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Databricks Bags $7bn Funding, Valued at $134bn Amid Software Crash
SAN FRANCISCO: Databricks announced that it raised $7 billion at a $134 billion valuation, defying the software sector selloff that...
Artificial Intelligence
AI Agents Now Hire Humans for Real-World Tasks via RentAHuman.ai
SAN FRANCISCO: A new platform launched this week flips automation upside down by enabling AI agents to directly hire humans...
Business
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta Plan Massive $700 Bn AI Buildout
SAN FRANCISCO: Five leading technology companies collectively will spend approximately $700 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026, nearly doubling last...
Artificial Intelligence
Meet Google PaperBanana: The AI That Draws Your Research for You
California: Google AI and Peking University researchers unveiled PaperBanana Thursday, a multi-agent framework automating academic diagram generation for research papers....
Startup Stories
WellWith Raises ₹1.25 Cr to Scale Himalayan Wellness Play
Mumbai: Wellness startup WellWith has secured ₹1.25 crore in a seed funding round led by BeyondSeed, with participation from Winner...
Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT Caricatures Are Social Media’s New Profile Picture Trend!
New Delhi: A new AI-driven trend is gaining momentum across social media platforms, with users turning to ChatGPT to create...
Startup Stories
IIT Madras, Unicorn India Ventures Announce Rs 600 Cr Frontier Tech Fund
Bengaluru: IIT Madras Research Park has partnered with Unicorn India Ventures to launch a Rs 600 crore deep-technology fund focused...
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.6 Model Days After Software Market Rout
SAN FRANCISCO: Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.6 model Thursday. The timing comes days after Cowork plugins triggered historic software selloff....
Business
AWS Posts Fastest Growth in Over Three Years as Cloud, AI Demand Surge
New York: Amazon Web Services (AWS) ended 2025 on a strong note, delivering its fastest quarterly growth rate in more...
Business
OnGrid Buys Reczee to Bring Hiring, Background Checks Under One Roof
Bengaluru: Background verification startup OnGrid has acquired Reczee, an AI-led recruitment platform, to combine hiring and verification into a single,...