Tag: Digital India
Sarvam AI Startup Programme Fuels Indic AI Builders
Sarvam AI has introduced the Sarvam Startup Programme, providing early-stage companies with up to 12 months of API credits, priority engineering support and production-ready infrastructure to build multilingual AI applications without backend complexities. Founders Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar positioned the initiative to empower India’s developer ecosystem with high-quality models fluent in 22+ Indian languages and English, enabling full agency in creating voice agents,...
Oracle Layoffs Fund AI Data Centre Push Amid Cash Squeeze
Oracle is planning thousands of job cuts across divisions as it grapples with a cash crunch from aggressive AI data centre buildout to support major clients including a $300 billion OpenAI agreement, xAI and Meta, as Bloomberg News first reported. The reductions, potentially broader than typical rolling cuts, may begin this month and target roles expected to diminish under AI automation, coinciding with an...
Jio, Starlink Collaboration for Satellite Internet
Jio Platforms Ltd. has signed an agreement with SpaceX to introduce Starlink satellite internet services in India. The partnership, announced on March 12, is...
Airtel, SpaceX Partner to Launch Starlink in India
Bharti Airtel has entered into a strategic partnership with SpaceX to introduce Starlink satellite-based internet services in India. This marks Starlink’s first formal collaboration...
Govt Eyes 5G Investment Returns, Spectrum Demand
The Indian government is assessing challenges related to 5G investments, as telecom operators struggle with low returns despite heavy spending on infrastructure, a senior...
Blackstone, Panchshil to Build Largest AI Data Center
Global investment giant Blackstone and real estate firm Panchshil Realty have announced plans to develop India’s largest AI-focused data center campus in Navi Mumbai....
India’s E-Commerce Market to Hit $550B by 2035
India's e-commerce sector is set for exponential growth, with its market size projected to soar over four times to $550 billion by 2035, according...
STPI Launches Incubation Hub in Kolkata for IT Startups
The Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), has inaugurated a new incubation facility in Salt...