Persistent Systems Names Kavitha Srinivasulu as Chief Cyber and AI Security Officer

She joins Persistent after more than four years at TCS, where she most recently served as Programme Director for Cybersecurity and Data Privacy, Process Optimisation and Digital Transformation

OpenAI Introduces Dots as Always-On AI Agents for Long-Running Work

Unlike conventional ChatGPT conversations, where users typically provide instructions for each task, dots are designed to pursue broader goals over extended periods.

IBM and Yotta Launch Sovereign Agentic AI Platform in India

The platform can be used for enterprise workflows, including security operations, document processing and HR automation.

Melento and Gnani AI Explore Voice Agents for Enterprise Workflows

The collaboration will combine Gnani AI’s Voice AI capabilities with Melento’s agentic AI orchestration framework to build workflows where AI agents can listen to customers, understand context, make decisions and take action across enterprise processes.

NVIDIA Launches Open Platform to Put Safety Controls Around AI Agents

The NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform combines open-source software with hardware-based security to provide governance and control across the full agent stack.

SiMa.ai Raises $150 Mn at $1.45 Bn Valuation to Scale Physical AI

The new funding will be used to scale Palette Neat, SiMa.ai’s agentic software environment for Physical AI.

Microsoft Drops Copilot+ PC Branding as AI PC Strategy Shifts

Microsoft recently launched new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Plus processor.

Anthropic Commits $11.6 Bn to Akamai Cloud in Seven-Year AI Infrastructure Deal

The agreement will use Akamai Cloud’s distributed AI infrastructure and software to support Anthropic’s AI workloads at scale.

Databricks Acquires Row Zero to Bring Spreadsheets Into Its AI Platform

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Keystone Sets Up India Operations With Bengaluru as First Hub

Rohit Chatterjee, Global Head and Senior Partner at Keystone, will lead the India effort.

InMobi Names Aditya Kumar as Global Chief Information Security Officer

Kumar would work with InMobi’s leadership and teams to strengthen cyber resilience, digital trust, security governance and risk management across the company’s global operations.

UiPath Launches Cartographer to Map How Enterprise Work Actually Gets Done

The resulting Map of Work can then be used to identify opportunities for process redesign and build agents, workflows and automations.