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2025 opened with rapid progress in agentic AI and new coding tools, but the momentum came with a stark downside. Major tech companies, AI startups and Indian IT giants have all announced significant layoffs, pointing to automation, shifting AI priorities and cost pressures. Behind the breakthroughs in models, chips and investments, thousands of jobs have been impacted as firms attempt to realign for an AI driven future. The year’s biggest story is not just innovation but the workforce reshaping happening quietly in its shadow. Microsoft | Google | Oracle | Intel Corporation | Scale AI | Meta | IBM | Tata Consultancy Services | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Accenture | Tech Mahindra Read More- https://lnkd.in/guxzTU6m

Build AI Agents That Actually Remember. Join us for "Agents that Never Forget" – a hands-on workshop at MLDS2026 exploring the future of intelligent AI systems with episodic and semantic memory. What You'll Learn: -Design agents with human-like memory architecture -Balance recency and relevance in information retrieval -Scale AI systems without forgetting or context pollution 📍 Bangalore | 📅 March 26-27, 2026 Perfect for developers building the next generation of agentic AI applications. Don't miss India's largest agentic AI conference! Register Now- https://lnkd.in/g3tK5UZs #MLDS2026 #AgenticAI #AIMemory #MachineLearning #AIWorkshop #Bangalore #AIConference

India just announced three of the biggest deep-tech and strategic breakthroughs of the decade — and all in one news cycle. Skyroot Aerospace has opened India’s first private rocket factory capable of manufacturing a Vikram-1 orbital rocket every month, pushing India toward its goal of 50 launches a year by 2030. Hyderabad-based Indrajaal has unveiled the nation’s first fully mobile, AI-powered Anti-Drone Patrol Vehicle to neutralise cross-border threats, narcotics routes, and terror drones in real time. And the Union Cabinet has approved a landmark ₹7,280-crore mission to build Rare Earth Permanent Magnets, creating India’s first full-stack magnet supply chain for EVs, defence, aerospace, electronics, and semiconductors. Meanwhile, the South’s tech rivalry is heating up — with Karnataka vs Andhra Pradesh emerging as India’s most important competition in AI infrastructure, data centres, talent, and IT policy. One state is doubling down on capability and innovation; the other is aggressively using incentives to pull in giga-scale investments. Space. Security. Strategic minerals. And now, a South India tech war. Four forces redefining India’s technological future — and its global standing.

India’s border security just received a powerful boost as Indrajaal Drone Defence unveiled the Indrajaal Ranger, the nation’s first fully mobile AI enabled Anti Drone Patrol Vehicle. Purpose built for real time patrolling and on the move drone interception, the Ranger marks a major shift from traditional stationary counter drone systems. CEO and Founder Kiran Raju underscored the urgency behind the innovation, noting that every drone neutralised protects lives and strengthens India’s internal security. His mission with Indrajaal is clear to defend freedom through next generation autonomous defence technologies driven by the company’s SkyOS engine. Guest of Honour Lieutenant General Devendra Pratap Pandey praised the Ranger as a shield for India’s youth, farmers, and border communities. He highlighted how such breakthroughs help counter ISI linked smuggling networks and the massive drug trafficking ecosystem dependent on drone routes. With seamless coverage across border roads, canals, agricultural belts, critical infrastructure, and dense urban regions, the Indrajaal Ranger is set to transform national security by disrupting illegal supply chains and safeguarding those living at the frontlines.

India just announced three of the biggest deep-tech and strategic breakthroughs of the decade — and all in one news cycle. Skyroot Aerospace has opened India’s first private rocket factory capable of manufacturing a Vikram-1 orbital rocket every month, pushing India toward its goal of 50 launches a year by 2030. Hyderabad-based Indrajaal has unveiled the nation’s first fully mobile, AI-powered Anti-Drone Patrol Vehicle to neutralise cross-border threats, narcotics routes, and terror drones in real time. And the Union Cabinet has approved a landmark ₹7,280 crore mission to build Rare Earth Permanent Magnets, creating India’s first full-stack magnet supply chain for EVs, defence, aerospace, electronics, and semiconductors. Stay Tuned at 7 PM on the Front Page by AIM!

