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MiQ Total Video Solution: When 700 Trillion Signals Meet a Market That Cannot Yet Measure Itself
MiQ’s Total Video solution combines AI-powered Sigma with YouTube Activation Partner status and cross-screen data partnerships. The India CTV market is doubling, but measurement standards are not yet settled — and MiQ’s headline claims are company-reported.
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Flipkart Gridlock Hackathon 2.0: 1,100 AI Prototypes, Zero Guarantee Any Will Reach Bengaluru’s Roads
Flipkart’s Gridlock Hackathon 2.0 produced 1,100 AI prototypes for Bengaluru’s traffic crisis. The scale is impressive, but the 2017 edition’s winning solution was never deployed, and the city is now the world’s second most congested.
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Logitech Women AI Hackathon: 129,000 Registrations, a Guinness Record, and Numbers Worth Reading Twice
Logitech and Aspire For Her set a Guinness World Record for the largest women-only GenAI hackathon. But the verified record is 1,712 participants — not 129,000 — and the career outcomes for non-finalists are undisclosed.
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Microchip SY757xx Clock Buffers: A Real Problem Solved, but the 1.2V Gap Is Narrower Than It Looks
Microchip’s SY757xx family solves a genuine 1.2V clock distribution gap, but competitors TI and Renesas are not far behind. Engineers should check the full datasheet before committing.
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Investment UPI: What UTI Mutual Fund and Multipl’s New Category Doesn’t Say
UTI Mutual Fund and Multipl have launched Investment UPI, keeping spending money in a liquid fund while paying through UPI. The fine print — a Rs 50,000 daily redemption cap, exit loads, stamp duty, and slab-rate tax on every payment — tells a more cautious story.
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NCERT Robotics Learning Centre: A CSR Initiative With Genuine Ambition, Undisclosed Costs, and a Tiny Nonprofit Partner
ZS and Robotex India partnered with NCERT to launch a Robotics Learning Centre on September 1, 2026. ZS’s total CSR budget is Rs 10.9 crore — 0.08% of India’s education CSR spending. No cost figures, student targets, or course timelines were disclosed. The potentially scalable component is DIKSHA content for Grades 6-12.
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Wipro CrowdStrike CISO Command Center: A Partnership Formalization, Not a Product Launch
Wipro and CrowdStrike announced the CISO Command Center on September 9, 2026, but the offering is a services wrapper around CrowdStrike’s existing Falcon platform. Wipro is one of at least eight Indian IT services firms in CrowdStrike’s QuiltWorks coalition. No launch customers, pricing, or performance metrics were disclosed.
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Zoho Indian Merchant Payment Survey: 78% Would Switch Gateways for AI, But the Findings Serve Zoho
Zoho’s self-conducted survey of 700+ Indian businesses finds 78% would switch payment gateways for AI capabilities. But the findings map precisely onto Zoho Payments’ product strategy, and Zoho Payments is absent from every major market research firm’s competitive landscape.
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Raptee.HV EV Centre of Excellence: Building Talent or Building Brand?
Raptee.HV launched an EV Centre of Excellence at Rajalakshmi Engineering College for Rs 50 lakh — 3.3% of Bajaj’s Rs 15 crore VIT investment. T30 sales remain undisclosed seven months after deliveries began. Is this genuine talent development or brand-building by a startup with no commercial milestones?
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India Photonics Association Launch: Can India Build What Silicon Built?
India’s first photonics industry body launches with $78.4B market claims — but the association’s own report reveals a $3.29B TAM. With 33 photonics companies vs China’s 1,622, can the IPA close the PIC fabrication gap? LightSpeed Photonics, ISM policy, and the real numbers behind the launch.