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India Inc's big year: IPO boom, major splits, fundings and global AI push

From record fundraising and landmark listings to high-stakes corporate splits, global tech partnerships and boardroom disputes, here's how 2025 reshaped India's corporate landscape

India Inc's big year: IPO boom, major splits, fundings and global AI push
Updated On : 15 Dec 2025 | 8:09 PM IST

AI models are becoming commodity, says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Nadella also added that AI agents, tools and technology are also important in the creation of a frontier success framework

AI models are becoming commodity, says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
Updated On : 12 Dec 2025 | 11:58 PM IST

Wipro, Microsoft strike three-year deal to build industry-specific AI tools

Under the partnership, Wipro and Microsoft will jointly develop AI solutions for sectors such as financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, life sciences and airports

Wipro, Microsoft strike three-year deal to build industry-specific AI tools
Updated On : 12 Dec 2025 | 9:41 PM IST

Developers need new skills for AI software systems: Microsoft's Nadella

TCS, Infosys, Wipro, and Cognizant to deploy over 50,000 Copilot licenses, collectively surpassing 200,000

Developers need new skills for AI software systems: Microsoft's Nadella
Updated On : 11 Dec 2025 | 11:55 PM IST

Crowd, coders, and school trip mark Microsoft CEO Nadella's homecoming

The Microsoft chief mixes product showcases with a personal trip to his old school

Crowd, coders, and school trip mark Microsoft CEO Nadella's homecoming
Updated On : 11 Dec 2025 | 11:59 PM IST

Microsoft partners with top IT firms to expand Copilot deployment in India

Microsoft has teamed up with TCS, Infosys, Wipro and Cognizant to deploy more than 200,000 Copilot licences, signalling a strong enterprise push towards agentic AI to boost productivity

Microsoft partners with top IT firms to expand Copilot deployment in India
Updated On : 11 Dec 2025 | 7:11 PM IST

Microsoft announces AI deals with TCS, Infosys, Wipro and Cognizant

Microsoft deepens its India AI push as Cognizant, Infosys, TCS and Wipro commit to deploying over 50,000 Copilot licences each, signalling a rapid scale-up of agentic AI adoption across enterprises

Microsoft announces AI deals with TCS, Infosys, Wipro and Cognizant
Updated On : 11 Dec 2025 | 4:12 PM IST

OpenAI faces suit over ChatGPT's alleged role in Connecticut murder-suicide

The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death, alleging that the artificial intelligence chatbot intensified her son's paranoid delusions and helped direct them at his mother before he killed her. Police said Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56, a former tech industry worker, fatally beat and strangled his mother, Suzanne Adams, and killed himself in early August at the home where they both lived in Greenwich, Connecticut. The lawsuit filed by Adams' estate on Thursday in California Superior Court in San Francisco alleges OpenAI designed and distributed a defective product that validated a user's paranoid delusions about his own mother. It is one of a growing number of wrongful death legal actions against AI chatbot makers across the country. Throughout these conversations, ChatGPT reinforced a single, dangerous message: Stein-Erik could trust no one in his life except ChatGPT itself," the lawsuit says. It ...

OpenAI faces suit over ChatGPT's alleged role in Connecticut murder-suicide
Updated On : 11 Dec 2025 | 2:47 PM IST

Microsoft deepening its commitment to India's AI ecosystem: Satya Nadella

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday said the company is deepening its commitment to India's artificial intelligence ecosystem with massive infrastructure investments. Microsoft is also strengthening its cloud footprint and focusing on skilling millions of Indians for an AI-driven future, he said. Speaking at a Microsoft event here, Nadella said, "We are very excited about investing in India to make sure that we're able to bring the best in class infrastructure here, the USD 17.5 billion investment," calling it Microsoft's largest investment in Asia. The Microsoft Chairman underlined the rapid expansion of the company's cloud footprint across the country. "We're building on Azure as the world's computer and we have 70 plus data centre regions all over the world. In India, the footprint continues to grow. We now have central India, West India, South India, and we have a partnership with Jio as well," he said. He further said that a new data centre region would becom

