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Anup Rau shared his views on FDI, insurance penetration, regulation, bancassurance, and the company's growth plans

Today we have crossed over 7,000 publishers (Time, AP and Adweek, among others) in the US, Europe, South Asia and Japan, says Toshit Panigrahi

Ericsson to continue cost cuts through 2026, bets on India and AI-led 5G growth

Jules Polonetsky says India's DPDP Act lays a workable foundation for AI governance, even as global consensus on regulation remains elusive

Royal Orchid Hotels Limited plans to expand to 250 hotels and 20,000 keys by 2030, remaining open to global partnerships and selective private equity while pursuing an asset-light growth strategy

McKinsey's Noshir Kaka says AI disruption could unlock a $15 trillion opportunity, but IT services firms must overhaul business models, talent, and pricing to win

Steel industry veteran Jatinder Mehra, Vice Chairman at Essar's Metals & Mining Division and former RINL chief, passed away at 86, leaving behind a six-decade legacy in steel

FSIB has recommended Hitesh Joshi for the CMD post at GIC Re, marking the first selection process allowing private sector applicants; the final decision now moves to the Cabinet

Mid- to senior-level professionals drive surge in AI upskilling; platform partners with IIMs, IITs and OpenAI to expand agentic and generative AI programs

India should build AI by playing to its strengths-developers, applications and sovereign use cases-rather than chasing the full stack at once, says Speciale Invest's Arjun Rao

Martin, who was in India to attend the AI Impact Summit, also said the AI talent base in India was unparalleled

Mastercard's chief privacy officer calls for principle-based, tech-neutral global AI rules to build trust, cut regulatory fragmentation and enable AI adoption at scale

India's AI opportunity lies in applications solving real-world problems, not costly foundational models, says 3one4 Capital's Siddarth Pai

India's rapid 5G rollout is powering early AI adoption in telecom networks, giving local operators a global edge in performance, efficiency and innovation

Uday Shankar says India has rapidly become one of the world's most exciting media markets but must overcome capital and talent constraints, with AI offering a chance to become a global creative leader

The per-line cost of software code written by AI has also come down over the years and is now cheaper than that written by humans, Altman said

Dell adviser says India's phased approach to sovereign AI is right path

Vivek Raghavan says India must balance building larger language models with driving real-world adoption, as usage and applications will determine the success of a sovereign AI stack

Happiest Minds chairman says IT services remain essential as AI creates higher-value opportunities, countering Vinod Khosla's prediction that outsourcing will vanish

Bharti Enterprises chairman says AI will power Airtel's operations and security focus, as leaders at India AI Impact Summit discuss open standards and frugal innovation