The estimate is based on nearly $384 billion invested in the first half of 2026 and assumes the current pace continues through the year. It compares with $145 billion invested in the technology in 2025, making AI infrastructure and model architectures the largest-funded technology trend covered by McKinsey.
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The Indian Institutes of Technology have decided to bar 22 companies from campus recruitment for the next two years after repeated instances of withdrawn job offers. The move, which includes firms such as Oracle, aims to protect students and preserve the integrity of the IIT placement system.
Aquapulse, a shrimp‑farming technology platform backed by Nabventures, announced plans to triple its farmer network and enter Andhra Pradesh within the next 12‑18 months. The Bhubaneswar‑based firm currently serves over 7,000 shrimp farmers across Odisha and West Bengal, covering roughly 20,000 hectares.
India’s workforce is projected to expand by 5.4% in the second half of FY 2026-27, with e‑commerce, technology startups and travel‑hospitality sectors leading the surge. Larger firms plan the biggest hiring drives, while many employers warn of shortages in IT and engineering talent.
Personalised learning depends not just on the technology schools buy, but on the teachers they empower to use it
Signed on 14 September 2026, the agreements provide for a six-week residential cyber security training programme through C3iHub, IIT Kanpur, and the establishment and development of a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Drone and Anti-Drone Technology at the CISF's MPRTC in Behror, Rajasthan.
Global concerns about AI's existential risks have risen after the heads of America's leading AI labs came together in a show of unity over the weekend to call for a pause in the development of the technology.
The collaboration will combine propulsion technology and aerospace engineering capabilities to support India’s indigenous unmanned aerial systems efforts
The US has outpaced China and other countries for years in AI model capabilities, research, citations and other areas. But China has been rapidly catching up as an AI superpower even as US-led restrictions have blocked China from accessing some of the most advanced technologies, including the cutting-edge chips and the machines to make them.
MediaTek unveiled its Dimensity 9600 Pro, the first mobile processor built on TSMC's 2‑nanometre process, and also introduced the Dimensity 9600M using a 3‑nanometre node for a wider flagship segment. The launch marks the Taiwanese foundry’s most advanced technology entering mainstream smartphones.
The heads of America's leading AI labs came together in a rare show of unity over the weekend to call for a pause in the technology's development, warning that it
As the school year started, the country's two largest school districts, New York City and Los Angeles, announced they were putting the brakes on student use of AI for one year, as they study how to best incorporate the technology into education.
India marked Engineers' Day on 15 September 2026, honoring Sir M Visvesvaraya’s enduring impact on the nation’s engineering sector. Government officials and professional bodies highlighted the role of engineers in shaping infrastructure and technology.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) announced plans to modernise its 1033 helpline with artificial intelligence, real‑time location tracking and smart emergency‑response tools. An Expression of Interest has been issued for firms to design, deploy and operate the next‑generation platform.
Minister Nitin Gadkari was held up for about an hour in Mumbai traffic and used the delay to underscore the need for new technology to replace the city’s ageing flyovers. He linked the congestion to infrastructure projects he oversaw as Maharashtra’s PWD minister in the 1990s.
Xi's announcement at the concluding session of the BRICS summit is widely seen as an effort to position Beijing as a central technology partner for the BRICS amid the communist State's growing AI competition with the US.
Prime Minister holds separate meetings with leaders from Kazakhstan, the Philippines, Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa and Burundi on a range of issues that, apart from defence and security cooperation, also include trade, technology and strategic partnerships
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