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Issue #0010◆31 May 2026◆Model War Special◆nextaitoday.in
🎯 This Week's Big Story
Anthropic Beats OpenAI: $965 Billion Valuation, Claude Opus 4.8 Launch, aur India ka $679M Q1 Record
Anthropic ne $65B funding round close kiya aur duniya ki sabse valuable AI startup ban gayi — OpenAI ko peeche chhod diya. Claude Opus 4.8 launch hua jo agentic tasks mein unbeatable hai. India ne bhi Q1 2026 mein $679.8M AI funding ka record banaya. Model war ka naya chapter shuru.
🚀 Section 01
New AI Tools of the Week
🇮🇳 India Launch — Made in Bharat
Netrasemi A2000 — Indian AI Chip
Indian fabless semiconductor startup Netrasemi ne apna flagship AI System-on-Chip (SoC) A2000 launch kiya. Edge computing aur AI workloads ke liye optimized. India ka semiconductor dream ko hardware shape mil raha hai — Make in India AI chips ka strong signal.
Official Link →
AIKosh / IndiaAI Stack — Sovereign AI Platform
PIB ne confirm kiya AIKosh ab shared layer hai models, tools, datasets ke liye. Sarvam AI, BharatGen, Gnani, aur Socket ke sovereign models launch hue. Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam mein TTS support available. IndiaAI Mission ka biggest infra milestone.
Official Link →
HMD Vibe 2 5G — Indus by Sarvam AI Inside
HMD ne India mein Vibe 2 5G launch kiya Rs 9,499 mein — ismein Sarvam AI ka "Indus" on-device AI integrated hai. Mass market smartphones mein Indian language AI ka first real deployment. Reliance 'Boot Up India' campaign bhi shuru hua AI laptops ke liye.
Official Link →
AU Small Finance Bank + Intellect Design Arena
AU Bank ne enterprise-wide AI implement karne ke liye Intellect Design Arena ka Purple Fabric AI platform select kiya. Indian banking mein AI transformation ka speed badh raha hai — PSU aur private banks dono race mein hain.
Official Link →🌍 Global Top Picks — Must-Know Tools
Claude Opus 4.8 — Anthropic's Agentic King
Anthropic ne Opus 4.8 launch kiya — Super-Agent benchmark mein perfect score. Online-Mind2Web par 84%. Agentic tasks, web browsing aur code generation mein naya standard set kiya. Indian developers ke liye: Claude API ab sabse powerful agentic tool hai.
Official Link →GPT-5.5 Instant — Updated & Refined
OpenAI ne 28 May ko major update diya — hallucinations 52.5% kam, readability better. SWE-Bench Pro 58.6%, Terminal-Bench 82.7%. Memory Sources UI se users control kar sakte hain ki kahan se info aayi. Free users ke liye bhi available.
Official Link →📅 Section 02
Upcoming AI Events & Hackathons
🇮🇳 India Events — Apna Desh, Apna Stage
ICAI AI Hackathon Season 5 — Semi-Finals
12 & 19 June 2026
India's premier accounting body ka AI hackathon semi-finals shuru ho rahe hain. Grand Finale 26 June ko Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi mein AI Innovation Summit ke saath hoga. Finance, compliance aur accounting AI solutions build karo — top teams ko massive exposure milega.
FEAI Workshop — Foundations of Ethical AI
16–19 June 2026 · IIIT Hyderabad
IIT Hyderabad aur IIIT Hyderabad milkar 4-day workshop organize kar rahe hain Ethical AI par. AI governance, bias mitigation aur responsible AI practices cover hongi. Researchers aur policy makers ke liye must-attend event.
DoT 5G Innovation Hackathon 2026 — Prototype Phase
22 June 2026 · Shortlisted Teams
Department of Telecommunications ka 5G hackathon ab prototype phase mein enter kar raha hai. Shortlisted teams ko ₹1,00,000 seed funding milegi. Final awards October 2026 mein India Mobile Congress par honge. 5G + AI integration ka platform.
