Sunday, September 6, 2026

Taiwan flexes chip diplomacy muscles as it faces pressure to share AI wealth with allies

Home to companies like TSMC whose chips power AI applications, diplomatically isolated Taiwan has long sought to leverage its tech prowess to garner international support, something Beijing routinely seeks to block saying the island is merely one of its provinces.

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Festive carts to get heavier; Pixxel’s $100 million fresh fuel

Happy Monday! Online festive shopping is set to hit a new high this year. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.

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India set to pitch tech synergy for cementing BRICS

India is keen to complete three major multilateral projects under its chairmanship of the 11-country bloc. The global research advanced infrastructure network (GRAIN) initiative will offer researchers from member states federated, or shared, access to high-performance computing systems and supercomputers, an official said.

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Piper Serica eyes Rs 180-220 crore deployment across four-six deeptech startups this fiscal

The investment firm's new Bharat Tech Fund, a Category II AIF, targeting a corpus of Rs 600 crore, alongside a greenshoe option of Rs 200 crore, has already raised about Rs 400 crore and evaluated around 30-35 startups in the hunt for the next investment, Modi told PTI.

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IPO-bound Rentomojo pins growth on 'hard-to-copy' supply chain moat

Rentomojo’s moat lies in its complex rental model, which combines subscriptions, asset ownership, logistics, collections and refurbishment. With 2.5 lakh active subscribers and strong repeat business, the company is scaling ahead of its Rs 1,255.6 crore IPO, backed by improving profitability and access to credit.

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Friday, September 4, 2026

US, China gear up for mid-September AI safety talks

The ​talks, the first official bilateral discussions devoted exclusively to AI between the US and China ​since US President Donald Trump took office for a second time, will be led by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the US side, the sources, who were briefed ​on the planning, said on condition of anonymity.

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DeepSeek plans big Huawei AI chip order to power new data centre

The startup doesn’t currently plan to use the 950DT chips for training, one of the people said, even though Huawei designed and marketed these processors to serve that more demanding function. While DeepSeek tried to train its previous models on Huawei chips, it has so far relied on Nvidia accelerators for this crucial step.

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