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Key PlayersTCS, Infosys, Wipro, Reliance

Top InstitutionsIITs, IISc, IndiaAI Mission

AI Policy StanceLight-touch, innovation-first

Notable LegislationAI Governance Guidelines (Nov 2025), AI Ethics Bill (Dec 2025)

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India positions itself as global AI development hub with Impact Summit 2026 and startup push

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with 12 Indian AI startups ahead of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, calling them 'co-architects of India's future.' The summit, scheduled for February 15-20 in Delhi, will bring together leaders from 20 countries and showcase India's growing AI ambitions through case studies, compendiums, and homegrown solutions focused on ethical and inclusive AI development.

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India positions itself as global AI development hub with Impact Summit 2026 and startup push

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India Pushes Digital Public Infrastructure Model to Democratise AI Access Nationwide

The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser released a white paper outlining India's vision to treat AI infrastructure as a shared national resource. Despite generating 20% of global data, India holds only 3% of data center capacity. The government proposes extending its successful Digital Public Infrastructure approach to AI, enabling startups, researchers, and institutions across regions to access compute, datasets, and models without owning expensive hardware.

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India Pushes Digital Public Infrastructure Model to Democratise AI Access Nationwide

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Coforge to acquire AI-native firm Encora for $2.35 billion in largest Indian IT services deal

Indian IT services provider Coforge announced plans to acquire California-based AI firm Encora for $2.35 billion from private equity groups Advent International and Warburg Pincus. The technology services deal marks the largest acquisition in India's IT sector by deal value, surpassing HCL Technologies' $1.8 billion IBM products purchase in 2018. The combined entity expects to generate $2 billion in revenue by FY27.

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Coforge to acquire AI-native firm Encora for $2.35 billion in largest Indian IT services deal

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OpenAI and Google battle for Indian users with free AI plans as training data becomes the prize

OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity are offering free premium AI subscriptions in India, turning the world's most populous nation into a battleground for AI dominance. ChatGPT's daily active users surged 607% to 73 million, while Gemini reached 17 million users. Analysts suggest the freebies strategy aims to harvest diverse multilingual training data from India's 730 million smartphone users.

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OpenAI and Google battle for Indian users with free AI plans as training data becomes the prize

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Google commits $8 million to India's AI centres, launches health and language initiatives

Google announced $8 million in funding commitments to strengthen India's artificial intelligence ecosystem at its Lab to Impact dialogue. The funding will support four government-backed AI Centres of Excellence and includes healthcare initiatives using MedGemma models, a $2 million Indic Language Technologies Research Hub at IIT Bombay, and developer grants for building AI solutions aligned with India's Make AI in India vision.

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Google commits $8 million to India's AI centres, launches health and language initiatives

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Reliance Intelligence begins operations as RIL pushes into large-scale AI development

Reliance Industries has operationalized its new AI subsidiary Reliance Intelligence, led by chief AI scientist Gaurav Aggarwal. The unit is actively hiring AI/ML engineers for Indic-language model development and will house partnerships with Google and Meta. The move signals RIL's ambition to build national-scale AI infrastructure, including a gigawatt-scale data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat.

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Reliance Intelligence begins operations as RIL pushes into large-scale AI development

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AI skills now required in 11.7% of tech jobs as hiring patterns shift across industries

India's AI-related job hiring is accelerating rapidly, with AI specialisation now accounting for 11.7% of tech job postings, up from 8.2% a year ago. Major platforms Indeed and LinkedIn reveal how AI is transforming hiring across sectors—from analytics to insurance—while traditional entry-level tech roles decline 45%. Experts argue AI tools will augment human work rather than replace it, as companies prioritize AI applications over expensive foundation models.

