Tag: IndiaAI
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...
MeitY Champions AI for Social Good at ESTIC 2025
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has reiterated its commitment to harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) as a transformative force for social good,...
IndiaAI Unveils ₹2.5 Cr Face ID Challenge
IndiaAI, the independent business division under the Digital India Corporation (DIC) and the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), has launched the IndiaAI Face...
Google Subsidiary Plans ₹87,250 Cr AI Data Center in Vizag
In a major escalation of its India infrastructure ambitions, Raiden Infotech India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Google, has submitted a proposal to establish...
IndiaAI Announces 5 Projects to Strengthen Trusted AI Framework
India’s national AI mission has taken another major stride toward responsible and secure artificial intelligence with the IndiaAI Division approving five advanced research projects...
IT Minister Vaishnaw Switches to Zoho in Swadeshi Tech Push
Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, announced on X (formerly Twitter) that he has shifted to Zoho, India’s leading homegrown software...
AI to Add $15.7 Trillion to Global GDP by 2030
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is on track to become a dominant force in the global economy, with a projected contribution of $15.7 trillion to global...
IndiaAI Begins GPU and Data Lab Rollout Nationwide
The IndiaAI Mission has begun deploying advanced GPU infrastructure and data labs across the country, marking a major milestone in India’s AI readiness journey....
MeitY Shortlists Startups for IndiaAI Mission Rollout
India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is moving swiftly under the ₹10,000 crore IndiaAI Mission, with Sarvam AI, Soket AI Labs, Gnani.ai,...
IndiaAI Mission Gets 200 Proposals for Local Foundation Models
India’s ambition to build its own large language models (LLMs) is rapidly gaining momentum, with close to 200 proposals submitted under the IndiaAI Mission....
India Plans AI Oversight Board for Governance
The Indian government is taking a structured approach to artificial intelligence (AI) governance by proposing an AI oversight board and mandating AI training for...
NxtGen Expands AI Team with 400 New Hires
NxtGen Cloud Technologies, a leading data centre and cloud services provider, has announced plans to hire 400 AI engineers in the coming months to...
India to Launch AI Compute Portal, Secures 14,000 GPUs
The Indian government is set to launch the IndiaAI Compute Portal within the next week, providing AI computing resources for central ministries, state governments,...
