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Bad AI cholesterol vs good AI cholesterol
The Magnificent 7 of Big Tech has recently experienced a staggering drop, losing over $1 trillion in collective market value. This decline is fueled by apprehensions regarding spending on artificial intelligence and rampant inflation. As challenges loom for AI investments—particularly in legal and borrowing contexts—investors must now navigate a landscape where distinguishing between thriving and failing AI projects is crucial.
Box expands Nvidia partnership, unveils AI workflow builder
Box Context Retrieval, a new search engine built on Nvidia's Nemotron models, will be generally available to Enterprise Advanced customers early next year, the company said.
India’s IT sector needs a new talent architecture
Growing demand for AI-related services is challenging providers, as they struggle to generate significant revenue. Companies must redesign their workforce models to capture opportunities in an AI-driven market. Existing talent architectures focus on old skill sets and hierarchies, which are becoming less relevant. Investing in specialized roles and capabilities will better align with the new market demands.
Apple’s robust India quarter; Giva’s $100 million funding
Apple posted record sales in India in the September quarter. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
Coders out, VCs in: Investors bet billions on AI-first services
The AI-native services firms’ promise of high margins and rapid growth with fewer people has attracted the interest of VC firms. If Distyl AI raised $175 million at a $1.8 billion valuation a year ago, Wonderful raised $550 million at a $5 billion valuation in September.
HCLTech launches AI agents to automate enterprise mainframe operations
HCLTech has introduced an innovative AI-driven operations solution designed to help companies upgrade their mainframe systems. This advanced offering focuses on boosting operational efficiency and meeting the urgent need for modernization. By combining cutting-edge AI agents with professional human oversight, HCLTech aims to optimize the management of vital systems, embodying a forward-thinking strategy for operational intelligence and system management.
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India’s small companies need to see AI as more than an artificial promise
India MSME news: India's micro, small and medium enterprises are exploring the adoption of artificial intelligence to enhance productivity. AI is expected to generate significant economic value for these enterprises in manufacturing and services sectors. Various challenges remain regarding the integration of AI into existing workflows and overcoming cost barriers. Collaborative efforts among industry bodies, technology providers, and the government are essential for facilitating this transition.
ET Product of the Year Awards 2026: Categories recognising products driving market impact
The Economic Times Product of the Year Awards 2026 celebrate cutting-edge innovations that make a substantial difference in the market and attract customer loyalty across diverse industries. Categories feature Enterprise SaaS, FinTech, Cybersecurity, as well as consumer goods such as banking solutions and smartphones. Judging criteria prioritize market presence, adoption rates, creativity, and execution excellence, with an emphasis on quantifiable achievements.
Frontline Workers Know How to Solve Your Organization’s Biggest Problems
Frontline employees often know exactly what’s preventing organizations from performing at their best, yet traditional engagement surveys rarely uncover those insights or translate them into action. Companies can close that gap by adopting a disciplined six-step process that combines structured interviews, targeted surveys, collaborative problem solving, and rapid experimentation. When leaders and frontline employees cocreate solutions—and measure their impact—they improve trust, strengthen engagement, and design work that delivers better outcomes for employees, customers, and the business
Hospital balance sheet: How AI could cut costs and improve efficiency
As hospitals grapple with soaring costs in drugs, supplies, and labor, the integration of AI emerges as a vital necessity.
Odoo 20 strengthens business operations with deeper India-specific compliance features
Odoo 20 has launched several updates designed specifically for Indian businesses. These updates focus on enhancing GST compliance, payroll processing, and accounting workflows to meet local demands. The integration of AI facilitates improved data handling and analysis in everyday operations, ultimately boosting productivity.
The next AI advantage for India's developers: Turning code into companies
In India's rapidly growing builder economy, AI is revolutionising software creation, allowing developers to generate code and build prototypes in minutes. But speed is only half the battle-code to deployment is the other half. Through tools like GoDaddy's Developer Platform, the real opportunity is achieving this next half of the challenge seamlessly and turning fast-built applications into viable, long-lasting products and thriving companies.
Redefining corporate leadership and enterprise growth with CFOs and CHROs
The role of CFOs and CHROs is shifting from basic management to high-level strategy. Today’s business leaders need to stay flexible and bridge the gap between their workforce’s potential and smart financial decision-making to drive real, lasting growth.
Research: How AI Agents Broaden the Scope of Knowledge Work
AI agents don’t just speed up knowledge work; they change its nature. In a field study of Perplexity’s conversational assistant and autonomous agent, researchers found that not only did the agent perform more autonomous work, cut task time, lowered cost, and left users more satisfied, but it also expanded the scope of work people attempted—crossing occupational boundaries, tackling more complex, multi-step projects, and generating tasks that rarely appeared with a standard assistant. As workers shift from operators to supervisors, leaders must redesign roles, workflows, and oversight to harness agents’ potential while governing their expanded autonomy.
