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Indian IT firms need to step up, take clients forward in AI world: Experts

Industry leaders say Indian IT firms must evolve from implementation partners to orchestration partners in the AI era, even as AI-driven revenue is projected at $10-12 billion in FY26

Learn brand building from ASUS India’s tech and marketing stalwart

In this interaction Arnold Su, Vice President – Consumer & Gaming PC, System Business Group, ASUS India shares his insights on India’s PC market and provides tips to excel

As the AI juggernaut bites, Jack Dorsey's 'Block' to cut 4,000 roles

Block chairman Jack Dorsey said the layoffs were not driven by financial distress but by rapid advancements and adoption of AI tools reshaping how the company operates

India powers AI world's growth but risks becoming its unpaid intern

As India emerges as a major AI user base, it must safeguard its vast data resources and invest in talent and compute to avoid becoming merely a training ground for global tech giants

Jack Dorsey's Block to slash 4,000 jobs as it makes big bets on AI

The reduction in force, which was announced in a shareholder letter on Thursday, comes after rolling job eliminations that have often been tied to annual performance reviews

Anthropic rejects latest Pentagon offer over AI safeguards, escalating feud

Anthropic said that while the Pentagon's latest proposal fell short, the company continues to negotiate with defense officials and remains committed to working with the military

Railways to fund 50% of tech development as new Rail Tech portal launches

The minister said the portal will attract solutions for safety, maintenance and administrative challenges, with the railways funding up to 50% of development costs after feasibility checks

Women are falling in love with AI chatbots. It's a problem for Beijing

China's ruling Communist Party wants young women to prioritise getting married and having babies. Instead, many of them are finding romance with chatbots

Shell projects India's gas demand rising over 50% in the next decade

Shell expects demand to continue accelerating, with India's energy consumption projected to surpass that of the US in the 2040s and China in the 2060s

In India, AI will rise from the bottom of the pyramid: Shekhar Kapur | BS Manthan

In India, artificial intelligence (AI) will not emerge from the top. It will rise from the bottom of the pyramid, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur said, “because that is where intuition lives”.

Big tech, AI expansion raise competition risks: CCI chief at BS Manthan

The rapid expansion of big tech firms and artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping India’s competition landscape, prompting closer regulatory scrutiny, Ravneet Kaur

AI may widen inequalities if misused: ex-Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant

While artificial intelligence (AI) would provide unprecedented impetus to global productivity, the technology could also widen inequalities around the world if not used for the benefit of people, former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Thursday. "We need a digital public infrastructure (DPI) for AI; the technology must be provided to researchers and startups, used for betterment of society and towards sustainability, and for better inputs for climate research," Kant said in his address at the World Sustainable Development Summit organised by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) here. "If this doesn't happen then AI is not fit for purpose," he asserted. The former G20 Sherpa of India also highlighted the immense power requirements of AI -- one of its biggest drawbacks. "AI is an energy guzzler. Today, the technology consumes more energy than the whole of Japan," he said. Research has shown that to train a large language model (which understand and generate human language b

ASGN names Sangita Singh president for India, international operations

ASGN, soon to be renamed Everforth, has appointed Sangita Singh as president for India and international markets to strengthen offshore delivery and drive its global growth strategy

Citizen-level AI adoption to lift Indian innovation ecosystem: Uniphore CEO

Uniphore chief executive Umesh Sachdev says India can become a global AI adoption hub as enterprise usage scales, even as the US leads in capital access and technology maturity

BS Manthan: Experts urge green data centre policy as AI power use surges

India will need to factor in the green energy component in its data centre policy framework as the country’s ever-expanding digital footprint

Gushwork AI secures ₹81 crore funding led by Susquehanna Asia VC

AI start-up Gushwork has raised USD 9 million, about Rs 81 crore, in a funding round led by Susquehanna Asia VC and plans to invest in product development, hiring talents and customer acquisition, a top company official said on Thursday. Venture capital Lightspeed and B Capital also participated in the funding round. "We have raised USD 9 million primarily to invest in developing the AI stack. We are using several AI models. On top of that, we have worked on our own models as well. To improve the accuracy of the models, we have to invest a lot of money in hiring engineers, hiring product managers. "On top of that, we have to acquire customers as well, said Nayrhit Bhattacharya, CEO and Co-founder, Gushwork AI said. Gushwork builds agentic AI with focus on autonomous marketing agents to increase visibility for businesses on AI Search engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity as buyer behaviour has fundamentally shifted toward AI-powered search. The company has a team of .

AI, EVs, hydrogen to power India's 2047 Vision: Nitin Gadkari at BS Manthan

What will it take to make India future-ready by 2047? Faster highways, cheaper electric vehicles, hydrogen at $1 per kg, zero toll queues and safer roads, said Union minister Nitin Gadkari

Tattvam AI raises $1.7 million to speed up semiconductor chip design

Seedcamp-backed Tattvam AI is building a reasoning-driven AI system to automate complex semiconductor design tasks, aiming to compress multi-year development cycles into weeks

Samsung Galaxy S26 expands Gemini-powered Android features: What's new

At the Samsung Galaxy S26 series launch, Google showcased new Gemini-powered Android features, including an upgraded Circle to Search, agentic task automation and more

AI fears overdone? Emkay turns 'Overweight' on IT, adds Infosys, HCL Tech

Emkay Global has turned 'Overweight' on Indian IT sector after Nifty IT fell 21 per cent in February 2026. It sees a 3-year return potential of up to 25 per cent with limited downside.