Vyapar is leveling up India’s MSME tech stack with its latest move as the company acquires AI automation startup Suvit to supercharge digital compliance for small businesses. While the deal size remains undisclosed, the acquisition marks a major step toward smarter, faster and more seamless accounting for millions of users. Suvit co founder Ankit Virani now joins Vyapar as business head and will lead the integration of Suvit’s AI driven automation tools into Vyapar’s ecosystem. With Suvit already serving over ten thousand practicing firms and thirty thousand accountants, this collaboration brings powerful automation to an even wider MSME audience. With India’s accounting software market expected to soar from three point three eight billion dollars in 2024 to five point seven five billion dollars by 2030, Vyapar is doubling down on its mission. The company, which has already served over one crore MSMEs, is gearing up for stronger competition against players like Clear and SahiGST while pushing software as a service and artificial intelligence deeper into India’s financial workflows.

Thrilled to welcome the Department of Electronics, IT, Bt and S&T, Government of Karnataka as an Ecosystem Partner for MachineCon GCC 2025! The ITBT Department aims to position Karnataka as a global hub for innovation and technology leadership. It drives the state’s tech transformation by formulating progressive policies, fostering innovation ecosystems, and enabling the growth of the IT, Biotechnology, AVGC, and ESDM sectors. Through strategic initiatives, the department promotes entrepreneurship, strengthens industry–academia collaboration, and enhances Karnataka’s technological capabilities. By attracting global investments, nurturing local talent, and supporting a vibrant startup culture, the ITBT Department plays a pivotal role in shaping a knowledge-driven, future-ready economy. Thank you to the Karnataka IT/BT Department for joining us in building a stronger, future-ready tech ecosystem for GCCs. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gs65UPci #MachineCon2025 IT BT Department, Karnataka

The final months of 2025 have turned into a festival of intelligence as OpenAI’s GPT 5.1, Google DeepMind’s Gemini 3 Pro and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 arrive almost together, each redefining how AI thinks. These models break away from straight line responses by slowing down when needed, planning steps and correcting themselves. With GPT 5.1 choosing its own thinking depth, Gemini offering Deep Think mode and Opus 4.5 giving full Effort control, the three companies showcase sharply different visions for the future of AI. Developers testing the models found equally distinct personalities. GPT 5.1 impressed with Codex Max and its compaction method that preserves memory during long coding sessions. Gemini 3 Pro demonstrated extraordinary flow across text, images, audio and video in a unified stream. Claude Opus 4.5 stood out by remembering previous attempts, avoiding repeated mistakes and solving complex engineering tasks with clarity. In real world coding tests, Opus 4.5 emerged strongest, Codex Max excelled at endurance and Gemini shone on scientific reasoning and long context tasks. Their benchmark scores reveal contrasting strengths. Gemini leads in science and mathematics with exceptional reasoning and long document handling. GPT 5.1 brings unmatched speed, scale and cost efficiency that make it ideal for high volume workloads. Claude Opus 4.5, the most expensive, delivers the closest feel to a thoughtful senior engineer. As developers describe it, Gemini feels clever, Claude feels careful and GPT 5.1 feels fast. The age of one model dominating is gone and the field now looks like a team sport where each system plays a different role in the future of intelligence.

Reliance Industries Limited and its global partners Brookfield Corporation and Digital Realty are making a powerful move into India’s AI future with a USD 11 billion investment in Andhra Pradesh. Their joint venture, Digital Connexion, will build a massive one gigawatt AI data capacity in Visakhapatnam, creating one of the country’s most advanced AI-native data centre campuses across 400 acres. The project arrives at a moment when global demand for high-density computing is at an all-time high. Google has already announced its own AI data capacity plans in Visakhapatnam, calling it its largest AI hub outside the United States. Industry experts say India’s data-centre capacity is on track to more than triple by 2030 as cloud adoption, digital transformation and policy incentives fuel unprecedented growth. For Reliance, this investment strengthens its position at the heart of India’s digital infrastructure expansion. For Brookfield and Digital Realty, it marks a strategic entry into one of the world’s fastest-growing data-centre markets. The Andhra Pradesh government says the project will boost job creation and firmly establish Visakhapatnam as a major global destination for AI compute and digital innovation.

A power-packed day of ideas, learning, and hands-on building; that’s what our Bengaluru edition delivered. From sharp insights to practical workshops and an energy-filled experience zone, developers walked away inspired. Now it’s Pune’s turn. The Dentsu Global Services Developers’ Meet-Up arrives on 6 December. Register now and be part of something big- https://lnkd.in/g4MDHpG6