O-1 visa gains ground; Anthropic triggers IT crash
Happy Thursday! Indian AI founders are turning to the US O-1 visa as a faster, more flexible way to move and scale their businesses. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
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Brian Hedden named co-associate dean of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing
Brian Hedden PhD ’12 has been appointed co-associate dean of the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) at MIT, a cross-cutting initiative in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, effective Jan. 16. Hedden is a professor in the Department…
Antonio Torralba, three MIT alumni named 2025 ACM fellows
Antonio Torralba, Delta Electronics Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and faculty head of artificial intelligence and decision-making at MIT, has been named to the 2025 cohort of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellows. He shares the honor of…
3 Questions: Using AI to accelerate the discovery and design of therapeutic drugs
In the pursuit of solutions to complex global challenges including disease, energy demands, and climate change, scientific researchers, including at MIT, have turned to artificial intelligence, and to quantitative analysis and modeling, to design and construct engineered cells with novel…
From guardrails to governance: A CEO’s guide for securing agentic systems
The previous article in this series, “Rules fail at the prompt, succeed at the boundary,” focused on the first AI-orchestrated espionage campaign and the failure of prompt-level control. This article is the prescription. The question every CEO is now getting…
The Download: the future of nuclear power plants, and social media-fueled AI hype
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why AI companies are betting on next-gen nuclear AI is driving unprecedented investment for massive data centers and…
Alphabet plans major India expansion as US tightens visa rules: Report
The company has leased one office tower and purchased options on two others in Alembic City, a development in the city’s Whitefield tech corridor, totaling 2.4 million square feet, the report said, citing people familiar with the deal.
Shailendra Singh on Peak XV exits; Tax breaks for global talent
Happy Wednesday! Shailendra Singh says three high-profile MDs left Peak XV Partners over “disagreements”. This and more in today’s ET Morning Dispatch.
Unicorn India Ventures closes third fund at Rs 1,200 crore, to invest in semicon, spacetech and AI infra
Unicorn India Ventures has closed its third fund at Rs 1,200 crore, surpassing its initial target of Rs 1,000 crore. The fund focuses on investments in semiconductors, spacetech and AI infrastructure. It has already seen strong early traction, with seven…
India-US trade breakthrough brings relief for electronics exports, spurs $100 billion ambition
The India-US trade deal may help drive bilateral electronics and semiconductor trade towards $100 billion and provide clarity to businesses even as concerns still linger over potential tariff risks linked to US Section 232 investigations, industry bodies and companies told…