NVIDIA on Monday announced a coalition of global AI labs, including India's Sarvam, to build open, frontier-level foundation models through shared expertise, data and compute. The Nemotron Coalition also includes Black Forest Labs, Cursor, LangChain, Mistral AI, Perplexity, Reflection AI and Thinking Machines Lab. "Open models are the lifeblood of innovation," NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said.

A Kerala-based agricultural startup is offering people the opportunity to rent a mango tree per season and take home the entire harvest. While the base plan yields around 30-50 kg of mangoes, the standard and premium plans provide around 45-75 kg and 60-90 kg of mangoes, respectively. As per a report, about 160 people have signed up so far.

OpenAI has told employees to act as if it's a "code red" and shift focus to coding tools and business users, WSJ reported. Calling rival Anthropic's success a "wake-up call", OpenAI's CEO of Applications, Fidji Simo, said, "We cannot miss this moment because we're distracted by side quests." The company reportedly also declared code red last year amid increasing competition.

Alibaba on Tuesday launched Wukong, an AI platform for enterprises targeting automation, amid the OpenClaw hype. Wukong can coordinate multiple AI agents to handle ​complex business tasks, including document editing, spreadsheet updates, ⁠meeting audio transcription and more within a single interface, the firm said. Users can access Wukong as a ‌standalone ⁠desktop application or through DingTalk.

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal met CEO of Bengaluru-based AI startup Puch AI Siddharth Bhatia on Monday. They held discussions on expanding AI adoption in India, particularly through voice-first and vernacular AI solutions. "Exchanged views on leveraging AI to support startups, MSMEs...while encouraging innovation in building globally competitive AI products from India," Piyush Goyal wrote on X.

A US-based startup plans to launch 50,000 mirrors into space to provide sunlight on Earth at night. Reflect Orbital will charge about $5,000 an hour (around ₹5 lakh) for the light of one mirror under annual contracts for 1,000 hours or more. The startup has sought regulatory approval to launch a prototype satellite with a 60-foot-wide mirror this year.

Venture Catalysts has exited Pee Safe after the company raised $32 million in a round led by OrbiMed. The early investor earned a 9.6x return and 30.53% XIRR. The exit highlights growing liquidity opportunities in India’s startup ecosystem. Pee Safe continues to expand its retail presence and strengthen its position in the women’s hygiene and wellness market.

Accenture has completed acquisition of London-based AI firm Faculty, integrating over 400 AI experts into its global workforce. Faculty’s CEO, Dr Marc Warner, becomes Accenture’s CTO. The deal, valued near $1 billion, adds AI safety, strategy, and the Frontier decision intelligence platform to Accenture’s tools, strengthening its capability to deliver secure, large-scale AI solutions worldwide.

Indian deep-tech firm, Velmenni, secured ₹30 crore in Pre-Series A funding led by pi Ventures. The company develops high-speed Free Space Optics (FSO) & Li-Fi solutions for telecom, defence, & enterprise markets. Funds will scale commercialisation, international expansion, and customised defence solutions. Velmenni has 50+ live deployments and is India’s first carrier-grade FSO backhaul provider.

Ola Electric issued a statement on reports of raising ₹2,000 crore by selling a stake in its battery arm after the stock exchanges sought clarification. It said, "As part of its normal business operations, the Company...continuously evaluates various opportunities for raising funds...subject to...market conditions." "All material events and information...have been duly disclosed," it added.