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The Tech Panda takes a look at recent funding events in the tech ecosystem, seeking to know where the cash is flowing. Startup: Zave Sector: AI Shopping Assistant Amount: INR4.7 Crore Led by: Inflection Point Ventures AI shopping assistant startup Zave has raised INR4.7 crore in a bridge
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Schoolnet India Limited has announced that its Geneo AI platform now supports more than 25 million students and teachers across over 100,000 schools, as the company expands its AI-powered academic ecosystem across government and private educational institutions. The platform, developed as part of Schoolnet’s “One School, One Solution”
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ZingHR has launched GHROWTH.ai, an AI-powered strategic command centre designed to provide boards and executive leadership teams with a unified view of enterprise performance by consolidating data from HR, finance, sales, operations and other business functions. The platform aims to address a common challenge faced by organisations: translating strategic
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Lentra has introduced the Growth Alliance Program (G.A.P.), an initiative aimed at helping emerging and mid-sized non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) strengthen their lending technology infrastructure as the sector continues to expand. The programme comes at a time when India’s NBFC industry is witnessing sustained growth. According to
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Pegasystems has inaugurated a new office and Executive Briefing Center (EBC) in Bengaluru, marking a significant expansion of its operations in India. The company said the facility, developed with an investment of over ₹60 crore, is intended to strengthen its engineering capabilities and support deeper engagement with enterprise customers and
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Apple has taken a significant step toward embedding contextual artificial intelligence directly into its daily user experience with the rollout of the second developer beta of iOS 27. The latest software update introduces a dedicated “Siri Mode” directly inside the native iPhone Camera application, placing visual search capabilities into the
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As India celebrates MSME Day 2026, Tata Tele Business Services (TTBS) has launched #RozBanateHainNayaKal, a campaign dedicated to celebrating the millions of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) whose everyday efforts are helping shape India’s future. Across the country, MSMEs are driving economic activity, creating livelihoods, fostering innovation, and
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In a major step expanding its conversational artificial intelligence outside of Western markets, Amazon has officially commenced pilot testing for Alexa+, its next-generation, generative AI-revamped voice assistant, in India. The tech giant has started dispatching exclusive email invitations to select customers across the country, inviting them to participate in an
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Centric Software is pleased to announce that its parent company, Dassault Systèmes, endorses Centric PLM as the preferred solution for Consumer Packaged Goods & Retail (CPGR). Centric Software delivers innovative, integrated, end-to-end AI-powered enterprise solutions to take products from concept to commercialization. Dassault Systèmes’ Centric brand delivers integrated, AI-powered enterprise
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As the global race for artificial intelligence supremacy intensifies, Amazon has announced plans to inject an additional $13 billion into India over the next four years. This new capital injection will substantially expand the company’s AI and cloud infrastructure footprint across the country, which has fast become a core
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Not every digital transformation story starts in a boardroom. CEAT’s began on the factory floor — when plant operators stopped waiting for the digital team to push AI adoption, and started asking, “Where else can we apply this?” That shift in mindset is at the heart of a remarkable journey
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Education is experiencing one of its biggest transformations in this decade. While classrooms have become increasingly common, now teachers are looking for more than just interactive hardware. They need intelligent software that reduces preparation time, improves classroom engagement, and helps deliver lessons that resonate with digitally native students. AI is
