speech-to-text model supporting 99 languages, outperforming competitors in accuracy. Future plans include a low-latency real-time version.

✅ Tech Mahindra & Qualcomm

- IndusQ LLM Integration: Tech Mahindra’s IndusQ LLM will integrate with Qualcomm AI Hub, enhancing on-device AI capabilities and supporting Hindi & 37 dialects.

✅ DeepLearning.AI

- New Course: Launched a free AI-powered app development course using Codeium's Windsurf platform.

✅ Hume AI

- Octave TTS Model: Released Octave, an expressive text-to-speech LLM, surpassing ElevenLabs in human preference tests.

✅ Krutrim

- Hiring Expansion: India’s first AI unicorn is expanding global AI hiring across Palo Alto, San Francisco, Singapore, and Bengaluru after a ₹2,000 crore investment.

✅ New Relic & ServiceNow

- AI Integration: Partnered to integrate AI-driven observability insights into ServiceNow. Introduced "Predictions", a feature using ML to forecast IT issues.

✅ upGrad

- AI Incubator: Investing ₹100 crore to fund and acquire early-stage AI startups, focusing on AI-driven education and skilling.

✅ AWS

- Ocelot Quantum Chip: AWS unveiled Ocelot, a quantum chip that reduces error correction costs by 90%, using a cat qubit architecture.

✅ Unique

- $30M Series A Funding: Swiss startup Unique raised $30 million to develop agentic AI for financial services, automating research, compliance, and KYC processes.

✅ Apple

- iPhone 16e Launch: Introduced iPhone 16e ($599), featuring the A18 chip for Apple Intelligence, but lacking Dynamic Island, MagSafe, and higher screen brightness.

✅ Lonestar & Phison

- Lunar Data Center: Launched the first lunar SSD-based data center with SpaceX, targeting secure, off-world storage solutions.

✅ Nvidia

- Earnings & AI Strategy: Reported record $39.3B revenue, with data center sales doubling. CEO dismissed concerns over DeepSeek R1, stating AI reasoning models will drive more demand for Nvidia chips.

✅ Stanford (Inception)

- Diffusion-Based LLMs: Startup Inception unveiled a diffusion-based LLM (DLM), claiming 10x speed & cost efficiency over traditional LLMs.

✅ Continue

- $3M Seed Funding & Open-Source AI Coding Assistant: Launched version 1.0 of its AI coding assistant, allowing customizable development workflows.

✅ Bridgetown Research

- $19M Funding for AI Due Diligence: Developed AI agents for automated investment due diligence, reducing analysis time to 24 hours.

✅ Other News

- LossFunk & IIT Roorkee: Developed Implicit Preference Optimization (IPO), a new AI alignment method eliminating the need for external reward models.