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Apple Pays Rs 18,000 Crore To Acquire Israeli AI Startup That Can Read Facial Expressions – Trak.in – Indian Business of Tech, Mobile & Startups
Apple Inc. has announced a major acquisition of the Israeli artificial intelligence start-up Q.ai for nearly $2 billion, underscoring its…
India offers zero taxes through 2047 to lure global AI workloads | TechCrunch
As the global race to build AI infrastructure accelerates, India has offered foreign cloud providers zero taxes through 2047 on…
Deep-tech startup OneARVO raises pre-seed round led by IPV | Startup Story
Deep Tech Funding Alert ByStartupStory | February 1, 2026 Deep-tech startup OneARVO has raised Rs 1.23 crore in a pre-seed funding…
Five European Startups Hit Unicorn Status in January 2026
January 2026 just minted five fresh European unicorns, signaling renewed investor confidence in the region’s startup ecosystem. From Aikido Security…
Ex-Google engineer convicted of stealing AI secrets for startup in China; FBI says: Betrayed both America and Google by … – The Times of India
A federal jury in San Francisco this week convicted former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding,…
Apple Q.ai acquiring, Israeli audio AI startup
Apple on Thursday said it has acquired Q.ai, an Israeli startup working on artificial intelligence technology for audio [File] |…
Indian Startup News on Instagram: “AI startup Perplexity has signed a three-year agreement worth about $750 million with Microsoft to use its Azure cloud services, according to a Reuters report. Under the deal, Perplexity will run a range of AI models through Microsoft’s Foundry program, including systems from OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI, the report said. Perplexity is backed by Nvidia, whose chips are widely used to train and deploy advanced AI models. A Microsoft spokesperson told Reuters that Perplexity has chosen Microsoft Foundry as its primary AI platform for model sourcing under a new multi-year agreement. The spokesperson added that Perplexity has not shifted spending away from Amazon Web Services, the startup’s main cloud provider, as part of the Microsoft deal. #AI #perplexity #microsoft #indianstartupnews”
AI startup Perplexity has signed a three-year agreement worth about $750 million with Microsoft to use its Azure cloud services,…
Musk’s Starlink updates privacy policy to allow consumer data to train AI
SpaceX revised its Starlink privacy policy to allow the use of customer data for AI training, a shift that could…
Howard Lutnick sought visit to Epstein’s island, DOJ files indicate
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick once planned a visit to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s private island and maintained contact with the…
DeepSeek is looking for AI search engineers: report
Chinese AI company DeepSeek is planning to launch an AI search engine and develop more automated software, according to a…
Perplexity signs $750 million deal with Microsoft
AI startup Perplexity has signed a $750 million agreement with Microsoft to use its Azure cloud services, according to a…
Apple’s AI Brain Drain Accelerates as Tech Giants and Startups Poach Top Talent
Apple’s artificial intelligence division is experiencing a significant exodus of top researchers and engineers, raising questions about the iPhone maker’s…
Local Healthcare Tech Startup Brings AI Forecasting to Long Island Medical Practices – EIN News
Local Healthcare Tech Startup Brings AI Forecasting to Long Island Medical Practices EIN News Source link
Employee AI Usage Increases Hybrid Productivity Across U.S. Workforces: Prodoscore Study – Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Employee AI Usage Increases Hybrid Productivity Across U.S. Workforces: Prodoscore Study Supply & Demand Chain Executive Source link
China may have approved Nvidia H200 AI GPU for startup that wiped out $600 billion from American chipmaker’s market value – The Times of India
China has reportedly granted conditional approval for one of the country’s leading AI startup, DeepSeek, to purchase Nvidia’s high-performance H200…
CEE Startup & Tech Weekly: EnduroSat Awarded Missile Defense Agency SHIELD IDIQ Contract
The Recursive’s weekly roundup aims to cover key tech developments across Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the growing…
WaveX invites applications from startups for ‘India AI Summit’ next month – The Economic Times
Government’s startup accelerator platform WaveX on Friday said it has invited applications from startups for participation in the ‘India AI…