OpenAI has claimed that it built and shipped the Sora Android app in just 28 days, relying heavily on its AI coding agent, Codex. The company said the initial production version of Sora for Android was developed between October 8 and November 5, 2025, by a four-engineer team working alongside Codex and consuming “roughly 5…
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Why Indian AI Startups Still Seek Validation from the West
Every few months, young Indian AI startup founders quietly board a flight to San Francisco. They raise money, sign a few contracts, soak in the energy of a market that pays fast, and then come back to India. The pattern is no longer anecdotal. It is a cycle. To build AI for India, founders still…
CTO’s Playbook to Enterprise Productivity
Here are six practical lessons that any CTO can apply to drive measurable enterprise productivity. As technology leaders, we all share the same mandate — “Do more with less.” In the past, it meant streamlining infrastructure or optimising headcount. But in today’s era of data and AI, productivity is not measured by your efficiency but by making every employee and every system work smarter. Here are six…
Can India’s AI Copyright Plan Survive Legal and Technical Scrutiny?
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade’s (DPIIT) working paper on the copyright use in generative AI is creating quite a stir. The government body, proposing a mandatory blanket licence for AI training, has sought to strike a balance between granting AI companies access to content while also enforcing copyright laws, ensuring content…
This Mumbai-based Startup is Illuminating the Future of Consumer Understanding
When Lightbulb AI was founded in Mumbai in 2021 by Vishal Soni, Ritu Soni Srivastava, and Yogesh Sachdeva, the team wasn’t setting out to reinvent the global market research industry. In fact, their earliest experiments had little to do with advertising or consumer insights at all. “Initially, Lightbulb came about as an idea in attention…
Cognizant Opens Cyber Defence Centre in Bengaluru
Cognizant has launched a Cyber Defence Centre (CDC) in Bengaluru, strengthening its global cybersecurity operations and expanding its ability to deliver advanced, AI-powered cybersecurity services to clients worldwide. In a release, the company said the Bengaluru CDC is the company’s largest such facility, positioning it as a key hub within its global network of cyber…
How Sparkle Program Is Winning Multi-Year Deals for Mphasis
IT services company Mphasis’ Sparkle Innovation Program has emerged as a significant channel for enterprise-focused innovation, helping it accelerate solution development, strengthen its AI-led portfolio, and support clients across banking, insurance, healthcare, logistics, and other sectors. Launched in 2016, the initiative aims to foster innovation by partnering with startups, academic bodies and research entities. Over…
Mumbai Tops Office Leasing for BFSI GCCs Despite Bengaluru’s Talent Edge
While Bengaluru leads in talent and technology, Mumbai recorded the highest office leasing by BFSI GCCs, according to Savillis India’s latest report, Global Capability Centres: Enabling India’s Strategic Advantage. This reflects the strength of the financial services ecosystem in India’s commercial capital. Savills noted that Mumbai benefits from a well-established network spanning primary, secondary and…
How OpenAI Became the Most Valued AI Company in 10 Years
Valued at $750 billion, OpenAI today rivals technology companies that took decades to build. What began as a nonprofit research lab has evolved into a full-stack AI company, spanning frontier models, consumer and enterprise applications, compute infrastructure and AI hardware. By comparison, Microsoft, founded in 1975, now trades at a valuation above $3 trillion after…
Why Physical AI Will Never Have its ChatGPT Moment
Physical AI is often described as the next great leap for AI, with many investors and companies expecting a sudden breakthrough, similar to what ChatGPT did for language models. However, the wait for an I, Robot-like future, where advanced AI integrates with robots, vehicles, and other devices, may be long. During a panel discussion at…









