AI Startups
Funding rounds, new ventures, and startup ecosystem news
Senior IT executives join AI party as startup founders
Senior Indian IT executives are launching their own AI startups, leveraging years of client contacts and enterprise knowledge to offer cost-efficient AI-led services. This trend is accelerating as agentic AI allows smaller, agile teams to compete with larger …
Glade Brook in talks to join Sarvam’s funding; AI startup may hit $1.5 billion valuation
US-based Glade Brook Capital is in discussions to invest $20-25 million in Sarvam AI's $320-350 million funding round, valuing the AI startup at $1.5 billion. Strategic investors like Nvidia, Amazon, and HCLTech, alongside venture capital firms, are also part…
Readers reply: Should we be polite to voice assistants and AIs?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
US startup advertises ‘AI bully’ role to test patience of leading chatbots
$800-a-day position involves exposing a chatbot’s inconsistencies as it forgets, fudges or hallucinates