What's happening: India AI Summit sparks $240B investment pledge led by Reliance, Adani and Google
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 announced a historic $240 billion AI investment pledge. Reliance committed $110 billion for AI infrastructure over seven years, Adani pledged $100 billion through 2035, and Google disclosed a $15 billion AI hub in Visakhapatnam along with new subsea cable routes. The Indian government also added 20,000 GPUs to its AI arsenal.
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In the Duct Tape Marketing podcast, Ryan Mrha of Yodify explains how voice AI has evolved from a novelty FAQ tool into a core revenue infrastructure. Purpose‑built voice agents, trained on a brand’s content library and orchestrated through multiple LLM layers, can serve as qualifiers, schedulers, onboarding guides, and upsell assistants. Mrha highlights that generic AI models fail without clear role definitions and that multi‑LLM architectures dramatically cut hallucinations. He advises businesses to launch narrow, low‑risk pilots—such as AI receptionists—to prove ROI before scaling across sales and customer‑experience functions.

O-Health, an 18‑month‑old clinical AI startup, has built a voice‑first operating system that turns doctor‑patient conversations into structured clinical intelligence in real time. The platform runs on an edge‑first, sovereign AI stack with in‑house medical ASR and small language models,...
NVIDIA’s second State of AI in Healthcare report shows AI moving from experimentation to profit across radiology, drug discovery, medical devices and digital twins. Seventy percent of respondents now actively use AI, up from 63% a year earlier, and 69%...

Sauce Labs announced the Real Device Access API, the first programmable mobile device cloud designed for the AI era. The API lets developers control real Android and iOS devices through HTTP, issuing ADB or xcrun commands, streaming video, and accessing...

Granola, a London‑based AI note‑taking startup founded by former Socratic CEO Chris Pedregal, is positioning its real‑time transcription tool as the "steering wheel" for large language models. Unlike competitors that record audio or deploy bots, Granola overlays editable notes on...

A Harvard Business School working paper finds that artificial intelligence can predict about 71% of mutual fund managers’ trade directions, and for some senior managers in less competitive categories the prediction rate approaches 100%. Predictability is higher for managers with...

In this episode, host Claire Vo talks with homeschooling mother and AI enthusiast Jesse Genet about how she uses five OpenClaw agents on multiple Mac minis to automate her family’s homeschooling, finances, and personal workflows. Jesse explains how she layered...

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is hiring a Director General for emerging technology and artificial intelligence with a salary up to £174,000. The role will steer the UK’s strategy, investment and regulation across AI, quantum computing, semiconductors,...
Cleveland.com’s editor Chris Quinn created an AI rewrite desk, hiring Joshua Newman to use an in‑house ChatGPT to turn reporters’ notes into polished stories, which humans then fact‑check. The experiment has kept story volume steady while giving reporters an extra...

AI adoption remains uneven, with only a quarter of surveyed firms naming AI as a primary driver of business strategy by the end of 2025, though that share more than doubled from early 2025. Fifty‑five percent say AI influences strategic...
Ingram Content Group is expanding its partnership with RELEX Solutions to add AI‑driven forecasting, capacity optimization, vendor‑managed inventory and assortment planning across six global distribution centers. The new capabilities will automate planning for more than 1 million SKUs, boost forecast accuracy...
Agentive announced that former Google Cloud executive David Keene will serve as co‑founder and chief revenue officer. Keene brings more than three decades of leadership at Google Cloud, Salesforce, Oracle, SAP and recent CMO roles at Wipro Europe and Speechmatics....
TxtCart, an AI‑powered SMS marketing platform built exclusively for Shopify merchants, announced it has helped its users generate over $100 million in SMS‑attributed revenue while remaining fully bootstrapped. Founded in 2019, the company has expanded from abandoned‑cart recovery to a two‑way...

Zifo and Maze Therapeutics have teamed up to launch an AI‑powered platform that manages, stores, and scales massive biobank datasets. The solution tackles the fragmentation of genetic, proteomic, and phenotypic data by providing a unified workflow that delivers summary statistics...

TDR’s dedicated data‑science unit, launched ten years ago, now embeds machine‑learning models across the firm’s value‑creation workflow. The team builds predictive analytics to source acquisition targets, streamline due‑diligence, and monitor portfolio performance. By automating data aggregation and applying advanced algorithms,...

