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

✅ OpenAI

- gpt-image-1 Multimodal Model: Now available via API for text-to-image generation, detailed editing, and style rendering.

- Adoption: Companies like Adobe, Figma, Airtable integrating the API into creative and marketing workflows.

- Global Availability: Safety features in place; token-based pricing applies.

- OpenAI “Open” Model: Plans to release first permissively-licensed reasoning model since GPT-2 in early summer; targets top open-model benchmarks; model card and safety testing pending.

- Windsurf: AI coding assistant slashes prices and simplifies billing; deepening collaboration with OpenAI; potential price-war with Cursor amid acquisition rumors.

✅ Microsoft

- Copilot 365 Updates:

- AI-powered unified search pulling from third-party sources (e.g., Google Drive, Slack).

- “Create” feature leveraging GPT-4o for in-app image generation.

- New Agent Store for partner integrations; built-in Researcher and Analyst agents.

- Copilot Notebooks for real-time insights across data streams; chat-first interface.

✅ Databricks

- $250 Million India Investment: Over three years, focusing on AI and data innovation.

- Local Expansion: Bengaluru R&D center to grow workforce by 50%+.

- India Data + AI Academy: Training 500,000 professionals in data and AI skills.

✅ Persistent Systems

- Q4 FY25 Results:

- Revenue: ₹3,242 crore (up 25% YoY)

- Net profit: ₹395.76 crore (up 25% YoY)

- 20th consecutive quarter of revenue growth; driven by AI-led deals.

- Path to $2 billion annual revenue by FY27.

✅ Perplexity

- New iOS Voice Assistant:

- Features web browsing and multi-app actions (e.g., reservations, emails).

- Activated via iPhone Action Button on supported models.

- Positions itself against Siri; Android version already available.

✅ Accenture

- TalentSprint Acquisition:

- Deep-tech education provider from NSE Academy joins Accenture LearnVantage.

- ~210 TalentSprint employees (including leadership) transition over.

- Bolsters AI, data science, cybersecurity training; part of $1 billion LearnVantage investment.

✅ Vodafone Idea & Cisco

- Network Partnership:

- Deploying Cisco IP/MPLS for upgraded 4G/5G transport network.

- Focus on scalability, reliability, automation.

- Aims for higher speeds, stability, secure enterprise connectivity.

✅ Adobe

- Image Model 4, Vector Model, and video model now generally available.

- New Firefly web app unifies multiple AI generators (Adobe, OpenAI, Google, Flux).

- Introduced Firefly Boards ideation tool; APIs in GA/beta.

- Adobe Content Credentials Tool: Web tool lets creators embed C2PA-standard metadata (creator identity, usage preferences) in images—even non-Adobe files.

✅ Hugging Face

- Hugging Face Energy Estimator: Julien Delavande’s Chat UI-integrated tool estimates AI model energy use per message, analogizing to household appliances.

✅ Dropbox

- Dropbox Dash: Major AI search overhaul—“understanding” across audio/video/images/people; new AI writing tools; deep integrations (Slack, Zoom, Figma); enterprise admin controls for sensitive docs.

✅ Anthropic

- Anthropic “Model Welfare”: Research program exploring potential AI consciousness and moral considerations, despite scientific disputes over machine “experience.”

✅ Engie

- CEO Catherine MacGregor urges resilient electrification and data-centre AI build-out against US tariff risks, with renewable-powered projects.

✅ Pony.ai

- China-based robotaxi firm warns US trade tariffs may slow its global expansion (South Korea, Middle East), though supply chain impact is limited; ramping up China production and Nasdaq listing.

✅ Other News

- DeepSeek Data-Transfer Ruling: South Korea’s PIPC found the Chinese AI startup transferred user prompts abroad without consent; corrective measures and consent framework now mandated.

AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(23nd April 2025):

✅ OpenAI

- Chrome acquisition interest: At Google’s antitrust trial, an OpenAI executive testified the company would buy Google Chrome if forced divestiture occurs, underscoring the browser’s strategic value citeturn17search0.

- Washington Post partnership: Launched a content deal to have ChatGPT summarize and link to Post reporting, expanding OpenAI’s media collaborations to over 20 partners citeturn9news10.

- Image API (gpt-image-1): Made its advanced multimodal image-generation model available to developers via the new Images API, integrated into Adobe Firefly, Figma, and soon Canva and Instacart citeturn18news10.

