The future points to agentic AI, and its implementation is gathering pace.
Cognizant and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership to accelerate adoption of agentic AI. This includes a ‘Gemini Frontier Capability Group’, which brings together Google’s full-stack, enterprise-ready AI platform and Cognizant’s industry and engineering expertise as an AI-builder.
The group will be supported by more than 18,000 dedicated Cognizant associates and a substantial joint investment.
Meanwhile, ahead of its IPO, Jio Platforms’ anchor book has drawn Rs 2.5 lakh crore in bids. The company allotted 7.24 crore shares at a price of Rs 1,119 apiece to anchor investors, with LIC receiving the largest allocation.
Moving on, Hunar.AI has raised Rs 40 crore in a Series A funding round led by Blume Ventures. The round also saw participation from Hyderabad Angels Fund, Together Fund, Seedstars, AVNM Ventures, PhysicsWallah co-founders Prateek Maheshwari and Alakh Pandey, and MediaMint co-founder Aditya Vuchi.
The startup, which develops specialised AI tech for frontline-intensive industries, will use the funds for building AI infrastructure, product development, and go-to-market expansion.
Lastly, a report by Redseer notes that the online retail market in the country is expected to cross $90 billion this year with grocery overtaking mobiles. The gross merchandise value of the ecommerce market expanded roughly 25% year on year to about $38 billion in the first half of 2026, marking its strongest H1 performance in four years.
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