The Big Four—EY, Deloitte, PwC, KPMG—are locked in an intensifying battle with global technology majors such as Accenture and Capgemini, as well as Indian IT players, as leading companies are rushing to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) in their technology stacks, revving up growth in their technology consulting business that is expected to bring in more … Read more
Incorporated in September 2025, Reliance Intelligence is a wholly owned unit of Reliance Industries (RIL) It houses RIL’s AI partnerships with global technology firms such as Google and Meta It’s also executing its data centre plans. The group is building a gigawatt-scale AI-ready data centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat. The Company is now getting operationalized. It … Read more
Artificial intelligence has created a “terrifying” outlook for employment, Oaktree Capital Management LP co-founder Howard Marks cautioned, and an assumed productivity boom fails to consider how many people will be able to afford the additional goods produced. “I’m concerned that a small number of highly educated multi billionaires living on the coasts will be viewed … Read more
Bajaj Finance has said that its voice bots will disburse Rs 5,300 crore of loans in FY26 – its first full year of operations. This channel will be completely taken over by AI agents as part of its 2026-30 long-range strategy which has AI as the backbone of its growth plans that links targets directly … Read more
The target startups must be a part of Accel’s Atoms accelerator programme – an early-stage support initiative for Indian and Indian-origin founders. Accel started the Atoms programme back in 2021 and has so far invested in nine AI companies through the accelerator. These are: Anko, BPR Hub, dubdub.ai, FinSynth, HighRev.ai, Ripik.ai, Rocket (formerly known as … Read more
Oracle Corp., the once stodgy database giant that’s borrowed tens of billions and tethered its fortunes to the artificial intelligence boom, is quickly emerging as the credit market’s barometer for AI risk. Traders have piled into the company’s credit-default swaps in recent months as Oracle’s massive AI-related spending spree, its central role in a web … Read more
Anthropic is now valued at around $350 billion, up from its $183 billion valuation as of September, after Microsoft and Nvidia jointly invested $15 billion in the AI startup, CNBC reported. Microsoft announced this strategic partnership with Nvidia and Anthropic on Tuesday, signalling a fresh push to diversify its AI needs and reduce its reliance … Read more
Microsoft’s AI chief Mustafa Suleyman is drawing a line in the sand as tech giants race to build superintelligent systems, declaring that raw capability must take a backseat to human control. “We can’t build superintelligence just for superintelligence’s sake,” Suleyman said, days after unveiling Microsoft’s new MAI Superintelligence Team. “It’s got to be for humanity’s … Read more
Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp has sold its stake in US chipmaker Nvidia for $5.8 billion, signalling a strategic pivot toward artificial intelligence investments, particularly in OpenAI, the company said on Tuesday, AP reported. The tech conglomerate also reported that its profit nearly tripled in the first half of the current fiscal year, driven by strong … Read more