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Facebook parent Meta, over the past weeks, has held discussions to invest in Cred in a deal which values the Indian fintech and payments startup at $4 billion, at least six people aware of the discussions told Moneycontrol. The proposed $4 billion (₹38,000 crore) valuation is modestly above the company’s marked-down $3.5 billion valuation in … Read more
SpaceX’s bankers are preparing to meet investors as early as next week to discuss a bond offering of at least $20 billion, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday, as Elon Musk’s newly public company seeks funding for an ambitious and capital-intensive AI expansion. SpaceX’s AI ambitions come with a steep price tag, … Read more
Space companies have spoken with insurers about coverage for orbital AI data centers, a sign of early progress for an experimental industry backed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. The concept of data center satellites, designed to bypass Earth’s power constraints, has drawn growing attention since Musk described them as the future … Read more
Indian companies are joining hands with IITs and universities to build research hubs focused on AI, deep tech, healthcare, telecom and emerging techno…Read More 1/7 Indian companies are increasingly partnering with top academic institutions to build research centres, innovation labs and technology hubs. From artificial intelligence and deep tech to healthcare and telecom, these collaborations … Read more
India’s AI talent pipeline is expanding beyond the country’s biggest technology centres, with one in five AI learners now coming from Tier-II cities, according to Scaler’s India AI Workforce Report 2026. The report found that cities including Lucknow, Jaipur, Patna, Indore, Coimbatore and Nagpur now account for nearly 20% of the country’s AI talent pool. … Read more
Microsoft Executive Vice President Jay Parikh said the company’s focus on speed is not about taking bigger risks but about accelerating learning and adaptation. He noted that rapid iteration allows Microsoft to respond more effectively to evolving technology trends and geopolitical developments. Drawing on Microsoft’s 51-year history of building technology platforms, Parikh said the company … Read more
Vamsi Boppana, AMD’s Senior Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, described the current AI wave as “a once in multi-generational opportunity”, driven by what he believes is a fundamental change in the way computing works. According to Boppana, the traditional model of computing that has dominated for decades is giving way to a new era of … Read more
Vamsi Boppana, Senior Vice President, Artificial Intelligence at AMD, said AI is still in its early stages, with adoption expected to accelerate sharply through 2027. He pointed to a surge in demand for AI inference — the technology that powers real-world responses from AI models — and said the rise of more specialized use cases, … Read more
As Elon Musk pitches a future of AI-powered data centers in space, a US startup is betting that the ocean may offer a cheaper alternative. Backed by billionaire investor Peter Thiel and several Silicon Valley investors, Panthalassa is developing floating data centers powered by wave energy and cooled by seawater, reported Forbes. The Portland, Oregon … Read more
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — whose work helped propel artificial intelligence — stressed in an Associated Press interview Tuesday that society needs to change with the advent of AI, arguing that a fuller embrace of the technology would improve people’s lives. Huang has been optimistic about AI’s potential to rapidly transform society, creating faster economic … Read more
