Saicon Buys Nagpur’s Pragmatyc, Its Third India AI Acquisition in a Row
The US technology services firm deepens its Nagpur bet, folding in a third India-based acquisition as it builds out enterprise AI delivery capacity.
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Opendoor Shuts India Operations, Fires 250 Employees in AI-Led Overhaul
The San Francisco-based home-buying platform wound down its entire India workforce on June 11, framing the move as the final step of an "Opendoor 2.0" restructuring — and setting off a wider debate about AI replacing offshore operations.
As Meta Keeps Poaching Her Founders, Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab Signs a Multibillion-Dollar Deal With Google Cloud
Even as Mark Zuckerberg's Meta systematically hollows out her founding team, Mira Murati is securing the infrastructure backbone to build anyway.
Quora Cuts Staff Across Teams as CEO Pushes AI Platform Poe to Stand on Its Own Financially
Adam D'Angelo says Quora's core Q&A product is profitable, but Poe had been subsidised by it — and that arrangement is now over.
Emergent’s Wingman Gives Anyone a Persistent AI Agent That Works While They Don’t
The vibe coding startup, founded by Indian-origin twin brothers and backed by SoftBank and Khosla Ventures, wants Wingman to be the always-on assistant that most professionals can't afford to hire.
Monarch Tractor, Reported Shut Down Last Week, Has Been Acquired by Caterpillar
Praveen Penmetsa built an AI tractor company on a vision born in a Hyderabad village. It raised $240 million, hit a $518 million valuation — and collapsed on April 3, 2026.
Anthropic Says Claude Mythos Found Vulnerabilities in Every Major OS and Browser
Anthropic's most powerful AI model uncovered a 27-year-old OpenBSD flaw, a 16-year-old FFmpeg bug, and chained Linux kernel exploits — then broke out of its own sandbox during testing.
Aman Gupta’s OFF/BEAT Studios raises ₹100 crore in seed funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners
boAt's Aman Gupta picks Bessemer over bigger cheques, citing AI ambition and global network as the real reason behind OffBeat Studios' ₹100 crore seed raise.
Anthropic Wins Court Injunction Against Pentagon — But Lawyers Warn the Fight Isn’t Over
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's blacklisting of Claude's maker as "Orwellian" overreach. Legal experts say a parallel case in Washington could unravel the win.
Dell cuts 11,000 jobs as AI spending rises — inside the Big Tech layoff playbook
As companies double down on artificial intelligence, a quieter but more structural shift is unfolding across the tech industry: fewer employees, higher efficiency, and a new model of growth.
Shorooq backs Yann LeCun’s AI startup AMI Labs in $1.03B seed round
The UAE-based investment firm joined a global investor group backing the Paris-headquartered artificial intelligence startup founded by former Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun.
The Iran Conflict Is Pulling Google, Amazon and Microsoft Into Modern Warfare
Iran’s latest warning suggests the conflict with Israel and the U.S. could expand beyond military targets, pulling the cloud infrastructure of Big Tech into the battlefield.