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India
July 2026
- India's contract manufacturing startup 'Zetwerk' receives regulator's approval for IPO
- India approves 12 semiconductor manufacturing projects with investments totalling around US$17.2 billion
- Cyient to acquire Tao Digital in $218 million all-cash deal
- Apple brings back card payments for Apple Account purchases in India after a four-year hiatus
June 2026
- Amazon Commits Additional $13 Billion to India for AI and Cloud Infrastructure
- Cybercriminals allegedly hacked tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls used by major companies all over the world
- FirstClub doubles valuation to $255M in 9 months on premium quick-commerce grocery bet
- Anthropic scales Claude Mythos to critical infrastructure in 15+ countries
May 2026
- Human Archive taps Indias gig economy to collect data for physical AI
- Voice AI in India is hard, Wispr Flow is betting on it anyway
- Apple accuses India antitrust watchdog of overstepping authority in new court filing
- OnePlus and Nothing Raise Smartphone Prices in India Amid Ongoing RAM Crisis
- ChatGPT Images 2.0 Sees Strong Adoption in India, Mixed Global Response
April 2026
- Cloud spending reaches $129 billion in Q1 2026, marking ninth consecutive quarter of growth
- FCC votes on proposal that would ban 21% of accredited test labs in China and Hong Kong
- Amazon and Meta lobby India payments regulator over Google Pay and PhonePe dominance
- Sri Lanka reports second missing payment amid ongoing treasury cyber attack investigation
- India's Snabbit seeks funding at $400M valuation
- Apple CEO transition to John Ternus signals hardware-focused future
- India's IT sector sees surge in replacement hiring as Gen Z tenures shrink
- Revolut eyes $150B-$200B valuation in eventual IPO
- Cerebras files for Nasdaq IPO under ticker CBRS after withdrawing 2024 attempt
- HBO Max launches in India through exclusive JioHotstar partnership
- India Notifies $1.2 Billion Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0
- Indian Lender KreditBee Raises $200 Million at $1.1 Billion Valuation
- Indian AI startup Rocket launches McKinsey-style consulting platform
- Gujarat High Court bans AI use in judicial processes in landmark Indian ruling
- India's Bollywood embraces AI production tools as Hollywood unions resist
- India's Sarvam AI Raises New Funding at $1.5 Billion Valuation
- India's Sarvam AI Raising $300. 350 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation to Challenge US and Chinese AI Leaders
- Oracle Cuts 10,000 Jobs in India, Shedding 20% of Its Indian Workforce in AI Pivot
March 2026
- Deccan AI Secures $25M in Series A
- OpenAI Hires CEO of India's JioStar to Lead Asia-Pacific Operations
- Deccan AI raises $25M in funding round
- A Gravity Map of Earth
- India's Chip Output Set to Reach 75-80 Million Units per Day, Marking a New Milestone
- upGrad acquires Unacademy in all-stock deal
- Google and Accel Select Five India-Tied AI Startups for Atoms Accelerator with Up to $2M Funding
- Bridge Data Centres plans to invest $2.3bn-$4bn in Singapore's digital infrastructure
- What national AI plans get wrong and how to fix them
February 2026
- India disrupts access to popular developer platform Supabase with blocking order
- Sam Altman would like to remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too
- General Catalyst commits $5B to India over five years
- NVIDIA and Sarvam AI co-design optimizations delivering 4x inference gains for sovereign 30B multilingual models
- Neysa AI raises $600M equity led by Blackstone as part of up to $1.2B round
- Adani pledges $100B for renewable AI data centers in India
- As AI data centers hit power limits, Peak XV backs Indian startup C2i to fix the bottleneck
- Blackstone backs Neysa in up to $1.2B financing as India pushes to build domestic AI compute
- Sam Altman says India has 100 million weekly active ChatGPT users
- India doubles down on state-backed venture capital, approving $1.1B fund
- India orders faster takedown of deepfakes by social platforms
- AI 'moving at the speed of light' warns Guterres, unveiling recommendations for UN expert panel