Cognite reports $1 billion in verified AI value, confirming impact of industrial AI solutions
Driving approximately 36% of value verified to date, customers are leveraging AI and automated workflows to prevent costly asset shutdowns across complex industrial operations, help them get back running when the unexpected happens, and lower the costs of running their operations.
Google Cloud showcases AI tools to help Indian SMBs boost productivity, automate operations
The demonstration took place at Cloud Day India 2026 in New Delhi, which was attended by more than 600 business and technology leaders. The event was held under the theme 'Any size. Every scale. AI that works for you'.
India Inc wants AI talent to transform manufacturing space
Manufacturing firms are increasingly focusing on integrating artificial intelligence into their operations for efficiency. Companies such as Honeywell Technologies and RPG Group are actively searching for AI and digital leaders. These leaders are expected to bridge the gap between technological advancement and manufacturing processes. Companies are also searching for talent in overseas markets, particularly among Indian-origin executives.
Nearly 60% of firms yet to move AI beyond pilots as deployment remains key challenge: Report
Nearly 60 per cent of organisations surveyed remain in the exploration or pilot stages of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, with only around 40 per cent having moved to production or scaling, highlighting the challenge businesses face in deploying AI across their operations, according to a report by Citi Institute.
Apple launches 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 at Rs 2,39,900; touchscreen model also expected
Apple has launched the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip in India at a starting price of Rs 2,39,900, offering faster graphics, improved on-device AI performance and up to 24 hours of battery life. Pre-orders begin October 28, with sales starting November 6. However, the new model does not have a touchscreen, a feature reportedly planned for redesigned MacBook Pro models expected later this year or in early 2027.
Former GitHub CEO launches GitHub rival Entire with India data hosting
Entire is a new developer platform designed to help developers and AI coding agents improve software development processes. The platform features automated code reviews and continuous memory for AI agents, which streamline coding sessions. Entire also offers faster code repository hosting, with speeds significantly exceeding those of GitHub.
Microsoft needs 'fewer people, more AI agents' to keep up with OpenAI, Anthropic, says ex-employee as 60,000 get buyout offer
Former Microsoft Entra product manager Merill Fernando says the tech giant needs fewer employees and more AI agents to keep pace with OpenAI and Anthropic, citing organisational silos and slow technology adoption. His remarks come as Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 eligible employees across India, the US, UK and Canada.
Why corporate reskilling needs to move beyond training courses
Companies are spending more on employee training as job requirements change, but course completion alone cannot prepare a workforce for new ways of working. Reskilling is becoming a business priority that affects job design, internal mobility, productivity, and how organisations develop talent.
SuiteWorld 2026: Oracle NetSuite adds new AI capabilities, moves closer to autonomous suite vision
NetSuite’s new AI capabilities include AI Workspaces, AI Portlets, SuiteSkills, industry-specific agents, and SuiteAgent Studio, along with updates to Ask Oracle.
'Trade secrets': What powers SIR's voter-roll checks? EC declines to reveal software details
The Election Commission has refused to disclose the software and algorithm details used to detect errors in voter rolls during the Special Intensive Revision, citing commercial confidence, trade secrets and intellectual property rights. Responding to an RTI application, the poll body said no new software was developed or procured for the exercise.
Meet Jon Yongfook, who launched Bannerbear with just $500 in 2019; by 2024, the automated image-generation tool reached $48,000 in monthly revenue
Jon Yongfook Cockle is the founder of Bannerbear. He launched the project in 2019 with an estimated cost of $500. Bannerbear's task is simple. It basically is an API and integration tool that automatically generates social media visuals, e-commerce banners and other types of marketing graphics. It helps businesses automate repetitive design tasks rather than create every visual manually.
Honasa Consumer elevates Vipul Maheshwari to chief product & technology officer
In his new role, Maheshwari will lead the company’s product, technology, engineering and analytics functions. His main task will be to advance Honasa’s plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) in its business, including agentic AI, which refers to AI systems that can carry out multi-step tasks with human oversight.
Scaling AI agents a bottleneck for Indian enterprises: Dynatrace’s Rafi Katanasho
Katanasho believes autonomous agents can fail silently, delivering poor business outcomes without triggering system alerts.
AI in supply chain management: How enterprises are rethinking warehousing, forecasting and delivery
AI is changing supply chain management by helping businesses forecast demand, position inventory, automate warehouses, and improve delivery planning. As quick-commerce companies build operations around speed, established enterprises are exploring how similar capabilities can improve efficiency across complex networks. The challenge is connecting systems and translating better predictions into measurable operational gains.
AI in customer service: How businesses are moving from queries to resolution
AI can answer customer queries, retrieve policies and automate routine service tasks. Its greater value emerges when these capabilities work together to resolve problems across the customer journey. For businesses, the challenge is building systems that connect speed with accuracy, accountability, and effective human support.
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