#India
10 stories taggedIndia.

ChatGPT Will Now Show Ads to Free Users in India
OpenAI is rolling out advertisements inside ChatGPT for its free and low-cost subscribers in India, starting with 50 brands and a self-serve ad tool arriving next month.

Ringg Expands Voice AI Capabilities with $10 Million Investment
Voice AI startup Ringg secures funding as it shifts to complex tasks beyond simple calls in India.

Perplexity gave away a year of free AI to 360 million Indians. Here is what happened next.
A deal with telecom giant Airtel flooded India with free premium subscriptions. Now that free year is ending, the revenue data offers the first real clue about whether giveaways can build paying AI customers.

AI Cheating Fears and Digital Marking Meltdowns Drive Student Protests Across Three Continents
From Mexico City to Lisbon, exam season turned into street protests this summer as suspected cheating scandals and botched tech rollouts left hundreds of thousands of students in limbo.

Accel Raises $550 Million for India in Weeks, Betting AI Will Power the Country's Next Startup Wave
The venture firm closed its new India fund while more than half its previous fund sat unspent, signalling unusually strong investor confidence in Indian AI applications and enterprise software.

India Is Finally Paying for Apps, and AI Is Getting the Lion's Share
Indian consumers spent a record $345 million on mobile apps in a single quarter. ChatGPT and Claude alone took 83% of AI app revenue. Here is what the numbers really mean.

Cursor launches a $7-a-month plan for India as it eyes the world's second-largest developer market
The AI coding tool is betting that lower prices will turn India's millions of software developers into paying subscribers, ahead of its expected takeover by SpaceX.

The AI chip shortage you never heard of is making your next phone more expensive
Factories building AI data centres are gobbling up the same memory chips that go into smartphones. India is feeling it first, and the ripple is heading everywhere.

India's tinkering labs get an AI teaching assistant, powered by Gemini
Google DeepMind and the Atal Innovation Mission are piloting ATL Saathi in 100 schools, giving teachers a 24/7 planner that spits out project ideas, wiring diagrams and safety notes in eight languages.

Anthropic Brings Local Rupee Pricing to Claude in India
India is Claude's second-biggest market worldwide. Now users there can finally pay in their own currency, though one key payment method is still missing.