Hack2Hire 2026 — AI Interview Systems
01 June 2026 · Virtual Kickoff
AI-powered mock interview platform build karo — candidates ek AI interviewer system develop karenge. Recruitment tech ka future explore karo. Virtual hackathon hai, pan-India participation open.
CVPR 2026 — Computer Vision Conference
3–7 June 2026 · Denver, USA
Computer vision ka sabse prestigious conference — Claude Opus 4.8 ke visual reasoning capabilities bhi is research ecosystem se influenced hain. Paper presentations, workshops aur industry demos. Virtual attendance available.
ICML 2026 — Machine Learning Conference
6–11 July 2026 · Seoul, South Korea
Machine learning research ka premier academic conference — Asian timezone friendly, India se travel easy. Virtual Pass includes live stream access to full conference, tutorials, workshops. Indian ML researchers ke liye global stage.
ACL 2026 — Computational Linguistics
2–7 July 2026 · San Diego, USA
NLP aur computational linguistics ka top conference — India ke Indic language AI models (Sarvam, BharatGen) ke liye directly relevant. Virtual registration available under phased policy. Indic NLP research showcase expected.
Databricks Data + AI Summit 2026
15–18 June 2026 · San Francisco
Data engineering + AI ka biggest industry summit. Agentic AI workflows aur enterprise AI orchestration discussions. Indian data teams ke liye must-attend — free livestream available.
🔬 Section 03
Top Research Papers
🇮🇳 India Research & Ecosystem
Governing AI Agents: Cascading Risks, Coordinated Action
IIT Madras CeRAI · Working Paper · March 2026
IIT Madras ke Centre for Responsible AI ne AI agents ke governance par working paper publish ki — cascading risks aur coordinated regulatory action ka framework. Anthropic Opus 4.8 jaise agentic models ke rise ke saath yeh research India ke liye policy blueprint ban sakta hai.
GenAI for Business: Insights from India
IIT Bombay · White Paper · Jan 2026
IIT Bombay researchers ne India-specific GenAI business adoption par comprehensive white paper likhi — Wipro, Mphasis jaise companies ke enterprise AI integration patterns analyze kiye. Indian business context mein GenAI ROI ka first detailed study.
IIT Madras WSAI Annual Research Showcase
IIT Madras WSAI · 18 May 2026
Wadhwani School of Data Science & AI ne annual showcase mein ~100 interdisciplinary projects present kiye — Applied AI, Gen AI/LLMs, computational biology par cutting-edge work. Indian AI research ecosystem ka depth dikhaya.
🌍 Global Research
Optimizing FaaS Platforms for MCP-enabled Agentic Workflows
IISc Bangalore & IBM Research · arXiv · May 2026
IISc aur IBM researchers ne MCP (Model Context Protocol) enabled agentic workflows ke liye FaaS (Function-as-a-Service) platforms ko optimize karne ka framework propose kiya. Agentic AI systems ke liye infrastructure efficiency ka naya benchmark. Indian researchers ka global AI infra contribution.
Flying Pigs, FaR and Beyond: Evaluating LLM Reasoning in Counterfactual Worlds
IIIT Hyderabad / Precog · IJCNN 2026
IIIT Hyderabad ke Precog group ne LLM reasoning ko counterfactual scenarios mein evaluate kiya. Knowledge conflict aur reasoning limitations ko expose kiya — Claude Opus 4.8 aur GPT-5.5 ki reasoning capabilities ko better samajhne mein helpful. International conference mein India ka strong presence.
⚰️ Section 04
AI Graveyard
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OpenAI o3 & GPT-4.5 — Officially Retiring
AI Models · Launched 2024-2025 · Retiring Coming Months
- Tha kya: OpenAI ke reasoning model o3 aur flagship GPT-4.5 — last year ke most powerful models. ChatGPT Plus users ke liye default options the.
- Kyun mara: GPT-5.5 Instant ne dono models ki capabilities absorb kar li. OpenAI ab simpler model lineup maintain karna chahta hai — o3 aur 4.5 redundant ho gaye. Maintenance cost bachani hai.
