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In a strategic move poised to reshape India’s cloud and AI landscape, Bharti Airtel has partnered with IBM to launch an advanced, sovereign hybrid cloud platform tailored for regulated industries such as banking, healthcare, and government. Announced on October 15, 2025, this collaboration integrates IBM’s enterprise-grade AI and cloud technologies into Airtel Cloud, offering secure, scalable, and compliant infrastructure designed to meet the stringent demands of India’s high-stakes sectors.

In a historic move set to redefine India’s technological landscape, Google has committed $15 billion (approximately ₹1.25 lakh crore) to establish a first-of-its-kind AI hub and gigawatt-scale data center infrastructure in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Announced on October 14, 2025, in New Delhi in the presence of Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Nirmala Sitharaman, along with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and IT Minister Nara Lokesh, this initiative represents Google’s largest investment outside the United States and a monumental leap for India’s AI and cloud computing ambitions.

The Indian startup ecosystem demonstrated remarkable momentum in early October 2025, with 26 startups raising a combined $284.6 million between October 6 and 11—marking a 78% increase from the previous week’s total of $160.3 million. The period was dominated by a massive $120 million round in stock trading platform Dhan, which propelled fintech to the forefront and underscored India’s position as one of the world’s most dynamic venture markets.

In a historic leap for India’s private space industry, GalaxEye Space—the Bengaluru-based spacetech unicorn—is preparing to launch Mission Drishti, India’s largest privately built commercial satellite, aboard a SpaceX rocket in Q1 2026. Weighing 160kg and equipped with groundbreaking SyncFused OptoSAR technology, Drishti will deliver all-weather, day-night Earth imaging at an unprecedented 1.5–1.8-meter resolution, positioning India as a serious contender in the global Earth

In a landmark initiative that reinforces India’s commitment to leveraging technology for social impact, Google Cloud India and the TechBharat Research Foundation have jointly inaugurated the nation’s first AI Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Public Good in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.