November, 1, 2026 – The LSEG Octus acquisition marks a significant move in the battle for high-value financial data, as London Stock Exchange Group prepares to spend $3.535 billion in cash to acquire a specialist in private-credit intelligence. Announced on October 22, 2026, the transaction reflects a strategic priority for financial-data companies: securing information that … Read more
November, 1, 2026 – Anthropic could face a speculative-grade, or “junk,” credit rating following its anticipated public listing, according to reports citing guidance from investor Blackstone. The warning highlights a growing financial debate around the AI company’s rapid expansion, substantial infrastructure commitments and ability to sustain its growth. Anthropic’s reported IPO ambitions are colliding with … Read more
NOIDA, India, Oct. 27, 2026 – Bengaluru-based AI infrastructure startup Simplismart has raised $14 million in a Series B funding round led by Dallas Venture Capital, with participation from NVIDIA, Accel, Shastra VC and Micromax. The fresh capital will support the development of its AI inference platform, strengthen partnerships with cloud providers and sovereign AI … Read more
BENGALURU, India, Oct. 26, 2026 – India’s Global Capability Centre (GCC) ecosystem is projected to expand significantly by 2031, with employment expected to reach 3.3–3.7 million and office space demand increasing by 150–170 million square feet. According to a new report by Embark, the sector could add between 1 million and 1.4 million net jobs, … Read more
India, October, 26, 2026 – Progressive Techserve has appointed Sandeep Khanna as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, as the AI-led IT managed services company accelerates its transition towards automation-driven, outcome-focused technology services. Founder Prateek Garg will take over as Chairman and Managing Director of Progressive Infotech Group. Progressive Techserve has announced a leadership transition aimed … Read more
NOIDA, India, October 21, 2026 — HCLTech has launched an AI-powered Verification and Validation (V&V) solution for the automotive industry, combining NVIDIA’s simulation technologies, agentic artificial intelligence and open-model strategy to help automakers and Tier 1 suppliers accelerate vehicle software testing and release cycles. The new offering, part of HCLTech’s Industry AI solutions portfolio, is … Read more
Startup News | October 22, 2026 –Cognizant has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Australia-based DyFlex Solutions, a specialist in SAP transformation and AI-led enterprise consulting. The proposed acquisition is expected to strengthen Cognizant’s SAP services, artificial intelligence capabilities and regional industry expertise across Australia and New Zealand. Announced on October 21, 2026, the … Read more
12 October 2026, India / Global – HCLTech has announced a Global Premier Partnership with Anthropic to accelerate the adoption of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) across enterprises, with a focus on safety, cybersecurity and governance. Under the partnership, HCLTech’s services teams will develop industry-specific solutions and offerings powered by Anthropic’s Claude, Cowork and Claude Code. … Read more
October 8, 2026, Mumbai, India – AI cloud infrastructure provider CoreWeave has announced its entry into India through a collaboration with AdaniConneX, with plans to develop 240 megawatts (MW) of data center capacity in Navi Mumbai. The expansion will extend CoreWeave’s AI Cloud platform into one of the world’s fastest-growing AI and digital infrastructure markets, … Read more
October 8, 2026, Bengaluru, India / Australia – Bengaluru-headquartered CRMIT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. has announced that its Australian subsidiary, CRMIT Australia Pty Ltd, has acquired Brooke Global, an Australian consulting firm specialising in business process transformation, service redesign and digital consulting for public sector and regulated organisations. The all-cash acquisition will add Brooke Global’s 40-member … Read more
October 8, 202, India – Birlasoft has announced that it has been named an OpenAI Select Partner within the OpenAI Partner Network, strengthening its collaboration with OpenAI to help enterprises build, deploy and scale artificial intelligence solutions. The OpenAI Partner Network is designed to bring together organizations with industry expertise, technology delivery capabilities and established customer … Read more
October 8, 2026, India – Cognizant has announced a five-year extension of its collaboration with Gilead Sciences, expanding its role in supporting the biopharmaceutical company’s technology environment, DevOps capabilities and selected applications of agentic artificial intelligence. Under the extended agreement, Cognizant will support Gilead’s continued development of DevOps capabilities and the responsible use of agentic … Read more
Mumbai, 7 October 2026: LTM has announced an expanded collaboration with Google Cloud aimed at helping enterprises accelerate the adoption of Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise and scale AI-powered solutions across their organizations. The collaboration combines Gemini Enterprise’s AI capabilities with LTM’s industry expertise, engineering talent and global delivery capabilities to help businesses move from experimental … Read more
Gnani AI has launched Gnani Ascent, a flagship partner program designed to accelerate the adoption of sovereign, frontier-grade AI across enterprises and help businesses move from AI experimentation to production. As enterprises increasingly transition from AI pilots to real-world deployments, the challenge is shifting from access to AI capabilities to integrating intelligence into existing systems, … Read more
6, October, 2026, India- Tech Mahindra is expanding its agentic AI readiness through its partnership with Google Cloud, with a focus on scaling hands-on expertise in Gemini Enterprise across its global workforce. The initiative is designed to strengthen Tech Mahindra’s ability to help enterprise customers transition from AI experimentation to production-ready deployment and adoption. The … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — September 24, 2026: Databricks has acquired Row Zero, a spreadsheet platform designed to help business users and AI agents work directly with enterprise data. The acquisition is expected to expand the capabilities of Genie, Databricks’ AI coworker, by adding a familiar spreadsheet environment where teams can explore data, build models and collaborate … Read more
Published: September 22, 2026 – HCLTech has been selected by M Group, an essential infrastructure services provider operating across the UK and Ireland, to modernize and transform its IT operations across more than 200 locations. As part of the engagement, HCLTech will deploy AI-led managed services covering infrastructure and end-user operations, supported by its AI … Read more
Published: September 22, 2026 | 9:00 PM IST – Matters.AI and Cockroach Labs have announced a new integration designed to help enterprises identify sensitive data within CockroachDB deployments and determine exactly which users, roles and privileges can access it. The integration classifies personal and regulated information at the database-column level and links those findings with … Read more
SYDNEY, September 2, 2026: MongoDB has appointed Richard Scott as Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), as the company looks to accelerate regional growth and help enterprises transition artificial intelligence from experimentation to production-scale deployment. Based in Sydney, Scott will lead MongoDB’s regional strategy at a time when businesses across APJ are increasingly … Read more
NEW YORK, September 2, 2026 — Deloitte has acquired substantially all of the assets of Wavicle Data Solutions, a data and AI engineering organization known for its Databricks practice, in a move designed to expand Deloitte’s ability to help businesses build the data foundations required for enterprise AI at scale. The acquisition brings Wavicle’s technical … Read more
