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SAP's pledge to help 12 million people gain AI-ready skills by 2030 is underway, through an expansion of existing learning and community initiatives. The announcement was dated Mumbai, 28 October 2026.
Read the original →Two funding rounds by Sarvam account for 87 per cent of the USD 399 million raised this year. The analysis finds no late-stage funding rounds across the 34-company ecosystem. The Indic AI ecosystem has attracted USD 687 million in cumulative equity funding.
Read the original →CapitaLand Investment (CLI) was selected among the inaugural participants in the Champions of AI initiative, which aims to drive enterprise-wide AI adoption.
Read the original →Moody's warns of refinancing risks as AI firms borrow. A slowdown threatens South Korea's chip exports.
Read the original →South Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups has built an initial candidate pool of 538 small and venture companies in new security fields.
Read the original →The government approved 10-year operating extensions for the Kori-3 and Kori-4 nuclear reactors. The move adds 1.9 gigawatts of power to support growing AI data centers and semiconductor production.
Read the original →Snowflake, a US-based AI data cloud company, plans to invest USD 300M in Saudi Arabia through 2030. The investment is intended to support cloud infrastructure expansion.
Read the original →Egypt is working to maximise the benefits of foreign direct investment (FDI) by boosting links between multinational companies and local manufacturers.
Read the original →President Milei has pledged not to regulate artificial intelligence preemptively. The description says investors and consumers need a different kind of promise.
Read the original →Nine of 15 African countries surveyed report only basic AI use in public services, while 90.8% of identified AI systems support internal government operations. Africa accounts for 18% of the world's population but holds just 0.6% of global data center capacity.
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