Avanade Report: 75% of Indian Firms Yet to See AI Returns
Avanade AI report: 75% of Indian leaders say AI has not yet paid back its cost, even as 28% let generative AI run processes without human sign-off.
Google Launches Dreambeans AI Story App in India in 13 Languages
Google has launched Dreambeans, its AI app that turns Gmail, Photos and Calendar activity into personal stories, in India with 13 languages.
India Is ChatGPT’s Biggest Market, Says OpenAI MD Prabhjeet Singh
India is now ChatGPT’s largest market by weekly users, with users doubling since January, says OpenAI India MD Prabhjeet Singh, as UPI payments plans near.
NeuroDX’s 240M-Parameter Sphota Model Claims an Edge Over Liquid AI With 50x Less Training Data
IndiaAI-backed NeuroDX says its 240M-parameter Sphota model edges Liquid AI on benchmarks with 50x less training data. Results are preliminary.
BharatGen Names 8-Member Advisory Board With NSE’s Ashish Chauhan, NITI’s Debjani Ghosh and Ex-Military Chiefs as Sovereign AI Moves to Deployment
BharatGen has formed an eight-member advisory board, including NSE’s Ashish Chauhan and NITI Aayog’s Debjani Ghosh, to guide its sovereign AI rollout.
India Ranks Second Globally in AI Shopping as 76% of Consumers Use AI Tools; Millennials Lead at 84%: McKinsey
India ranks second among 11 markets for AI-powered shopping, with 76% of consumers using AI tools and 87% of AI users trusting them, McKinsey’s Agentic Commerce Consumer Survey shows.
OpenAI Cuts Funding Target to $20 Billion, Trims Valuation Goal to $1.25 Trillion as AI Selloff Bites: What It Means for India
OpenAI is now seeking about $20 billion instead of roughly $30 billion in its latest round and has cut its valuation target to $1.25 trillion from $1.4 trillion as an AI stock selloff makes investors more cautious, a shift Indian CIOs and AI labs such as Sarvam will watch closely.
Mistral Opens Up Its 1-Trillion-Parameter ‘Le Chonk’ Model, Offering India a Sovereign AI Playbook
Mistral AI has released the weights of Mistral Large 4, a one-trillion-parameter multimodal model that leads open-weight rivals on several coding and cybersecurity benchmarks. Its pitch, frontier AI that organisations can host and control themselves, holds clear lessons for India’s sovereign AI push.
OpenAI Quietly Ships GPT-6 Rosalind for Drug Discovery Behind Trusted-Access Gates; Indian Pharma Can Apply, Indian Academic Labs Cannot Yet
OpenAI has released GPT-6 Rosalind, a frontier biology and drug-discovery model on GPT-6 Astra’s weights, only to vetted research organisations at premium prices. It is rated High risk for biology. Indian pharma companies can apply, but the free academic plan covers only US university labs.
Anthropic Files for Nasdaq IPO With $16.3 Billion in Half-Year Revenue; India Is Claude’s No. 2 Market but Gets Barely a Mention
The Claude maker’s S-1 shows revenue of about $16.3 billion in the first half of 2026, its first quarterly operating profit, and more than $800 billion in compute commitments. India, Claude.ai’s second-largest market by usage, gets almost no mention, even as Indian IT stocks fell on the news.
