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US cos see growing business interest in India as bilateral trade crosses $240 billion, says envoy Gor

American companies are deepening their engagement with India, with bilateral trade between the two countries expanding more than twelvefold over the past decade to exceed…

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Meta Is Fighting a Mountain of Social-Media Lawsuits—at Just the Wrong Time

Meta Platforms is facing one of the most serious legal threats of its 22-year history—and it couldn’t come at a worse time for the company…

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Meta unveils Muse media generation models, and signals shift to proprietary AI

Meta’s heavy investments towards creating the Superintelligence Labs, has finally borne a public release fruit. The tech company has released its first media generation models,…

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Where are the unicorns of 2021

Synopsis In 2021, India witnessed a surge of 39 startups achieving unicorn status. Following a period of easy funding, these companies, including Cred and Meesho,…

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Google sculpts AI for India, and witnessing Meta’s theatre

Cognitive warmup. Norway intends to ban the use of generative AI tools by elementary school children, with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere warning (correctly, if…

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Cred founder Kunal Shah’s appointment as WhatsApp CEO sparks discussion on social media
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Cred founder Kunal Shah’s appointment as WhatsApp CEO sparks discussion on social media

The appointment of Cred founder Kunal Shah as WhatsApp‘s new CEO has sparked a wave of reactions across social media, with industry leaders welcoming the…

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Meta's Cred deal showcases new playbook: take stake, hire the founder
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Meta’s Cred deal showcases new playbook: take stake, hire the founder

Meta‘s $900 million investment in Cred and the appointment of the fintech’s founder Kunal Shah as WhatsApp‘s new global head are the latest in a…

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Tech Tonic | Kunal Shah is the man Meta trusts with WhatsApp’s future

There are two clear headlines that have shaped up in the last few hours. First, tech giant Meta is investing $900 million (that’s around ₹8,550…

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Sarvam AI's Pratyush Kumar joins AI executive huddle with G7 leaders
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Sarvam AI’s Pratyush Kumar joins AI executive huddle with G7 leaders

Bengaluru-based Sarvam AI co-founder Pratyush Kumar was among top artificial intelligence executives such as Sam Altman and Dario Amodei who joined the lunch meeting with…

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Sundar Pichai’s address, Amazon’s influence, and Meta being Meta

Cognitive warmup. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google, went to deliver the 2026 Commencement Address at Stanford University. If I am to look beyond…

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