Microsoft deepening its commitment to India's AI ecosystem: Satya Nadella
Updated On : 11 Dec 2025 | 12:13 PM IST

$70 bn and rising: Amazon's $35 billion bet lifts India's AI tide

Amazon's mega 5-yr plan tops announcements made by Microsoft, Google

$70 bn and rising: Amazon's $35 billion bet lifts India's AI tide
Updated On : 11 Dec 2025 | 12:11 AM IST

Adopt fast or fall behind in AI, Microsoft CEO Nadella tells India

Rate of diffusion will decide winners of next tech wave, Microsoft CEO says in Delhi

Adopt fast or fall behind in AI, Microsoft CEO Nadella tells India
Updated On : 10 Dec 2025 | 11:44 PM IST

Amazon's $35 billion bet on India: What’s driving the AI investment rush?

Amazon has announced a massive $35 billion investment plan for India through 2030, its biggest push yet to strengthen AI, exports, and job creation.

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Updated On : 10 Dec 2025 | 7:52 PM IST

Microsoft to work with govt to roll out AI-enabled chatbots on e-Shram, NCS

Going ahead, data from these portals can help the government curate a labour policy to match workers' skill sets to job opportunities both in India and abroad

Microsoft to work with govt to roll out AI-enabled chatbots on e-Shram, NCS
Updated On : 10 Dec 2025 | 7:37 PM IST

Microsoft, Google, Amazon bet big on India: What's driving the AI rush?

Amazon's $35 bn commitment comes as global tech firms deepen their India focus, accelerating AI, cloud and data-centre expansion while strengthening links with a growing, skilled workforce

Microsoft, Google, Amazon bet big on India: What's driving the AI rush?
Updated On : 10 Dec 2025 | 12:54 PM IST

Amazon to invest over $35 billion in India by 2030, betting big on AI

Amazon says it will invest over $35 billion in India through 2030, focusing on AI-driven digitisation, ecommerce exports and job creation, soon after Microsoft's $17.5 billion cloud and AI push

Amazon to invest over $35 billion in India by 2030, betting big on AI
Updated On : 10 Dec 2025 | 10:25 AM IST

Microsoft bets $17.5 bn on India's AI-first future with cloud, AI infra

The new investment will be used to scale Microsoft's cloud and AI infrastructure, skilling initiatives and ongoing operations across India, Microsoft said

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Updated On : 09 Dec 2025 | 11:23 PM IST

Microsoft to invest $17.5 billion in India, says CEO Satya Nadella

Microsoft said that the latest commitment, spread across calendar years 2026 to 2029, would "advance the country's cloud and AI infrastructure, skilling and ongoing operations"

Microsoft to invest $17.5 billion in India, says CEO Satya Nadella
Updated On : 09 Dec 2025 | 9:20 PM IST

Microsoft to invest over $5.4 bn in Canada to expand AI infrastructure

Microsoft has pledged hefty investments worldwide this year, as the company races to secure more cloud computing capacity to meet the surging demand for AI workloads

Microsoft to invest over $5.4 bn in Canada to expand AI infrastructure
Updated On : 09 Dec 2025 | 6:24 PM IST

Microsoft Store Awards 2025: Perplexity, ChatGPT, Notion among winners

Microsoft honours the top apps across AI, business, creativity, gaming, education and more, celebrating tools that elevate productivity and user experience on Windows

Microsoft Store Awards 2025: Perplexity, ChatGPT, Notion among winners
Updated On : 05 Dec 2025 | 2:32 PM IST

Meet Amar Subramanya The Gemini built AI leader now running Apple AI

Apple has named Amar Subramanya as its new VP of AI. He’s a Bengaluru-born researcher who rose through Google, helped lead Gemini’s engineering, briefly worked on Microsoft Copilot’s

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Updated On : 03 Dec 2025 | 4:57 PM IST