Reliance Powers India’s AI Revolution
Reliance Industries, led by Mukesh Ambani, has launched Reliance Intelligence—a new subsidiary focused on building massive AI-ready data centers and rolling out advanced cloud infrastructure across India. In close partnership with Google Cloud, Reliance will establish an AI-focused cloud region in Gujarat to accelerate innovation and transformation for businesses in energy, retail, telecom, and more. This leap ensures powerful, secure AI services are accessible to companies of all sizes, supported by green energy and Jio’s digital network.
On the enterprise front, Reliance and Meta have joined forces in a $100 million venture to bring affordable, customizable AI platforms—powered by Meta’s open-source models—to Indian businesses. New consumer-facing offerings, like the multilingual Riya voice assistant for JioHotstar and smart devices such as JioFrames, show Reliance’s ambition to put everyday AI directly in the hands of millions. This strategic push places India at the heart of global AI progress and sets the stage for Reliance Jio’s much-anticipated IPO in 2026.
Trump Administration Locks Down Intel’s Foundry Future
The Trump administration has secured a 10% equity stake in Intel’s foundry business unit, imposing strict penalties if Intel attempts to spin out or sell the division within the next few years. Under the new deal, a five-year warrant allows the U.S. government to claim an additional 5% stake at $20 per share should Intel’s ownership in the foundry unit fall below 51%, a clear move to keep control and manufacturing stateside.
This arrangement aligns with the administration’s goal of bolstering domestic chip production, pressuring Intel to retain its loss-making foundry unit even as industry voices urge a spin-off. Despite recent losses of $3.1 billion and leadership changes at Intel Foundry, the deal forces Intel to persist rather than relinquish ground to offshore competitors like TSMC. Intel received $5.7 billion in cash grants from previous U.S. science and industry initiatives, cementing the government’s active role in the future of American semiconductor manufacturing.
Maisa AI Tackles Enterprise AI’s Growing Pains with $25M Boost
Maisa AI, a fast-rising startup, has secured $25 million in new seed funding to address the staggering 95% failure rate of generative AI pilots in the enterprise sector. Backed by Creandum and other major investors, Maisa launched its self-serve Maisa Studio platform, allowing businesses to deploy digital workers that prioritize accountability and can be trained using natural language. Maisa’s innovation centers on agentic systems, where the AI builds out the process for executing tasks step-by-step—rather than just delivering a final output—enabling human supervisors to guide the workflow in real time.
To tackle AI hallucinations and foster trust, Maisa developed the HALP (Human-Augmented LLM Processing) method and the Knowledge Processing Unit (KPU), a deterministic approach that limits unreliable results. Already serving clients in banking, car manufacturing, and energy, Maisa competes in the growing field of robotic process automation by offering both cloud and on-prem solutions. The startup aims to double its team and rapidly scale adoption, betting that its accountability-first approach is the missing ingredient for critical enterprise workflows.
Google and Grok Close Gap on ChatGPT, Finds A16z’s Latest AI Report
A new consumer AI trends report from Andreessen Horowitz highlights Google’s Gemini and xAI’s Grok as rapidly catching up to ChatGPT both on web and mobile platforms. The study ranks top AI products, with Gemini placing second in mobile monthly active users—particularly dominant on Android—and also coming in second behind ChatGPT for web visits. Grok has rocketed up the ranks since launching its standalone app, hitting over 20 million monthly users and ranking fourth on web.
The report notes that other major players like Meta AI and Chinese-developed assistants are also gaining traction, all while app stores increasingly trim out clones in favor of original products. Meanwhile, products like Google’s AI Studio, NotebookLM, and Google Labs debuted among the leaders, reflecting a broadening AI ecosystem focused on general assistance, image editing, productivity, and more. With new entrants and rapidly shifting popularity, the competition for the consumer AI crown is intensifying as users explore a wider array of advanced tools.
America’s AI Startups Break Fundraising Records in 2025
The U.S. AI sector continues its meteoric rise in 2025, with 33 startups raising $100 million or more by the end of August. Companies like EliseAI, Fal, OpenEvidence, Ambience Healthcare, and Abridge headline multi-million and even billion-dollar rounds, driving rapid advances in healthcare automation, generative media, enterprise search, and legal tech. Seed and growth investors—including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Kleiner Perkins—are doubling down on promising ventures in AI operating systems, coding tools, infrastructure, and data labeling, fueling new unicorns and billion-dollar valuations across the country.
AI labs such as Anthropic, Thinking Machines Lab, and Anysphere have set fresh valuation records, while stalwarts like OpenAI continue to dominate with historic fundraising totals. The sector’s momentum is fueled by demand for specialized and open-source AI tools, with startups building products in healthcare, autonomous systems, search, and science superintelligence. As the race to lead AI innovation heats up, the infusion of capital signals confidence in America’s AI entrepreneurs and the growing impact of their technologies in every major industry