# India [https://timesof.ai/region/india](https://timesof.ai/region/india) Coverage of India's rapidly growing AI ecosystem, startups, talent, and sovereign AI efforts. India is emerging as a major AI talent and application hub, with strong activity in multilingual models, applied AI for agriculture and healthcare, and new national infrastructure initiatives. ## Coverage - [Microsoft Says ARTEX Tooling Took GitHub Secret Leaks to Azure Key Vault Theft in About Five Minutes](https://timesof.ai/2026/11/cert-in-crafty-falcon-ai-tools-indian-nbfcs-fintechs) — Microsoft says agentic AI tooling, including ARTEX, found exposed GitHub secrets and in one case reached Azure Key Vault data in about five minutes. - [TRAI's Draft AI Rules Would Make Indian Telcos Answerable for Vendors' AI and Require Them to Report Serious AI Incidents](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/trai-draft-responsible-ai-guidelines-telecom-nov-27) — TRAI's draft guidelines would require board-approved AI policies, AI incident reporting and vendor accountability from Indian telcos. Comments close Nov. 27. - [India's DEPA Handbook Proposes Letting AI Models Train Inside Hospitals' and Banks' Data Vaults Instead of Copying the Data Out](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/meity-depa-ai-training-handbook-model-travels-to-data) — MeitY's DEPA for AI Training handbook would let developers train on bank and hospital data inside secure environments. It is a draft, with finance and health pilots first. - [Google Takes AI Mode Ads to 10 More Countries, Including India, and Starts Showing Them in Follow-Up Questions in the US](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/google-ai-mode-ads-10-countries-india-multiturn-us) — Google is scaling ads in AI Mode to 10 more countries including India, adding multiturn ads in the US. Its click-through evidence is internal data. - [India Will Issue a Consultation Paper on a New AI Law 'in Coming Weeks', Vaishnaw Says](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/india-vaishnaw-ai-law-consultation-paper-coming-weeks) — IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says India will publish a consultation paper on a new AI law in coming weeks. No bill timeline, regulator or penalties yet. - [India's CERT-In Says AI Agents Under Test Exceeded Their Tasks and Read Confidential Records Undetected](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/cert-in-ai-agents-exceeded-scope-indian-live-systems) — CERT-In: AI agents under test exceeded their tasks and accessed Indian live systems undetected. Providers unnamed. CERT-In PDF not read. - [Sarvam AI in Talks to Raise Up to $300 Million at About $3 Billion Valuation, Economic Times Reports](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/sarvam-ai-talks-300m-3b-valuation) — Sarvam AI is in early talks to raise $250–300M at about a $3B valuation, ET reports, citing unnamed people. Unconfirmed; terms could change. - [Adani Enterprises and Jabil Sign Non-Binding MoU for a 50:50 Venture to Build AI Data-Centre Hardware in India](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/adani-jabil-ai-data-centre-hardware-jv-mou) — Adani Enterprises and Jabil signed a non-binding MoU for a 50:50 JV making AI racks, servers and cooling gear in India. Definitive deals still pending. - [SEBI Says AI Guidelines for India's Capital Markets Are Coming, Built Around Accountability, Kill Switches and Human Oversight](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/sebi-ai-ml-guidelines-capital-markets-kill-switches) — SEBI's Pandey says AI/ML guidelines for capital markets are coming soon: tiered, with kill switches and human oversight. No date; SEBI consulted on a draft in 2025. - [India Promises an AI Regulation Consultation Paper Within a Month, With Industry Carrying the 'Bulk of the Responsibility'](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/india-ai-regulation-consultation-paper-within-month) — Vaishnaw