Wirestock, a creator marketplace for training data, has raised $23M to expand how it supplies AI labs with multi-modal assets. With a platform powered by more than 700,000 creators, the company offers photos, videos, and 3D content, positioning itself as an end-to-end source for data used in modern generative AI systems.
Goldman Sachs’ president John Waldron says the firm is rolling out generative AI “digital agents” to automate work and improve productivity, while insisting recent layoffs aren’t driven by AI. He frames the change as upgrading the “human assembly line,” adding new tech roles even as tasks get automated. The shift is linked to post-COVID adjustments and changing business needs.
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Meesho is pushing deeper into AI-led software development, with CEO Vidit Aatrey saying over 70% of the company’s code is now AI-generated. The ecommerce platform says this shift helps it release products faster while improving reliability. Meesho hasn’t disclosed the specific tools or how AI code is governed and reviewed, signaling a broader startup trend toward AI as an internal operating layer.
Microsoft’s latest report says generative AI is now used by 17.8% of the world’s working-age population, but the adoption gap keeps growing. In Q1 2026, 27.5% of people aged 15–64 in developed countries used generative AI, versus 15.4% in the developing world. The divide widened by 1.5 percentage points from late 2025.
Adobe and OpenAI have integrated Adobe’s GenStudio with ChatGPT, aiming to move marketing into conversational AI. The partnership lets brands create and launch ads directly within AI conversations, potentially changing how customers encounter promotions—less like traditional campaigns and more like interactive, context-aware messaging powered by generative tools.
AI legal tech startup Jurisphere.ai has raised $2.2 million to scale its platform and move from an AI legal workspace to an AI-powered lawyer marketplace. Founded in 2024, it offers contract analysis, legal research, timelines, OCR, translation, and Word add-ins that keep lawyers in the loop. The company claims adoption by 500+ teams as India’s GenAI-driven legal digitisation accelerates.
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Saudi AI firm Humain is deepening its ties with Amazon Web Services, unveiling Humain One, a generative AI enterprise operating system. The initiative positions Humain One as a platform approach to deploy and manage enterprise AI workloads, using AWS infrastructure and services as the foundation for scaling applications and capabilities.
Meta says its business-focused generative AI tools are now facilitating 10 million conversations each week. The company also claims that more than 8 billion advertisers have used at least one of its gen AI offerings. The update signals Meta’s push to make AI an ongoing customer engagement layer for businesses, not just a campaign add-on.
Immersive digital experience startup Ctruh has raised $2.5 million in seed funding to speed up R&D and product innovation for enterprise AR and VR use cases. Founded in 2023 in Bengaluru, the company plans to set up sales operations in the US and UAE by 2026. Ctruh’s low-code 3D engine and VersaAI aim to generate production-ready 3D assets from images, text, and video.
ElevenLabs, known for voice AI, is moving into music with ElevenMusic. The new platform aims to help users create and discover AI generated tracks, extending the company’s speech technology into a broader creative workflow. While details are still emerging, the launch signals intensifying competition to turn generative AI into everyday audio tools.
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Air India says it is rolling out artificial intelligence to transform how it runs—aiming to lower costs, improve customer service, and increase revenue. The airline is using generative AI to validate pilot duty norms and automate tasks, while also redesigning employee roles to better support operations. The move is part of a broader company-wide transformation plan.
DeepSeek unveiled two new V4 models and, unusually, offered a direct estimate of how their progress compares with US frontier labs—saying it is roughly 3–6 months behind. The admission adds context to the competitive AI landscape, suggesting that even when models look cutting-edge, the underlying development timeline may still trail the US lead.
OpenAI has rolled out ChatGPT Images 2.0, aiming to make AI image generation far less dependent on complex prompting. The company says the model can better follow instructions and capture detailed elements such as small text, icons, and user interface components. Early reactions from netizens focus on the improved realism and accuracy compared to the previous version.
India’s Global Capability Centres are facing a widening AI and data skills shortage, estimated at 38–42%. The gap is proving to be a major bottleneck for GCC growth as demand spikes for generative AI and MLOps. With supply lagging, companies are increasingly relying on contractual hiring to plug critical roles and keep delivery timelines on track.
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Even as the jobs market looks sluggish, India’s biggest firms are doubling down on AI hiring and internal capability building. Accenture and NTT Data are among those seeking talent versed in agentic AI, foundation models, and responsible AI frameworks. The push is driven by expectations that India’s generative AI market could reach $6.4 billion by 2030.
India’s mobile app revenue rose 33% to $300 million in Q1, powered mainly by non-gaming apps. Generative AI and short-drama platforms drove a 44% jump in non-gaming revenue, contributing more than $200 million. The report also shows download growth led by AI and short-drama categories, signaling changing user preferences and monetization patterns.
India’s AI future is being framed through a historical lens: the industrial revolution transformed cotton-spinning, and today’s generative AI could trigger a similar shift in a massive $250 billion knowledge economy. As systems move toward more general-like intelligence, the argument is that even complex work may require far fewer expert programmers.
Robinhood’s Ventures Fund I is investing $75 million in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. The deal is designed to help retail investors gain exposure to private technology companies, not just public markets. It also hints that earlier tensions between Robinhood and OpenAI are now resolved, as generative AI continues to dominate investor and media attention.
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Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has unveiled a new model positioned to dramatically cut costs while supporting an unusually large one million word context window. The release is expected to improve real-world usability and open doors for broader commercial deployments. DeepSeek also rolled out two variants, V4-Pro and V4-Flash, with different parameter and performance profiles.
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