Agencies are confronting a new client demand: visibility in AI‑driven answers like ChatGPT. Using Semrush’s Position Tracking, AI Visibility Toolkit and My Reports, firms such as Earned Media Australia, Sure Oak, Activate Digital and Coalition Technologies are quantifying AI overview...

The restaurant industry is awash with AI hype, but the technology is a tool, not a cure‑all. Operators gain real value when AI reduces repetitive administrative work and turns raw reservation data into actionable insights. Over‑automation, however, can add cognitive...

UK SMEs increasingly rely on AI-generated legal advice to cut costs and accelerate operations. While AI can produce quick drafts, the article warns that such advice is often only “almost right,” leading to misallocated risk, jurisdictional errors, and costly disputes....

CoeusAI, a Canadian cleantech AI startup, has opened a Rotterdam headquarters after being chosen as the sole Canadian participant in the North Sea Energy (NSE) programme. The firm will work across five NSE streams, using AI to site offshore wind,...
The episode discusses the alarming rate of medical errors—estimated at 800,000 to a million deaths annually—and explores how AI can help reduce these mistakes. The host highlights personal experience using AI tools like OpenEvidence, GPT, and Gemini to obtain specialist-level...

Tesla has begun rolling out its Grok AI chatbot to eligible vehicles in Australia and New Zealand via an over‑the‑air update. The assistant, built by Elon Musk’s xAI, is now live on Model S, 3, X and Y equipped with AMD processors...
Hyundai Motor Group announced a Won10tn ($6.97bn) five‑year investment in the Saemangeum reclaimed area of Jeollabuk‑do. The plan focuses on building an AI data centre, large‑scale water electrolysis for hydrogen, and a robot manufacturing hub, complemented by solar generation to...

Health Data Analytics Institute (HDAI) announced that its core information systems have achieved HITRUST r2 Certification, a rigorous cybersecurity and data protection standard. The certification also incorporates the newly introduced HITRUST AI Security Assessment, providing a structured framework for AI...
Recruiters are increasingly treating hiring as a performance‑marketing channel, where visual appeal and brand perception dictate candidate interest. Traditional text‑only job ads are losing to platform‑driven, image‑rich campaigns, creating a visibility gap for top talent. Chatly’s AI image generator and...
A new research paper by Jason Blazakis, funded by the EU’s Internal Security Fund and released through RUSI and Project CRAAFT, examines how large language models could be weaponised to facilitate terrorist financing. The study argues that AI‑driven content generation...

SoundHound AI unveiled Sales Assist, a voice‑powered AI agent for retail, at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona. The agent uses the company’s Polaris speech‑recognition and a multi‑agent orchestration platform to deliver real‑time product recommendations, upgrade eligibility checks, and compliance...
MSCI introduced AI connectors that link its ONE platform to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude. The first product, IndexAI Insights, lets users ask natural‑language questions about MSCI index performance, exposures, constituents and methodology. MSCI says this is the initial offering...
The article introduces the concept of Agent Experience (AX), a discipline for preparing enterprise systems so AI agents can discover, invoke, and manage tools reliably. It stresses that agents require precise, structured documentation, robust API specifications, and context‑engineering such as...

Obsidian Security announced it has earned ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification, the first global standard for an Artificial Intelligence Management System. The certification, granted by A‑LIGN and accredited by ANAB, validates the company’s AI Security Posture Management capabilities across its SaaS platform. It...

Elevate Jet unveiled a new private‑jet booking app that delivers instant pricing across six aircraft categories, from light jets to ultra‑long‑range models. The platform is driven by Ruby, a proprietary AI agent that evaluates range, availability, fuel needs, crew limits...

Tattvam AI, a deep‑tech startup focused on AI‑driven semiconductor design, closed a $1.7 million pre‑seed round led by Seedcamp. The funding will expand its engineering team, accelerate research, and bring its first product to market within months. The company’s AI reasoning...
Akamai Technologies, in partnership with YourStory, will host the invitation‑only Akamai Digital India Leadership Summit in Bengaluru on February 27, 2026. The closed‑door event gathers CTOs, CISOs and senior engineers from fintech, SaaS, e‑commerce, media and digital platforms to discuss...
Amazon Web Services launched Elemental Inference, a fully managed AI service that automatically converts live or on‑demand horizontal video into vertical formats in real time. The platform leverages multimodal AI to analyse both audio and video, delivering converted streams with...
Labcorp announced an expanded partnership with PathAI to deploy the AISight Dx digital pathology platform across its U.S. anatomic pathology labs and hospital sites. The AI‑enabled software will allow pathologists to scan, annotate and diagnose slides digitally, aiming to cut turnaround...
Sleep Cycle and Carnegie Mellon University's Delphi Group have launched a five‑year research collaboration to test whether privacy‑preserved sleep data—particularly nightly cough intensity captured by Sleep Cycle’s Cough Radar—can augment traditional respiratory disease surveillance. The partnership will share de‑identified data...

