Polsia, a startup founded by Ben Broca, is now offering an AI "Co-founder", which can run the company by itself. "You give [Polsia] an idea...it will go ahead and build a product," Broca, who earlier worked at Travis Kalanick’s CloudKitchens, said. The company claims the AI Co-Founder can handle tasks like support and marketing campaigns and report the business' status.

Japanese AI startup Sakana withdrew a research paper that its AI scientist bot had generated. The paper was accepted at the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) workshop. Apart from writing, the bot is capable of generating its own research ideas, running experiments, analysing data, and drafting manuscript. The paper had to be withdrawn over transparency issues.

Fitness band-maker WHOOP has raised $575 million (over ₹5,300 crore) at a $10.1 billion (nearly ₹93,000 crore) valuation. The round was led by Collaborative Fund, with participation from investors including Qatar Investment Authority, Abbott Laboratories, Cristiano Ronaldo and LeBron James. WHOOP makes screenless fitness trackers that analyse physiological data 24/7 and provide health guidelines.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is imposing contractual penalties on GE Aerospace for missing multiple deadlines for supply of F404-IN20 engines for powering Tejas LCA Mark1A. Of the overall 99 engines, GE has supplied 5 engines and the 6th is on its way. The delivery, which was supposed to start in 2023, got delayed and the first engine was supplied last year.

Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran has advised CEOs and senior executives of Tata Group companies to brace for a tougher business environment amid the Middle East war. According to PTI, supply chain disruptions and rising commodity prices could weigh on demand and delay projects. He also urged executives to re-examine the project timelines, if necessary.

Government has put on hold an order mandating that at least 60% seats in any flight will be offered free of charge. "The matter has been reviewed in light of representations received from the Federation of Indian Airlines and Akasa Air, highlighting operational and commercial implications of the provision," the new order said.

The Reserve Bank of India has allowed residents, along with non-residents, to exchange rupee notes at foreign exchange counters in departure halls of international airports. Earlier, the facility was limited to non-residents. The exchanges will be available at counters located in duty-free or security hold areas beyond the immigration or customs desk, according to a notification.

Nina Lewis, who worked at Oracle for nearly 34 years, was fired in the recent layoffs affecting 30,000 people. "It seems layoffs follow an algorithm of high-level individual contributors and mid-level managers, especially those with outstanding stock options," she said on LinkedIn. She added that her firing was quite a shock, and many of her best colleagues were fired too.

Spanish AI startup Squad As a Service (SqaaS), backed by ixigo, launched its AI agent platform ShellBot. It enables users to create personal AI assistants that operate round the clock and assist in tasks such as emails, scheduling, research, coding, and workflows on platforms such as WhatsApp, Slack and Telegram. ixigo acquired a 45.02% stake in SqaaS in February 2026.

India has sufficient crude oil stocks, with supplies secured for the next 60 days, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said. Additionally, eight states/UTs have received an additional 10% allocation of commercial LPG for promoting PNG expansion. About 2,90,000 new PNG connections were added in the past month, with 3,61,000 more registrations, Joint Secretary Sujata Sharma said.