- Kya hua: ChatGPT se gradually remove ho jayenge coming months mein. Users automatically GPT-5.5 par shift ho jayenge. API access bhi deprecated hoga. Ek generation ka ant — better model ne replace kiya.
Source: OpenAI Announcement · May 2026
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Google Bard — Completely Retired, Gemini Ne Absorb Kiya
AI Chatbot · Launched February 2023 · Fully Retired May 2026
- Tha kya: Google ka ChatGPT competitor — February 2023 mein launch, LaMDA aur baad mein Gemini models se powered. India mein massive user base tha.
- Kyun mara: Gemini brand itna strong ho gaya ki Bard name retain karna confusing tha. Google I/O 2026 ke baad Gemini app ne 900M monthly users milestone cross kiya — Bard transition complete hua.
- Kya hua: gemini.google.com ab Bard ki jagah hai. Old bard.google.com links redirect ho rahe hain. Users ka data Gemini mein migrate hua. Indian users ke liye: same account, better product.
Source: Google I/O 2026 · May 2026
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Google Project Tailwind — NotebookLM ka Predecessor Dead
AI Research Tool · Launched 2023 · Merged into NotebookLM · Branding Gone May 2026
- Tha kya: Google ka experimental AI-powered research notebook — documents upload karo, AI se sawal puchho. Early NotebookLM ka codename tha "Project Tailwind" internally.
- Kyun mara: NotebookLM itna popular hua ki brand absorb ho gaya. Google I/O 2026 mein NotebookLM Plus aur enterprise features announce hue — Tailwind brand completely retired.
- Kya hua: Users ko NotebookLM par migrate karna koi issue nahi — same technology, better product. Ek success story ka naam ka ant — technology zinda hai.
Source: Google I/O 2026 Keynote · May 2026
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Microsoft Cortana — Finally, Officially, Completely Dead
AI Assistant · Launched 2014 · Windows Support Ended May 2026
- Tha kya: Microsoft ka original AI assistant — Siri aur Alexa ka competitor banna chahta tha. Windows 10/11 mein deeply integrated tha.
- Kyun mara: Copilot ne completely replace kar diya — maintaining Cortana resources waste tha. Windows 11 updates ne Cortana completely remove kar diya.
- Kya hua: Windows se remove, mobile apps close, third-party integrations dead. Copilot sab jagah Cortana ki jagah le chuka hai. Indian enterprise users ke liye: Copilot seekhna mandatory ho gaya.
Source: Microsoft Blog · May 2026
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India AI Beat — Desi Developments
India Q1 2026 — $679.8M AI Funding Record
Indian AI startups ne record funding raise ki — Neysa ($600M), Dan AI, Portkey, Gnani AI successful rahe. Pichle quarter se 2x growth. Sovereign AI push ka direct result.
AIKosh Launch — Sarvam, BharatGen, Gnani, Socket Models Live
IndiaAI ne sovereign AI stack launch kiya — models, tools, datasets ek platform par. Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam TTS available. India ka AI public infrastructure ready.
Wipro + ServiceNow — Agentic AI Partnership Expanded
Wipro stock 4% up after partnership announcement. IT, HR, procurement, cybersecurity mein agentic AI workflows scale honge. Indian IT mein agentic adoption ka strong signal.
Mphasis — ₹260 Cr AI Platform Investment
Enterprise AI solutions build karne ke liye major investment. Banking, insurance clients ke liye tailored platforms. Mid-tier IT company bhi AI race mein full commitment.
Fundamentum — ₹3,000 Cr AI/DeepTech Fund
India ke largest dedicated AI funds mein se ek launch hua. Early-stage aur growth-stage startups ke liye capital available. Indian AI funding ecosystem mature ho raha hai.
HMD Vibe 2 5G — Sarvam AI's Indus Inside (₹9,499)
Mass market smartphone mein on-device Indian language AI integrated. Reliance 'Boot Up India' campaign bhi shuru — AI laptops mass market tak pahunchane ka target.