Researchers propose a multimodal sensor‑fusion framework for real‑time fault detection in additive manufacturing, merging vision, thermal, acoustic, vibration, and drive‑current streams. Current single‑sensor solutions often miss subtle defects or generate false alarms, limiting scalability of 3D‑print farms. The fusion model...

TapClicks launched SmartStory, an AI‑driven platform that converts live marketing data into polished PowerPoint and PDF decks within minutes. Built on TapClicks' enterprise‑grade data management layer, the solution pulls from thousands of MarTech and AdTech connectors to create unified, insight‑rich...

ITVibes, a Houston digital‑marketing agency, is showing local service firms how AI‑backed website optimization can convert static sites into active lead generators. By analyzing real‑time user behavior, the agency identifies friction points, content gaps, and intent mismatches that hinder conversions....

The 2026 Slalom AI Research Report shows a paradox: 68 % of leaders feel they can keep pace with AI, yet 93 % cite underdeveloped skills and inadequate training as major barriers. Deploying AI tools alone isn’t delivering results; the capability gap...
ADT announced the acquisition of Origin Wireless, operating as Origin AI, to integrate its real‑time AI sensing platform into ADT’s security and smart‑home ecosystem. Origin’s technology classifies motion and human presence without cameras, audio, or wearables, adding a privacy‑focused intelligence...
SoundHound AI unveiled Sales Assist, a voice‑powered, real‑time AI agent for retail floors, debuting at Mobile World Congress 2026. The solution leverages the company’s Polaris speech‑recognition and multi‑agent orchestration to deliver instant upgrade, bundle and compliance recommendations to in‑store staff...

EnforceAuth announced a free tier of its AI Security Fabric, giving enterprises a vendor‑neutral platform to govern AI agents, automated workflows, and machine identities. The solution shifts from traditional access control to decision‑centric authorization, evaluating each action with full context...
Penny Software, the Saudi‑based AI procurement platform, has opened a new office in Derby, UK, to serve as a regional hub for its growing European client base. The move follows rapid adoption of its cloud‑native solution across more than 75...
Reducing churn remains a top priority for SaaS firms, and AI is moving from experimental dashboards to operational tools. G2’s 2026 expert survey of Custify, ChurnZero, Chargebee and Velaris shows AI platforms now blend usage, sentiment, billing and relationship data...

Indian fintech leader PhonePe has unveiled an AI‑powered payment suite that lets users send money using voice commands or text chat. The solution leverages Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI services to interpret natural language and execute transactions in real time. Initially available...

Oracle Recruiting Cloud is integrating AI‑driven agents to streamline the hiring journey. The agents automate tasks such as interview scheduling, resume parsing, and real‑time candidate communication. By delivering faster, personalized interactions, the platform aims to improve candidate engagement and brand...

The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Hartree Centre has partnered with Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust to pilot an AI‑driven staff scheduling platform. The system automatically creates balanced on‑call rotas by factoring in leave, skills and working patterns, replacing...

Artificial intelligence is now a strategic priority, yet many enterprises chase hype instead of defining clear use cases, driven by a 63% fear‑of‑missing‑out. The traditional buy‑vs‑build debate is less relevant than asking what problem AI should solve. A blended approach—combining...

In this Planning Aces episode, three CFOs—Kevin Rubin (Zscaler), Bruce Schumann (Universal Technical Institute), and Rizak Jalloh (Flowcast)—share how disciplined, foundation‑first approaches to planning and AI adoption drive growth and decision speed. Rubin emphasizes a centralized AI governance function that...

In this episode, SaaStr host Jason Lemkin discusses the recent crash in software stock valuations and what it means for SaaS founders, emphasizing that true AI companies must show accelerating growth. He critiques public SaaS companies for superficial AI hype...