Google plans to end Pixel production in China by 2027
Google plans to end Pixel production in China by 2027

Google has told suppliers it plans to move all Pixel production out of China from 2027, according to Nikkei Asia. That covers phones, smartwatches and wireless earbuds. Lauly Li reported the plan on 18 August, citing the ongoing tensions between Washin…

Sachin Bansal’s Navi hires banks for a $315m IPO, four years after his first attempt stalled
Sachin Bansal’s Navi hires banks for a $315m IPO, four years after his first attempt stalled

Navi, the Indian fintech founded by Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal, has hired banks for an initial public offering of about $315m, according to a Bloomberg report. It is the clearest sign yet that Bansal’s second act is finally heading for the publi…

Google’s $15bn India data centre is running into water and wildlife
Google’s $15bn India data centre is running into water and wildlife

Google’s biggest bet in India is meeting resistance on the ground. Its $15bn data-centre project in Visakhapatnam has run into mounting opposition over water use and the wildlife living beside it. The project is enormous by any measure. Built with Gaut…

Apple just passed $10bn in India, a country where it charges more than it does at home
Apple just passed $10bn in India, a country where it charges more than it does at home

Apple has crossed $10bn in annual sales in India for the first time. The milestone says as much about where the company is heading as where it has been. Revenue for the year to March topped $10bn, Bloomberg reported. That is up from about $9bn a year e…

India moves to extend Apple-friendly tax breaks for contract manufacturing
India moves to extend Apple-friendly tax breaks for contract manufacturing

India wants to keep Apple building. The government has proposed extending a tax break for foreign firms that supply manufacturing equipment to contract manufacturers, a change drafted with iPhone assembly squarely in mind. Under a draft bill reviewed b…

Indian police open a case against Meta’s India head over altered videos of Modi
Indian police open a case against Meta’s India head over altered videos of Modi

Hyderabad cybercrime police have filed a report against Meta India chief Arun Srinivas over AI-altered videos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, escalating friction between the government and the platform. Police in Hyderabad have registered a criminal c…

Cursor cut its India price to $7, and its own AI models are why
Cursor cut its India price to $7, and its own AI models are why

Cursor has cut the price of AI coding in India to about $7 a month. The interesting part is how it can afford to. The startup launched Cursor Start on Monday, a ₹649 plan sold only in India, TechCrunch reported. It sits well below the $20 Pro subscript…

Coforge says AI is expanding its margins. Its rivals call it ‘AI deflation’
Coforge says AI is expanding its margins. Its rivals call it ‘AI deflation’

Coforge reported first quarter revenue of $592.2m on Monday. That is a rise of 33% in dollar terms over the year, and 21.1% on the previous quarter. In rupees the annual increase reads 49%. Profit after tax reached $55.6m. Those numbers land in an indu…

Emergent hits a $1.5bn valuation as vibe coding mints another unicorn
Emergent hits a $1.5bn valuation as vibe coding mints another unicorn

Emergent’s vibe coding platform hit a $1.5bn valuation a year after launch. Its founder says most businesses do not need software, they need a way to turn how they work into it. “Most businesses don’t need any software. They need a way to turn how they…

India pledges $20 billion to boost chips and smartphones as Modi pushes for an Indian mobile brand
India pledges $20 billion to boost chips and smartphones as Modi pushes for an Indian mobile brand

India pledged 1.9 trillion rupees ($19.7 billion) in combined incentives for domestic chip and smartphone production on Wednesday. The cabinet approved 1.28 trillion rupees ($13.3 billion) for semiconductors, covering chip design, machine fabrication, …