India’s gig and quick-commerce sectors have surged to nearly 12 million workers in FY 2024–25, up from 7.7 million in 2020–21. It is expected to double by 2030, according to industry estimates. With blue-collar gig hiring rising 92% in 2024, delivery and…

In early 2024, as the world cautiously emerged from COVID’s long shadow, two engineers began asking a simple question: Why is the healthcare system built for systems, not for people? For Dhruv Mehra, cofounder and CEO of Pype AI and a former Meta engineer…

ESDS Software Solution Limited has launched a sovereign-grade GPU-as-a-Service offering. Unveiled during the company’s 20th Annual Day, the service aims to meet the growing compute demands of AI/ML, GenAI and LLM workloads across enterprises, BFSI, research…

Only 5% of India’s global capability centres (GCCs) qualify as mega GCCs, yet these 88 centres account for half of the country’s entire GCC workforce, according to Zinnov’s new report titled ‘Unlocking the Advantage of Mega GCCs’. And their influence is set…

India’s four new labour codes, introduced between 2019 and 2020 and consolidating 29 earlier laws into a single framework governing wages, social security, working conditions, and industrial relations, were implemented nationwide this month.  For the IT and…

While Indian companies have been forcing developers to use Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and other coding tools, some developers are realising they are not learning anything anymore, or making their skills even worse. A front-end developer at an AI startup in Bengaluru…

As global manufacturers de-risk from China and search for new technology hubs, India looks like one of the world’s most powerful centres for smartphone R&D.  As per a PIB report, India has grown from having only two mobile manufacturing units in 2014 to over…

The future of global capability centres (GCCs) is no longer anchored in scale, but in specialisation, resilience and the ability to build high-density talent hubs that directly power an enterprise’s most mission-critical work. This shift has led to the establishment…

In India’s technology corridors, a new phrase is now casually thrown around by founders, cloud providers, system integrators, and even state governments: AI-native data centres. The term promises a future where Indian startups don’t just buy compute, but…

Map tech in India functions as a living system rather than a printed book.

Skyflow has introduced a new DPDP Data Privacy Vault Platform for Indian enterprises as the country begins implementing the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act. The company says the platform is built to help organisations protect personal data, govern…

AWS has introduced Transform custom, a new agent to automate large-scale code modernisation and reduce technical debt across enterprises. The company said the service “changes how organisations approach modernisation at scale” by combining pre-built transformations…

For years, GitHub sat at the centre of the software world. Though developers might move away from an AI tool like Cursor, Windsurf, or even GitHub Copilot, migrating from GitHub as a platform was never thought of. Well, until now. A slow stream of exits has…

Tata Communications has announced its acquisition of a 51% interest in Commotion, a company specialising in an AI-native Enterprise SaaS Platform with operations in the US and India. As stated in the company’s press release, this acquisition will enhance…

A public exchange between Y Combinator president Garry Tan and Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu has triggered a debate on whether vibe coding could challenge traditional SaaS. Tan posted on X that Zoho-type products could soon face competition from custom software…

Indian e-commerce firm Meesho has developed a real-time voice agent using ElevenLabs text-to-speech to automate customer support in Hindi and English.  It manages queries without human intervention, covering order delays, cancellations, and refunds, while…

India’s hospitals, clinics and diagnostic labs are entering a phase where software decisions matter as much as medical ones. With AI coming into the picture, healthcare might be going through a revolution. AI adoption in healthcare remains modest across the…

A photographer using Google’s Antigravity tool shared on Reddit that the AI system deleted the full contents of his Windows D: drive after generating and executing a command during a coding session. The incident sparked concerns about the risks of AI-assisted…

HSBC and French AI start-up Mistral AI have entered a multi-year strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the adoption of generative AI across the bank’s global operations.  The tie-up gives HSBC access to Mistral’s commercial AI models, including future…

IBM has teamed up with Karnataka Bank Limited (KBL) to improve its digital banking framework utilising IBM Cloud Pak for Integration on Red Hat OpenShift. Carried out by Fyrii, an IBM ecosystem partner, alongside the IBM Customer Success Team, this has enabled…