- GPT-4.1 model release: Debuted GPT-4.1 (and smaller variants), boasting major gains in coding (21%↑ over GPT-4o), instruction following, and a 1-million-token context window citeturn18search0.

✅ Google

- Antitrust trial remedies: DOJ seeks remedies such as selling Chrome and ending default-search deals; Google warns divestiture risks security, while DOJ highlights AI’s synergy with search dominance citeturn17news7.

- Gemini usage stats: Internal data revealed Gemini had 350 million monthly active users in March—up from 9 million daily in October—though it still trails ChatGPT (≈600 million MAU) and Meta AI (≈500 million)

✅ BMW & DeepSeek

- BMW: Will integrate Chinese AI provider DeepSeek’s technology into vehicles sold in China later this year, highlighting the shift toward smart cockpit features.

- DeepSeek: Its AI goes beyond automotive—used in legal drafting and healthcare—and it plans to launch the next-gen R2 model soon.

✅ Descript

- Agentic video editor: Introduced an “AI co-editor” that applies judgment and reasoning to video tasks—scriptwriting, editing, audio fixes, and multilingual versions—akin to a “vibecoding” tool.

✅ LTIMindtree

- Q4 FY25 results: Reported modest profit/revenue growth; dollar revenue dipped slightly, but AI-led order inflows and a Google partnership for Agentic AI underpinned performance.

✅ Ziroh Labs

- Kompact AI: Launched a platform to run large language models efficiently on CPUs (no compression needed), optimizing the math core to maintain quality and speed; IIT Madras partnership boosted model support.

✅ Sand AI

- Magi-1 video model: Released an openly licensed AI for video generation; hosted version censors politically sensitive content (e.g., Xi Jinping, Tiananmen Square) to comply with Chinese regulations.

✅ Anysphere

- Rejected offers: The maker of the Cursor coding assistant turned down acquisition approaches (including from OpenAI) and is now exploring other funding, while OpenAI pursues Windsurf for ~$3 billion.

✅ xAI

- Grok Vision: Added smartphone-camera image analysis, multilingual audio, and real-time search to its Grok chatbot on iOS; available in Voice Mode for Android SuperGrok subscribers.

✅ Noxtua

- €80.7 M Series B: Formerly Xayn, raised a round led by C.H. Beck to build a sovereign European legal AI (“Beck-Noxtua”) trained on German law, hosted on EU cloud infrastructure.

✅ Endor Labs

- $93 M Series B: Pivoted from open-source security to securing AI-generated code, integrating with tools like GitHub Copilot and Cursor, and protecting millions of applications with over 1 M weekly scans.

✅ Fireflies.ai

- 200+ mini apps: Released domain-specific “mini apps” (e.g., BANT Sales, Agent Performance Feedback) to automatically extract actionable insights from meeting transcripts, with integrations into Salesforce, Slack.

✅ TSMC

- A14 manufacturing & System on Wafer-X: Unveiled 2028 chip tech promising 15% faster performance or 30% lower power vs. N2, plus wafer-scale integration of ≥16 chips and memory for AI workloads; new Arizona fabs planned.

✅ Meta

- Ray-Ban smart glasses: Expanded its Meta AI assistant to seven more EU countries (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland), adding voice Q&A, live translation, and a visual assistant feature.

AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(22nd April 2025):

✅ OpenAI

- Native Shopping in ChatGPT: Evidence in production assets shows OpenAI is adding a built‑in shopping experience powered by Shopify, letting users browse and purchase without leaving the chatbot interface. This follows its move away from third‑party plugins and mirrors integrations by rivals like Microsoft and Perplexity.

- Europe Search Growth: OpenAI reports ChatGPT’s web‑powered search feature grew from ~11.2 M to 41.3 M monthly users in six months—nearing the 45 M‑user threshold that would trigger “very large online platform” status under the EU’s Digital Services Act.

✅ Figma

- AI‑Assisted Design: Figma is building features to generate apps from text prompts and uploaded files using Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet model.

- Figma Sites: A drag‑and‑drop tool for creating responsive websites, further embedding AI into Figma’s design workflow to stay competitive amid rising AI coding tools.

✅ ByteDance

- Trae IDE Update: The AI‑powered Trae is introducing “@Agent,” customizable AI specialists with rule‑based coding preferences, plus Model Context Protocol support and deeper chat integration with its native “Builder” agent. Currently free on macOS/Windows, with Linux support on the roadmap.

