AI Trends
WordPress.com Unveils Free AI Website Builder to Simplify Site Creation
Plans begin at $96/year for Premium and go up to $300/year for Business
The Left Shift Bureau
Big Tech
Google Plans to Capture the Inference Market with IronWood
Ironwood is Google’s seventh-generation TPU (Tensor Processing Unit)
Leadership Moves
Hitachi Names Dr. Bharat Kaushal As Executive Chairman
Dr. Bharat Kaushal was appointed as the first Indian Managing Director in 2017
Expansion
Reltio Announces Opening of Its Largest Global Technology Hub in Bengaluru
Reltio aims to increase its employee base by 70%
Hardware
Sheeltron Digital Systems Collaborates with Seagate Technology to Offer Enterprise Data Storage Solutions in India
Sheeltron Digital Systems incorporates Seagate’s enterprise data storage solutions into its comprehensive suite of IT services and solutions
Big Tech
Microsoft is Now the Most Valuable Company in the World
Last year, NVIDIA briefly overtook Apple to become the world’s most valuable company, though its time at the top was short-lived.
Autonomous Vehicles
Zoox Begins Mapping for Robotaxi Rollout in Los Angeles
Zoox’s entry into LA puts it in direct comparison with Waymo, which currently leads the U.S. market with commercial robotaxi services in several major cities and plans to expand into Atlanta, Miami, and Washington, D.C.
Hardware
IBM Introduces Z17 Mainframe with Enhanced AI and Security Capabilities
IBM z17 will be generally available June 18, 2025
AI Trends
Snowflake Deepens Apache Iceberg Support to Unify Open Data with Enterprise-Grade Performance
Snowflake has unveiled expanded support for Apache Iceberg tables, reinforcing its commitment to open data formats while delivering the performance, security, and governance its platform is known for. The move empowers organisations to work with open-format data without compromising on compute power or control. “With Snowflake’s latest Iceberg tables
Big Tech
Alexa Has an AI Sibling: Meet Nova Sonic, Amazon’s Next-Gen Voice Model
Amazon also unveiled another model - Nova Reel 1.1, an upgraded model for text-to-video generation
Startups
AI Video Telematics Startup Cautio Raises ₹11 Crore to Drive Road Safety Revolution
Cautio plans to channel the capital into strengthening its R&D efforts and scaling its AI technology.
AI Startups
Jivi AI Announces Jivi-AudioX, Speech-to-Text Model Family for Indic Languages
The models can understand languages such as Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, and others spoken by over 95% of India's population.