Tag: Indian economy
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...
India to Upgrade 1,000 ITIs Under ₹60,000 Cr Plan
The Union Cabinet has approved a ₹60,000 crore plan aimed at upgrading India's Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) to better align skilling infrastructure with emerging...
Piyush Goyal: Industry Should Focus on Competitiveness
Union Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal has urged Indian industry leaders to embrace competitiveness and innovation rather than relying on government support, subsidies,...
Tata Steel Calls for Import Duties to Protect Industry
Tata Steel has urged the Indian government to impose safeguard duties on steel imports to shield the domestic industry from the indirect effects of...