✅ Perplexity

- DOJ Antitrust Testimony: The AI search start‑up has been asked to testify in the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust suit against Google. Perplexity opposes splitting up Google or forcing sales of Chrome, advocating instead for open user choice in search defaults.

✅ Google DeepMind

- Healthcare Revolution: CEO Demis Hassabis predicts AI will accelerate drug discovery to a degree that diseases could be eliminated within a decade, while cautioning on risks from misuse and urging strong human oversight and ethical frameworks.

✅ Boeing

- Leadership in India: Stacie Sire—after 27 years at Boeing—becomes VP & Managing Director of Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center in Bengaluru and chief engineer for Boeing India, succeeding Ahmed Elsherbini and steering technical strategy locally.

✅ ideaForge Technology

- Wildlife Rescue with Drones: Mumbai‑based ideaForge deployed thermal‑imaging drones over two days, in coordination with the Telangana Forest Department and ICRISAT security, to safely locate, capture, and relocate a leopard on the ICRISAT campus—prompting plans for permanent drone surveillance there.

✅ Huawei

- Ascend 910C AI Chip: Huawei plans mass shipments of its dual‑processor Ascend 910C to Chinese customers in May, providing a domestic alternative to NVIDIA chips restricted by U.S. export controls and supporting China’s AI ambitions despite supply challenges.

✅ Bharti Airtel

- 5G Spectrum Acquisition: Bharti Airtel and subsidiary Bharti Hexacom will acquire 400 MHz in the 26 GHz band from Adani Data Networks across six circles (including Gujarat and Mumbai), pending regulatory clearance, to expand urban 5G capacity.

✅ Rivian

- Board Appointment: Aidan Gomez—CEO of AI firm Cohere—joins the board of electric‑vehicle maker Rivian. His AI expertise is expected to bolster Rivian’s in‑house AI assistant development and its software partnership with Volkswagen.

✅ Manychat

- $140 M Series B: Messaging‑automation platform Manychat raised $140 M to fuel deeper AI integration and global expansion. Serving 1.5 M businesses, it automates Instagram, WhatsApp, and other messaging‑app conversations for engagement and conversion.

✅ Chatbot Arena

- Evaluation Ethics Under Scrutiny: The crowdsourced model‑comparison platform faces criticism for unclear metrics, potential marketing misuse, and reliance on unpaid volunteer work. Experts call for more rigorous, professional benchmarks and ethical safeguards alongside community feedback.

AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(21th April 2025):

✅ Intel

- New CTO & Head of AI: Intel has appointed Sachin Katti as Chief Technology Officer and Head of AI, reporting directly to interim CEO Lip‑Bu Tan.

- Centralized AI Leadership: This move brings all AI strategy, product development, and Intel Labs under one leader to accelerate innovation.

- Flatter Org Structure: As part of a broader reorganization, key technical leaders now have direct access to CEO Lip‑Bu Tan, and the head of government affairs also reports straight to him.

✅ ByteDance

- Seedream 3.0 Launch: ByteDance unveiled Seedream 3.0, its newest image‑generation model.

- Performance Claims: The company asserts it surpasses OpenAI’s GPT‑4o, citing faster generation, a larger training dataset, and support for up to 2K resolution.

- Benchmark Reality: Independent benchmarks place Seedream 3.0 roughly on par with GPT‑4o and ahead of Google’s Imagen 3, especially in rendering Chinese text and preserving IDs in edits.

- Aesthetic Strengths: ByteDance highlights superior color fidelity and overall image clarity versus occasional yellowish tints from GPT‑4o.

✅ AICTE & IG Drones

- 50 Drone Centres of Excellence: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and IG Drones are partnering to set up fifty Drone Centres of Excellence in engineering colleges nationwide.

- Skill Development: These centers will train over 10,000 students per year in drone operation and applications—targeting agriculture, defence, and other sectors.

- “Made in India” Ecosystem: The initiative aligns with the ‘Viksit Bharat’ and Atmanirbhar Bharat (self‑reliance) agendas by fostering indigenous drone innovation.

✅ Meta

- AI Age‑Detection on Instagram: Meta is deploying AI to flag accounts that may be misreporting age on Instagram.

- “Teen Accounts” Protections: Suspected under‑18 users are automatically shifted into restricted Teen Accounts—limiting who can message them and what content they see.

- Safety & Education: The system analyzes signals like birthday‑related posts and reports from other users; Meta is also guiding parents on online age‑discussion and has extended Teen Account protections on Facebook and Messenger.