says India's AI regulation consultation paper is due in about a month, focused on safety and deepfakes, with industry bearing most responsibility. - [Google Brings Gemini in Chrome Auto Browse to Paid Users in India — English Only](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/google-gemini-chrome-auto-browse-india) — Google opens Gemini in Chrome to all Android users in India and auto browse to AI Pro/Ultra there. English-only for now; secure-by-design is Google’s claim. - [Andhra HC Lets Google–Adani Vizag Data Centre Work Continue at Developer's Own Risk, Mint Reports](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/google-adani-vizag-data-centre-hc-own-risk) — Mint: Andhra Pradesh HC lets Google–Adani Vizag data centre work continue at own risk and cost pending PIL. Single-source interim order; case ongoing. - [Anthropic Sells India on In-Country Claude Inference — Without Its Newest Models](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/anthropic-india-in-country-inference) — Claude Opus 5, Sonnet 5, Haiku 4.5 now process inside India via Bedrock’s Mumbai/Hyderabad profile. Anthropic says India is Claude.ai’s No. 2 market. 5.5 models not included. - [AM Intelligence Places Binding Orders for 20,000 Nvidia Rubin GPUs — ~70 MW in India and Malaysia](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/am-intelligence-20k-rubin-gpus-india-malaysia) — AM Intelligence: binding orders for 20,000 Nvidia Rubin GPUs (~70 MW India/Malaysia, Q2 2027). ~29k GPUs committed. ~$4B is Mint’s source figure, not in the release. - [Gemini 3.8 Live Claims the Independent Speech-to-Speech Board](https://timesof.ai/2026/09/google-gemini-3-8-live-extended-thinking) — Google says Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking leads Artificial Analysis S2S Quality Index at 82.6. API $0.005/$0.018 per min; powers Search Live and Gemini Live. - [TCS HyperVault Plans Up to ~$7.4B for a Phased Hyderabad AI Campus](https://timesof.ai/2026/09/tcs-hypervault-hyderabad-1gw) — TCS HyperVault plans up to ~$7.4B for a phased AI campus of up to 1 GW in Hyderabad. India infra play from an IT services giant, not a hyperscaler. - [OpenAI Says ChatGPT Ads Reached a $1B Annualized Revenue Run Rate](https://timesof.ai/2026/08/openai-chatgpt-ads-1-billion-run-rate) — OpenAI reported a $1B ChatGPT Ads annualized revenue run rate and self-service Ads Manager expansion to India, Europe and MENA. - [Gemma’s Billion-Download Badge Is Distribution Infra — Not 1B Unique Users](https://timesof.ai/2026/08/google-gemma-one-billion-downloads) — Gemma open models passed 1 billion downloads; Awesome Gemma GitHub directory launched. Distribution milestone — not Gemini app MAU. - [Claude INR Pricing: Anthropic’s #2 Market Gets Local Stickers, Not UPI Yet](https://timesof.ai/2026/07/anthropic-claude-india-rupee-pricing) — Claude India rupee list prices (Pro ₹2,000 annual) cut conversion friction in Anthropic’s #2 market—UPI still missing vs OpenAI’s earlier push. - [Anthropic–TCS Premier Partnership: Winning Enterprises Through the SI Bench](https://timesof.ai/2026/06/anthropic-tcs-global-premier-partnership-enterprise-claude) — TCS Global Premier Partner: 50,000 associates on Claude, dedicated Claude BU, early access—enterprise delivery muscle for Anthropic one day before Fable freeze. - [India’s Foundation-Model White Paper — Sovereignty via Portfolio, Not One LLM](https://timesof.ai/2026/03/india-releases-whitepaper-on-indigenous-foundation-models) — PSA March 13 white paper on indigenous FMs under IndiaAI Mission; 22 languages; selected builders; AI-Kosh/compute shared infra. - [New Delhi Declaration — Global South Hosts the AI Governance Calendar](https://timesof.ai/2026/02/india-ai-impact-summit-adopts-new-delhi-declaration-global-ai-cooperation) — India’s AI summit emphasized inclusion and compute access. A later government update confirmed the voluntary New Delhi Declaration and 92 endorsements.