How India's tier 2 cities are becoming digital powerhouses | Indian GenAI companies turn into bigger investment magnets
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How India's tier 2 cities are becoming digital powerhouses
Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities in India are emerging as key players in the nation's digital transformation, driven by factors like AI, edge computing, and supportive government policies. These cities are attracting data center investments due to lower costs, improved connectivity, and proximity to users. ...  read more...
Indian GenAI companies turn into bigger investment magnets
Indian GenAI startups witnessed a funding surge, securing $524 million in the first seven months of 2025, marking a five-year high. This investment, four times that of 2021, is fueled by enterprise adoption of AI for automation.  read more...
Under the sea, for sake of strategy: Why foreign powers hold India's digital pulse
In 2023, there were more than 500 subsea cables and 1,300 CLSs worldwide controlled by multinational telecom service provider consortiums, or by cloud, network and internet service providers like Meta, Alphabet and Microsoft. Similarly, 90% of subsea cable manufacturing and laying industry consists ...  read more...
'GPT-5 feels dumber': Users on OpenAI's newest model
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the issues, shared some insight into what went wrong, and promised to take steps to help improve the user experience.  read more...
Trump opens door to sales of version of Nvidia's next-gen AI chips in China
Trump on Monday defended the agreement calling for Nvidia and AMD to give the U.S. government 15% of revenue from China sales, after his administration green-lighted exports to China of less advanced AI chips known as the H20 last month.  read more...
OpenAI's GPT-5 release raises revenue risk for Indian IT firms
OpenAI's GPT-5 launch poses a threat to the Indian IT services industry, potentially deflating revenues by 2-3% for several years. While boosting productivity and enabling new AI use cases, GPT-5's advancements in coding and reduced hallucination rates could lead clients to demand lower pricing. IT ...  read more...
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