✅ Huawei

- 910C AI Chip Rollout: Huawei is set to begin mass shipments of its new 910C AI accelerator to Chinese customers as soon as next month.

- Domestic Alternative: Built by pairing two 910B GPUs (manufactured by SMIC or, per some reports, TSMC), the 910C aims to fill the gap left by U.S. export curbs on Nvidia’s H100‑class chips.

- Market Impact: Analysts expect the 910C to become the go‑to high‑performance AI processor for China’s leading tech firms.

✅ Other News

- International PhD Student Visa Issues: An AI doctoral student’s F‑1 SEVIS record was suddenly terminated after a disputed criminal‑records check—despite no conviction.

- Wider Visa Crackdown: This case is among over a thousand similar incidents affecting international researchers under stricter U.S. enforcement, raising fears about deterring global talent and delaying critical R&D.

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AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(20th April 2025):

✅ NVIDIA

- Joined forces with Pfizer to invest in Israeli AI‑driven immunology company CytoReason, underlining its strategy to integrate cutting‑edge biotech AI into its portfolio.

✅ Pfizer

- Co‑led a strategic funding round into CytoReason, signaling major pharma’s recognition of Israeli med‑tech innovation.

✅ CytoReason

- Israeli AI‑powered drug‑discovery platform that secured strategic backing from NVIDIA and Pfizer, reflecting strong appetite for computational immunology solutions.

✅ AISAP

- Developing AI‑based diagnostic tools; highlighted among startups attracting larger, later‑stage rounds despite a general decline in 2024 med‑tech funding.

✅ VI Labs

- Specializes in AI analytics for medical‑device data, securing strategic investments as investors seek platforms to extract clinical insights.

✅ OneStep

- Builds AI‑powered patient mobility‑monitoring systems; cited as part of the digital‑health cohort drawing bigger checks in 2024.

✅ Scale AI

- Valued at \$25 billion, this AI data‑labeling unicorn—co‑founded by Lucy Guo—propelled Guo’s net worth to \$1.25 billion, making her the world’s youngest self‑made female billionaire at age 30.

✅ Backend Capital

- Venture fund launched by Lucy Guo after departing Scale AI; contributes to her growing influence in early‑stage tech investing.

✅ Passes

- Creator platform founded by Lucy Guo, further diversifying her entrepreneurial portfolio alongside Backend Capital.

✅ Avenix Fzco

- Dubai‑based fintech firm that on April 19 introduced Litepips, an AI‑powered trading tool tuned for XAU/USD (gold), leveraging machine‑learning for real‑time market analysis and adaptive algorithms.

✅ Litepips

- Avenix’s new product designed to automate gold trading with high‑frequency‑market strategies to deliver consistent returns across volatile conditions.

✅ OpenAI

- CEO Sam Altman publicly argued that embedding polite language in ChatGPT prompts wastes millions in compute costs and inflates the environmental footprint of large‑language models.

✅ X‑Humanoid

- Developer whose Tiangong Ultra robot completed Beijing’s first humanoid‑robot half‑marathon (April 19, 2025) in 2 h 40 m, marking a milestone despite many entrants struggling with stability and battery life.

✅ Other News

- Forest of Dean District Council (UK) is piloting AI to identify land for 5,400 new homes by 2041, analyzing public feedback and revisiting large‑scale housing concepts before updating its local plan.

- Carole Cadwalladr, award‑winning journalist, delivered a TED Talk on April 20 warning of a “broligarchy”—an alliance of unregulated tech moguls (e.g., Musk, Altman) and authoritarian regimes leveraging AI to manipulate information and erode creative rights.

AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(19th April 2025):

OpenAI

Memory with Search OpenAI’s new “Memory with Search” option allows ChatGPT to pull in remembered details when crafting web‐search queries—refining prompts with context from past conversations to deliver more relevant results. Users who prefer traditional searches can turn this feature off in settings.

Name‑by‑Name Personalization Recently, ChatGPT has sometimes referred to users by name during its internal reasoning, despite never being explicitly told their names. Many users have described this unexpected personalization as “creepy” and have called for an explanation from OpenAI.

Increased Hallucinations in o3 & o4‑mini Despite being state‑of‑the‑art in coding and math, the new o3 and o4‑mini reasoning models have shown an uptick in producing fabricated or “hallucinated” outputs compared to previous generations. OpenAI acknowledges the regression and is investigating ways to improve factual accuracy.

