India's Sarvam launches Indus AI chat app as competition heats up |

5:00 PM PST · February 20, 2026 Sarvam, an Indian AI startup focused on building models for local languages and users, on Friday launched its…

Peak XV raises $1.3B, doubles down on AI as global VC rivalry in India heats up |

Peak XV announced on Friday that it has raised $1.3 billion across new India and Asia-focused funds. The firm, which now manages more than $10…

Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai as the AI race heats up |

In Brief Posted: 10:58 AM Pst · January 29, Apple, Meta, and Google are locked in a fierce battle to lead the next wave of…

Legal AI giant Harvey acquires Hexus as competition heats up in legal tech |

9:27 PM PST · January 23, 2026 Harvey, the high-flying legal AI startup, has acquired Hexus — a two-year-old startup that builds tools for creating…

Salesforce announces Agentforce 360 as enterprise AI competition heats up |

New SaaS-powered platform designed to automate user & application connectivity experience testing, accelerate time-to-market, increase accuracy and effectiveness, and lower total costs of deployments and…

Google's Jules enters developers' toolchains as AI coding agent competition heats up |

Google is bringing its AI coding agent Jules deeper into developer workflows with a new command-line interface and public API, allowing it to plug into…

SMB-focused Finom closes €115M as European fintech heats up |

While funding may be scarce for some, Europe’s fastest-growing startups still have their pick. The latest beneficiary of that investor appetite is Finom, a five-year-old,…