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
Sep. 16, 2026, Delhi – Comviva has appointed Sanjiv Patankar as Product Unit Head of its FinTech business, where he will lead the company’s digital financial services portfolio spanning digital wallets and payments, payment orchestration, embedded finance and tokenisation. The appointment comes as financial services continue to evolve around digital payments, embedded experiences, digital identity, … Read more
Sep. 16, 2026, Delhi – Lam Research Corporation has announced plans to invest approximately ₹10,000 crore in India to establish its first silicon component manufacturing facility in the country and expand its advanced research and development (R&D) operations. The announcement comes ahead of SEMICON India 2026 and represents a new phase in Lam Research’s long-term … 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
Delhi wants India to support 5,000 Global Capability Centres by 2030. The ambition is enormous. The bigger question is whether the current pace of expansion is fast enough to get there. India’s Global Capability Centre (GCC) story has moved well beyond the old outsourcing narrative. These centres are increasingly becoming engineering, product, artificial intelligence, data … Read more
New Delhi, India: FMCG major Dabur India Limited has announced a multi-year strategic collaboration with Accenture to accelerate enterprise-wide artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, strengthen data-driven decision-making, and build a future-ready digital business. The partnership marks the next phase of Dabur’s digital transformation journey, with a focus on integrating AI across core business functions to improve … Read more
Visakhapatnam, India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lay the foundation stone for ASIP Technologies’ ₹2,388 crore semiconductor facility in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, marking a major milestone in India’s ambition to become a global semiconductor manufacturing hub. The project will be the first approved semiconductor facility in Andhra Pradesh under the India Semiconductor Mission … Read more
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Government is preparing a major push into artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, quantum computing, semiconductor design, and other frontier technologies with plans to establish India’s largest integrated robotics and advanced manufacturing hub in Noida. The ambitious initiative forms part of the state’s broader strategy to position Uttar Pradesh as a national leader … Read more
New Delhi: In a major push towards making India a global semiconductor manufacturing and design hub, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved Semicon 2.0, the next phase of the India Semiconductor Programme under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM). The initiative comes with a total budget outlay of ₹1,27,500 crore, aimed … Read more
Bengaluru: Karnataka has announced plans to establish India’s first government-led Artificial Intelligence (AI) University along with a dedicated AI Hub, reinforcing the state’s ambition to become a global centre for artificial intelligence, innovation, and advanced technology. The announcement was made by Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar while inaugurating Google I/O Connect India 2026 at the Bangalore … Read more
Singapore: Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is expected to reshape the future of work across Southeast Asia, with nearly 80 million workers in ASEAN employed in occupations that have at least some level of exposure to AI technologies, according to a new report released by the International Labour Organization (ILO). Despite the growing influence of AI, … Read more
Alberta, Canada: Meta has announced plans to invest approximately $9 billion in its first-ever data centre in Canada, marking a significant milestone in the company’s global artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure expansion strategy. The new 1-gigawatt (GW) facility will be located in Sturgeon County, Alberta, and is expected to take two to three years to complete. … Read more
Softcell Technologies Global Pvt. Ltd. (Softcell) has made a strategic investment in AutoFlow Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (AutoFlowTech), a new-age IT services and technology solutions company specialising in digital business acceleration through open, scalable and modular solutions. AutoFlowTech addresses its customer needs by leveraging analytics, automation, cloud and digital transformation. Sunil Dalal, Managing Director of Softcell, stated, “This investment is … Read more
For the first time, UN hosted the SDG Agrifood accelerator programme and Farmer’s Fresh Zone stood out for its unique module and practices which are scalable at any part of the world. Farmers Fresh Zone was one of the three start-ups to be part of the panel discussion happened in the event. While six were … Read more
EaseMyTrip.com, one of India’s leading online travel tech platforms, has received approval from its board to acquire a controlling 51% stake in three prominent travel companies incorporated in India. This strategic move is aimed at solidifying EaseMyTrip’s position as a major player in the travel and tourism industry. The proposed acquisition will be executed by … Read more
Bengaluru-based B2B analytics software startup Factors.ai has successfully raised $3.6 million in a pre-Series A funding round. The funding was led by Stellaris Venture Partners, with participation from Elevation Capital, Emergent Ventures, and notable angel investors such as Kris Rudeegraap of Sendoso, Sreedhar Peddineni of GTM Buddy, and Khadim Batti of Whatfix. The recently secured … Read more
Boeing and Air India today announced they have finalized an order for up to 290 new Boeing jets and expanded services. At the 2023 Paris Air Show, the companies held a signing ceremony to celebrate the historic purchase of Boeing’s market-leading single-aisle and widebody jets to renew and expand Air India’s fleet. The order, which … Read more
SatSure, a deep tech startup working at the intersection of spacetech, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Software as a Service (SaaS) to drive decision intelligence, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Philadelphia-based Old City Innovations (formerly Geospoc LLC, USA) in a cash plus stock deal, marking its entry into the U.S. market. Old City Innovations (OCI) was … Read more
ZincSearch, a full-text search engine, announced a $3.6 million seed funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from Dell Technologies Capital, Secure Octane, Cardinia Ventures, and technology leaders including Anand Babu Periasamy, Balaji Parimi, Rob Skillington, Anshu Sharma, Luke Kim, Awais Nemat, Dan Pinto, and Alex Gallegos. ZincSearch was founded by Prabhat Sharma, … Read more
TagBox has announced that it is providing its AssetLens solution to Rebel Foods, the world’s largest internet restaurant company, for real-time temperature, door-open and power consumption monitoring. The solution comprising of IoT devices like Tag360 sensors to monitor temperature, door-open and energy consumption, TagHub gateways and the AssetLens software platform, will be helping Rebel Foods get complete visibility of … Read more
