India’s startup ecosystem is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by a robust network of government-backed incubators that nurture and support entrepreneurs. These incubators provide invaluable resources such as mentorship, funding opportunities…

India’s payments giant Paytm has announced a partnership with Groq, a US-based company that develops specialised hardware for AI inference.  Paytm will use GroqCloud to support its ‘ongoing work in building high-performance AI models’ for enhanced transaction…

When a company born in the open-source trenches of Apache Hadoop evolves into an AI platform, the change maps a decade of technological shifts.  Cloudera’s evolution—from Hadoop to a lakehouse architecture and now to AI—reflects a deliberate pivot toward…

China has introduced new subsidies that halve energy bills for primary data centres using domestic chips, aiming to strengthen its semiconductor industry and reduce reliance on US technology, the Financial Times reported, citing sources.  Local governments…

Lenskart has announced that it will open access to its upcoming AI-powered camera smartglasses, B by Lenskart, to India’s developer ecosystem. The move will enable consumer apps and independent developers to integrate with the new device, creating applications…

Boilerplate code—the repetitive, reusable chunks that developers use for standard functionality—was once celebrated for improving efficiency. But with AI models now churning out millions of lines of it at record speed, that convenience is becoming a liability.…

AI voice agents are fast becoming the latest experiment in retail automation, promising faster resolution, cheaper operations, and smoother experiences. But as startups like Nector.io have learned, that promise comes with its fair share of noise. For Ayush…

2025 was the year industrial robotics stepped out of the humanoid spotlight and reclaimed centre stage. While humanoids dazzled with expressive faces and viral demos, it was the quiet, factory-grade robots that truly redefined the manufacturing floor.  From…

NVIDIA recently held its GTC conference in DC, with participation from all major tech companies worldwide. Apart from its focus on conventional technologies like GPUs and chips, the giant has lately been delving into deeper technologies, marking a move beyond…

A new generation of  entrepreneurs of Indian heritage are aggressively shaping the future of artificial intelligence (AI), often before they can legally rent a car. Rejecting traditional academic and corporate paths—sometimes dropping out of institutions…

Japanese investors exploring India’s startup ecosystem a decade ago sought scale. What they discovered instead was a rare combination of scale and science, a market where innovation was frugal, but matching global standards.  India, today, is not merely an…

Pharmaceutical companies often find themselves at a crossroads with every new technology—eager to lead, yet cautious about its reliability. AI promises faster drug discovery, smarter clinical trials and more personalised patient care. But as regulators like…

For a senior software professional in Pune, a nightmare began three years after he left a company he had worked with diligently for over two decades. A new role at a leading multinational was within reach, until his background verification (BGV) report returned…

At 16, while most teenagers were cramming for board exams, Naman Pushp was sanding carbon-fibre drone parts on his study table.  Driven by his dream to turn drone delivery into an affordable means for critical supplies, Pushp, at 20, has scaled his high-school…

Not long ago, the idea of data centres orbiting Earth sounded like pure science fiction. But in 2025, that fantasy has started to turn real. As AI systems demand more power and Earth struggles with energy and cooling limits, a new wave of companies is looking…

Indian automotive giant Mahindra & Mahindra revealed how it handled one of its largest booking events using a cloud-based architecture built on Google Cloud and AMD’s EPYC processors.  When the company opened reservations for the Thar ROXX, its new five-door…

When Satya Nadella declared that “SaaS is dead,” it sounded like provocation. But in the unfolding age of agentic automation, the idea might not be that far-fetched. Software, as enterprises have known it for two decades, is morphing into something fundamentally…