Netrasemi — A2000 AI Chip Launch
Indian fabless semiconductor startup ne flagship AI SoC launch kiya. Edge computing ke liye optimized. India ka semiconductor dream ko hardware shape mil raha hai.
AU Bank + Intellect — Purple Fabric AI Platform
AU Small Finance Bank ne enterprise-wide AI ke liye Intellect Design Arena select kiya. Indian banking mein AI transformation ka speed badh raha hai.
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AI Jobs This Week
🔥 This Week's Most In-Demand AI Skills — June 2026 Update
Agentic AI WorkflowsAI-Native Software EngineeringAI Safety & GovernanceIndic/Multilingual AIClaude/GPT API IntegrationMLOps & Cloud AIDomain-Specific AI (Telecom/Fin)
💡 Anthropic Opus 4.8 launch ke baad "Agentic AI Workflows" ki demand explode ho gayi hai — Wipro, Mphasis jaise companies actively hire kar rahe hain. AI Safety & Governance skills IndiaAI Safety Institute hiring se confirm hui — government bhi invest kar raha hai. Indic AI (Sarvam, BharatGen) ke AIKosh launch ke baad multilingual AI developers ki demand 3x badhi. MLOps aur Cloud AI (Docker, Kubernetes) ki supply market mein bahut kam hai — high salary potential.
Deputy General Manager — Application Development
IndiaAI Division · New Delhi · Deadline: 1 June 2026
Innovation ChallengesGovt AILeadership
Director — IndiaAI Safety Institute
IndiaAI Division · New Delhi · Deadline: 2 June 2026
AI SafetyGovernancePolicy
AI Engineer — AI-Native Systems
Microsoft India · Bengaluru / Hyderabad / Noida
AI-NativeCloud AISystems
Agentic AI Engineer — Enterprise Workflows
Wipro / Mphasis / ServiceNow Partners · Pan-India
Agentic AIEnterpriseIT/HR/Procurement
💰 AI Salary Ranges — India Market
Fresher Data Scientist
₹5–9 LPA
Fresher ML Engineer
₹6–12 LPA
Mid-Level AI Engineer
₹12–30 LPA
Agentic AI / Safety Specialist
₹20–50 LPA ↑↑↑
Models & Products — Latest Launches
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Models & Products — Latest Launches
Sabse important model releases — June 2026 (Week 1) ka complete rundown
🌍 Frontier Model Updates — Global Leaders
Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic
- Launched: May 30, 2026
- Online-Mind2Web: 84%
- Super-Agent: Perfect
- 4x better code flaw detection
GPT-5.5 Instant
OpenAI
- Updated: May 28, 2026
- SWE-Bench Pro: 58.6%
- Terminal-Bench: 82.7%
- 52.5% fewer hallucinations
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google
- GA: May 20, 2026 (I/O)
- Frontier intel + Flash speed
- Agent-native model
- Antigravity integrated
⚡ Benchmark Snapshot — June 2026 (Week 1)
Best Agentic (Super-Agent)
Claude Opus 4.8
Perfect Score
Best Web Tasks (Mind2Web)
Claude Opus 4.8
84%
Best Coding (SWE-Bench Pro)
GPT-5.5 Instant
58.6%
Best Terminal Tasks
GPT-5.5 Instant
82.7%
🇮🇳 India AI Products — Sovereign Models Rising
Sarvam AI Models
Sarvam AI
- Launched via AIKosh
- 22+ Indian languages
- TTS: Bengali, Gujarati, etc.
- IndiaAI Mission backed
BharatGen
IIT Madras
- Launched via AIKosh
- Multimodal generation
- India-focused datasets
- Open-source release
Gnani & Socket
India Startups
- Launched via AIKosh
- Enterprise AI solutions
- Speech & NLP focus
- Govt ecosystem integration
Business, Startups & Funding
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Business, Startups & Funding
Paisa kahan ja raha hai, kaun bada ho raha hai — India AI economy ka full picture
$679.8M
India AI Startup Funding — Q1 2026 Record
$965B
Anthropic Valuation — World's Most Valuable AI Startup
₹3,000Cr
Fundamentum New AI/DeepTech Fund Size
₹260Cr
Mphasis Investment in AI Platforms
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Anthropic — $65B Round, $965B Valuation, Beats OpenAI
Anthropic ne $65 billion funding close kiya — valuation $965 billion tak pahunch gayi. OpenAI ko peeche chhod kar duniya ki sabse valuable AI startup ban gayi. Claude Opus 4.8 launch ke saath yeh funding AI safety aur agentic capabilities ko next level par le jayegi. Indian startups ke liye signal: safety-first AI models ko investors prefer kar rahe hain.