Mechanize

Startup Mission Mechanize, launched by AI researcher Tamay Besiroglu (of Epoch), has a bold goal of achieving “full automation of all work” through AI agents. The announcement sparked debate over job displacement and the impartiality of Besiroglu’s research institute. Mechanize admits current AI agent limitations and is initially focusing on automating white‑collar tasks, with a long‑term vision of economic abundance through automation.

Anduril

AI Weapons Race Palmer Luckey, founder of defense‑tech firm Anduril, argues the U.S. has already crossed the “point of no return” in autonomous weaponry and risks falling behind China without increased investment. He cites scenarios—such as a hypothetical Chinese invasion of Taiwan—where U.S. forces might lack the autonomous capabilities needed for an effective response, and urges policymakers to “double down” on AI weapon development.

Other News

Indian GenAI Adoption

Indian enterprises are accelerating their adoption of Generative AI: spending is projected to grow at 35% annually, reaching $9.2 billion by 2028, driven by the promise of significant productivity gains despite challenges around data quality.

U.S. AI‑Powered Immigration Surveillance

Under the Trump administration, agencies like DHS and CBP have expanded use of AI tools—such as facial recognition and social‑media monitoring—to track and arrest immigrants. Critics warn that a focus on deportation numbers over accuracy has led to wrongful arrests and broader privacy concerns.

India’s ‘Adipoli’ AI Server

India has unveiled ‘Adipoli’, its first fully indigenously designed AI server. Equipped with eight GPUs and developed under the Make in India initiative, it symbolizes the country’s push toward self‑sufficiency in AI infrastructure and reduced reliance on foreign technology.

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Intel
Leadership shake‑up: New CEO Lip‑Bu Tan is flattening Intel’s structure, placing major chip divisions under his direct oversight.
CTO changes: Sachin Katti promoted to CTO & AI chief; Greg Lavender retires. Intel is also recruiting a new head of government affairs to sharpen its policy engagement.
OpenAI
Flex processing: Introduced a lower‑cost API tier (“Flex”) for non‑urgent tasks on its o3 and o4‑mini models—halving prices for evaluation‑style usage, but with reduced speed and reliability. Certain features now require ID verification.
M&A activity:
- Anysphere: OpenAI held talks to acquire Anysphere (maker of Cursor) but did not reach a deal. Anysphere is now pursuing funding at a ~$10 B valuation.
- Windsurf: Following the Anysphere talks, OpenAI has targeted Windsurf (another code‑generation startup) in a potential ~$3 B acquisition.
Google
Gemini 2.5 Pro Safety Report: Google published a safety report for its Gemini 2.5 Pro model, but experts argue it lacks sufficient detail—omitting key information on its Frontier Safety Framework and the timing of evaluations.
Ad Tech Antitrust Ruling: A U.S. judge ruled that Google illegally holds monopolies in certain online ad‑tech markets, potentially forcing divestitures. Google plans to appeal while the court determines appropriate remedies; analysts view this as a major regulatory blow with long‑term implications.
Arena Intelligence Inc.
Background: Chatbot Arena, a crowdsourced AI benchmarking platform founded in 2023 by UC Berkeley‑affiliated researchers, has been used by major labs like OpenAI and Google.
New entity: The team is spinning out Arena Intelligence Inc. to secure dedicated resources and drive significant platform improvements.
Commitment: The new company pledges to maintain a neutral, unbiased environment for AI model testing, though it has not yet disclosed investors or its business model.
Safe Artificial Intelligence Fund (SAIF)
Founder: Geoff Ralston, former Y Combinator president, has launched SAIF to back startups focused squarely on AI safety and responsible deployment.
Investment terms: SAIF offers $100 K SAFE notes to ventures enhancing AI security, interpretability, and combating disinformation—explicitly excluding areas like autonomous weapons.
Value‑add: Ralston will leverage his YC network to mentor portfolio companies, differentiating SAIF through hands‑on support.
Hence AI / Hence Global
Product launch: London‑based Hence AI has unveiled “Hence Global,” an AI‑driven tool for monitoring and mitigating geopolitical and business risks.
Offering: Provides daily briefings synthesized from public sources, tailored to user needs, at a fraction of traditional consulting costs.
Founders & early users: Built by ex‑Eurasia Group and Palantir experts; early adopters include law firms and industry leaders overwhelmed by information flow.
Il Foglio
AI in publishing: Italian daily Il Foglio tested a fully AI‑written, four‑page insert, which boosted sales.
Ongoing plans: Will continue with a weekly AI‑generated section and deploy AI for specialized articles (e.g., book reviews), viewing it as a tool to elevate – not replace – journalists.
Other news
Global energy investment: Despite surging energy demand driven by AI and broader growth, 2024 saw the lowest startup funding in four years—Q1 marked a five‑quarter trough, with April showing slight recovery via rounds for Mainspring Energy and Silicon Ranch.
China’s service‑sector opening: Beijing plans to lift foreign equity limits in areas like app stores, expand pilot programs, and boost AI applications—aimed at attracting investment and countering trade‑tension headwinds.
UAE semiconductor push: The UAE, after pledging $1.4 T in U.S. investments, expects improved access to advanced U.S. chips for its AI ambitions; G42 CEO Peng Xiao cites “tangible progress” following a realignment away from Chinese suppliers.

AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(17th April 2025):

Microsoft Research

Model innovation: Developed BitNet b1.58 2B4T, a 2 billion‑parameter LM operating at 1.58 bits per weight.

Performance: Matches full‑precision models on coding, math, and language tasks; runs efficiently even on CPUs like Apple’s M2.

Accessibility: Weights and code open‑sourced, though optimal use currently tied to Microsoft’s custom framework.

OpenAI

Windsurf acquisition: AI coding assistant maker Windsurf (formerly Codeium) in talks to sell to OpenAI for $3 billion, potentially conflicting with OpenAI’s stake in rival Cursor.

Model releases: Rolled out o3 (their most powerful model) and o4‑mini (efficient in STEM/data science), both with full tool access in ChatGPT and enhanced reasoning.

Developer tools: Launched Codex CLI, an open‑source multimodal coding agent for terminal use; $1 million in API grants offered to spur adoption.

Safety measures: Deployed a “safety‑focused reasoning monitor” to block biological/chemical threat prompts for o3 and o4‑mini.

Stargate expansion: OpenAI’s $500 billion AI infrastructure project with Oracle and SoftBank exploring UK, Germany, France, beyond its U.S. focus.

Privacy risks: Trend of using ChatGPT’s o3 for image‑based location ID raises doxxing concerns—no safeguards currently in place.

Tech Data & NVIDIA

Partnership: Tech Data to distribute NVIDIA’s enterprise AI and data‑centre solutions across India.

Offerings: Full‑stack access to NVIDIA GPUs and software (CUDA‑X, NIM microservices), leveraging Tech Data’s partner network and “Destination AI” program.

ABB

Spin‑off: Planning to list ABB Robotics separately by Q2 2026 (pending shareholder approval).

Strategic aim: To sharpen focus—ABB Robotics on intelligent automation/AI, and integrate Machine Automation into Process Automation—while the remaining ABB Group zeroes in on electrification and automation.

IBM

Model lineup: Released Granite 3.3, highlighted by Granite Speech 3.3 8B for speech‑to‑text and translation.

Features: High accuracy, cost‑efficiency, English→multiple‑language translation; open‑sourced under Apache 2.0.

Roadmap: Granite 4.0 in development, promising greater speed and capacity.

xAI

Chatbot memory: Added a memory feature to Grok, enabling recall of past conversations for personalised interactions.

User controls: Transparency and deletion options; currently beta (excl. EU/UK).

JetBrains

Subscription unification: Consolidated AI Assistant and new coding agent Junie (powered by Claude) under one subscription across all IDEs, plus introduced a free tier.

Enhancements: AI Assistant now supports multi‑file edits and context‑aware suggestions; Junie assists from planning through code‑quality improvements.

Partnerships: Collaborations with Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google Cloud underpin its AI strategy.

Iksha Labs

Product launch: Unveiled RUMI, an AI‐driven recruitment agent for automated candidate screening and assessment.

Impact: Achieved a 50 % reduction in average hiring time.

Future plans: To refine RUMI further and integrate it with CRM/ATS platforms to drive hiring effectiveness and cut operational inefficiencies (building on past AI solutions that reduced costs by up to 40 %).

Operant AI

Platform release: Launched AI Gatekeeper, a real‑time security platform for live AI applications across diverse infrastructures.

Key features: Trust scoring, advanced access controls, protection against rogue agents and data breaches.

Expansion & funding: Entered the Indian market backed by $13.5 million in funding; aligns with India’s “Make in India” push to secure enterprise AI deployments.

Sify Technologies

New facility: Opened Chennai 02 data centre campus—South India’s largest AI‑ready centre (> 130 MW capacity; up to 200 kW per rack).