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AI skills now required in 11.7% of tech jobs as hiring patterns shift across industries

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Haier Gravity AI Air Conditioners debut with India's first self-cleaning outdoor unit at Rs 49,990

Haier India launched its Gravity AI Series air conditioners featuring AI-AtmoX platform for predictive cooling and climate personalization. The lineup introduces India's first fully automatic outdoor unit cleaning system and starts at Rs 49,990. The company aims to expand its AC market share from 8% to 17% by 2030 while scaling production capacity to 4 million units by 2027.

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Haier Gravity AI Air Conditioners debut with India's first self-cleaning outdoor unit at Rs 49,990

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Satya Nadella codes cricket app using AI to pick India's greatest test team

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spent his Thanksgiving coding a Deep Research AI app to analyze cricket. The passionate cricket fan used it to select a team of all-time greats in Indian test cricket, complete with consensus areas, debates, and reasoning chains. The project comes as Microsoft pledges $17.5 billion in AI and cloud computing investments in India over four years.

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Satya Nadella codes cricket app using AI to pick India's greatest test team

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TCS acquires Coastal Cloud for $700M to become top five Salesforce consulting firm globally

Tata Consultancy Services signed a definitive agreement to acquire US-based Salesforce Summit Partner Coastal Cloud for $700 million in an all-cash deal. This marks TCS' largest acquisition since 2008 and positions the company among the top five global Salesforce advisory and consulting firms, significantly strengthening its AI-led transformation capabilities.

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TCS acquires Coastal Cloud for $700M to become top five Salesforce consulting firm globally

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Harness hits $5.5 billion valuation with $240 million raise to automate AI's after-code gap

AI DevOps platform Harness secured $240 million in Series E funding led by Goldman Sachs, reaching a $5.5 billion valuation. Founded by AppDynamics creator Jyoti Bansal, the company targets the after-code software development phase—testing, security, and deployment—that consumes 70% of engineering time but remains largely manual despite AI's acceleration of code production.

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Harness hits $5.5 billion valuation with $240 million raise to automate AI's after-code gap

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Microsoft names Cognizant, Infosys, TCS, Wipro as frontier firms for massive Copilot deployment

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced partnerships with India's top IT giants—Cognizant, Infosys, TCS, and Wipro—positioning them as frontier firms in agentic AI adoption. Each company will deploy over 50,000 Microsoft Copilot licenses, collectively exceeding 200,000 seats. The move follows Microsoft's $17.5 billion investment in India's cloud and AI infrastructure.

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Microsoft names Cognizant, Infosys, TCS, Wipro as frontier firms for massive Copilot deployment

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Okta plans 50% workforce expansion in India by 2026 to advance AI security operations

Okta is significantly expanding its India operations with plans to grow its workforce by 50% by 2026, focusing on advanced engineering and product development at its Bengaluru campus. The expansion aims to develop identity security solutions for AI agents, as the company targets doubling its revenue from $5 billion to $10 billion.

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Okta plans 50% workforce expansion in India by 2026 to advance AI security operations

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CP Plus Qualcomm Partner to Launch Edge AI Video Intelligence Systems Across India

CP Plus and Qualcomm Technologies have announced a collaboration to develop AI-powered video intelligence solutions for India's industrial, public infrastructure, and enterprise sectors. The partnership combines CP Plus' nationwide distribution network with Qualcomm's Dragonwing processors and Insight Platform to deliver real-time, on-site video analytics. Expected to launch in Q1 2026, the system processes data locally using edge AI, reducing reliance on central servers while keeping sensitive footage on premises.

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CP Plus Qualcomm Partner to Launch Edge AI Video Intelligence Systems Across India

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OpenAI expands ChatGPT personality feature to eight modes in India with GPT-5.1 update

OpenAI rolled out an upgraded personality feature for ChatGPT users in India, expanding from five to eight distinct modes with the GPT-5.1 release. Users can now customize chatbot tone across Professional, Friendly, Candid, Quirky, Efficient, Nerdy, Cynical, and Default options. The update aims to make AI conversations feel more natural without requiring constant prompt adjustments.

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OpenAI expands ChatGPT personality feature to eight modes in India with GPT-5.1 update

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