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India Q1 2026 — $679.8M AI Funding Record (2x QoQ)
Indian AI startups ne Q1 mein record funding raise ki — $679.8 million, jo pichle quarter se double hai. Neysa alone ne $600M laya. Dan AI, Portkey, Gnani AI bhi funding mein successful rahe. India AI ecosystem globally competitive ho raha hai — sovereign AI push ka direct result.
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Wipro + ServiceNow — Agentic AI Workflows Scale Up
Wipro ne ServiceNow ke saath expanded partnership announce ki — IT, HR, procurement aur cybersecurity mein agentic AI workflows scale honge. Wipro stock 4% up. Indian IT services mein agentic AI adoption ka clear signal — manual processes ab automate ho jayenge.
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Mphasis — ₹260 Crore AI Platform Investment
Mphasis ne ₹260 crore invest karne ka announcement kiya AI platforms build karne ke liye. Enterprise AI solutions par focus — banking, insurance aur financial services clients ke liye tailored solutions. Indian IT mid-tier companies bhi AI race mein full throttle hain.
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Fundamentum — ₹3,000 Crore AI/DeepTech Fund Launch
Fundamentum ne naya ₹3,000 crore fund launch kiya — exclusively AI aur deeptech startups ke liye. India ke largest dedicated AI funds mein se ek. Early-stage aur growth-stage dono ke liye capital available. Indian founders ke liye massive capital access.
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In-Housing Trend — Global Firms Bring Work Back to India Hubs
Reuters report: AI productivity boost ki wajah se global firms India hubs mein work in-house le ja rahe hain, outsourcing kam ho raha hai. Indian IT workers ke liye mixed signal — job security badh rahi hai lekin traditional outsourcing model shift ho raha hai. AI-native skills hona zaroori hai.
🧠 Founder Spotlight
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Anthropic's $965 billion valuation isn't just a number — it's a signal that the market values AI safety and agentic capabilities over pure scale. Claude Opus 4.8 proving that focused, reliable agents beat brute-force models. Indian founders should note: build for trust and reliability, not just benchmarks.
— AI Investor & Analyst | 🧠 Post-Anthropic Funding Analysis
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India's Q1 $679.8M AI funding record is validation that our sovereign AI push is working. AIKosh launch, Neysa's $600M round, Fundamentum's ₹3,000Cr fund — capital is flowing because the ecosystem is maturing. We're not just building apps anymore, we're building infrastructure.
— Indian AI Startup Founder | 🧠 Founder Spotlight
New Topics Added in AI Era
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New Topics Added in AI Era
Is hafte ke developments ke baad — yeh concepts aur zyada relevant ho gaye hain
In-Housing Revolution — AI Se Outsourcing Ka Ant?
Trend Alert 2026
Reuters report ke mutabiq global firms AI productivity ki wajah se India hubs mein work in-house le ja rahe hain. Traditional outsourcing model disrupt ho raha hai — Wipro, TCS, Infosys ko adapt karna hoga. Indian IT workers ke liye: "outsourcing job" se "in-house AI specialist" mein transition karo. Client-side roles zyada secure honge vendor-side se.
Sovereign AI Stack — AIKosh Model
India Launch 2026
IndiaAI ne AIKosh launch kiya — ek shared platform jahan Sarvam, BharatGen, Gnani, Socket ke sovereign models available hain. Compute, datasets, sandboxing sab ek jagah. Indian language TTS built-in. Yeh "India ka AI app store" hai — developers directly integrate karenge. DigiLocker, Aadhaar, UPI ke baad AIKosh India ka next digital public infrastructure milestone ban sakta hai.
Agentic Enterprise — Wipro/ServiceNow Model
Enterprise Shift 2026
Wipro aur ServiceNow ki partnership ne "Agentic Enterprise" ka model dikhaya — IT, HR, procurement, cybersecurity sab mein AI agents kaam karenge. Manual ticketing, approvals, reporting sab automate. Indian enterprises (banks, telecom, manufacturing) ke liye blueprint ready hai. Next 2 years mein har mid-large enterprise mein agentic workflows mandatory ho jayenge.
FaaS for MCP — Serverless Agentic Infrastructure
Research Trend 2026
IISc-IBM research ne FaaS (Function-as-a-Service) platforms ko MCP-enabled agentic workflows ke liye optimize karne ka framework diya. Agentic AI ko serverless infra par run karna cost-effective aur scalable ban jata hai. Indian cloud startups ke liye opportunity: MCP-native FaaS platforms build karo — global market hai.
Model Sunset Policy — OpenAI o3/4.5 Retirement
Industry Practice 2026
OpenAI ne o3 aur GPT-4.5 ko retire karne ka announcement kiya — clear signal hai ki AI models bhi software ki tarah lifecycle follow karte hain. Developers ke liye implication: apni apps model-agnostic banao, API wrappers use karo, hard dependencies avoid karo. "Model lock-in" ab real risk hai.
On-Device AI in Mass Market — HMD Vibe 2 Example
Consumer Trend 2026
HMD Vibe 2 5G (₹9,499) mein Sarvam AI ka Indus on-device AI integration ne prove kiya ki on-device AI ab premium feature nahi raha. Sub-10K smartphones mein Indian language AI available hai. Indian smartphone market (300M+ annual sales) ke liye implication: har phone AI phone ban jayega. App developers on-device capabilities ko target karo.
Quick Updates in AI Era
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Quick Updates in AI Era
Fast reads — 6 updates jo tumhe miss nahi karne chahiye iss hafte
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Anthropic — $965B Valuation, Beats OpenAI
Anthropic ne $65 billion funding round close kiya — valuation $965 billion tak pahunch gayi. OpenAI ko officially peeche chhod diya. Duniya ki sabse valuable AI startup ab Anthropic hai. Claude Opus 4.8 launch ke saath safety-first approach ko market ne validate kiya.
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GPT-5.5 Instant Update — Benchmarks Improved
OpenAI ne 28 May ko GPT-5.5 update kiya — SWE-Bench Pro 58.6%, Terminal-Bench 82.7%, OSWorld-Verified 78.7%. Hallucinations 52.5% kam. Memory Sources UI add hua. Free users ke liye bhi available. GPT-4.5 aur o3 retire hone wale hain.
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Claude Opus 4.8 — Super-Agent Perfect Score
Anthropic ne Opus 4.8 launch kiya — Super-Agent benchmark mein sirf yeh model ne har case end-to-end complete kiya. Online-Mind2Web par 84%. Code flaws detect karne mein 4x better than predecessor. Agentic AI ka naya king.
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IndiaAI AIKosh — Sovereign Models Live
PIB ne confirm kiya AIKosh ab shared layer hai — Sarvam AI, BharatGen, Gnani, Socket ke models launched. Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam TTS support. India ka sovereign AI infrastructure operational ho gaya.
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Wipro Stock +4% — ServiceNow Agentic AI Partnership
Wipro ne ServiceNow ke saath expanded partnership announce ki — IT, HR, procurement, cybersecurity mein agentic AI workflows scale honge. Stock market ne positive react kiya. Indian IT mein agentic adoption ka clear signal.
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ZeroDrag — ₹6.5 Cr for Drone AI Avionics
Indian drone avionics/AI startup ZeroDrag ne Transition VC se ₹6.5 crore raise kiye. UAV ecosystem ko strong karne ke liye — India ka drone + AI combination defense aur logistics mein grow ho raha hai.