🚀 Medial Secures Investment on Shark Tank India - Fueling the Future of Professional Social Networking. 🔥
✕
Login
Home
News
Messages
Startup Showcase
Trackers
Premium
Premium Content
Jobs
Notifications
Settings
Try our Valuation Calculator →
Log In
News on Medial
Indian AI startup beats OpenAI, Google to become world’s number 1
Internet
·
1y ago
Medial
Indian startup JiviAI, founded by Ankur Jain and G V Sanjay Reddy, announced that their language-learning AI, Jivi MedX, outperformed Google and OpenAI in medical benchmarks with an average score of 91.65. The Gurugram-based company plans to launch Jivi MedX in August 2024. Co-founder Reddy expressed pride in making top-tier healthcare accessible globally. JiviAI was incorporated in January 2024.
View Source
8
Related News
How tech giants cut corners to harvest data for AI
Economic Times
·
1y ago
Medial
OpenAI, Google, and Meta have all faced challenges with acquiring enough data to train their artificial intelligence (AI) models. They have pushed boundaries, disregarded policies, and even debated legal implications to gather more data. OpenAI transcribed over 1 million hours of YouTube videos using a speech recognition tool called Whisper, while Google also transcribed YouTube videos. Meta considered buying a publishing house to access copyrighted works. The race for data has become critical for AI development, with companies even exploring the use of synthetic data to train their models.
View Source
Microsoft readies new AI model to compete with Google, OpenAI: report
Economic Times
·
1y ago
Medial
Microsoft is reportedly developing a large in-house AI language model known as MAI-1, which aims to compete with Google and OpenAI. Led by Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of Google DeepMind and former CEO of AI startup Inflection, the purpose of this model is yet to be determined. It is expected to be significantly larger than Microsoft's previous open source models, making it more expensive to train. Microsoft may provide a preview of MAI-1 at its Build developer conference later this month. The company has already invested in OpenAI and released smaller AI models to attract a wider user base.
View Source
Google invests $1 billion more in OpenAI rival Anthropic: Reports
Inshorts
·
5m ago
Medial
Google is investing $1 billion in AI startup Anthropic, a major competitor of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, as per reports. The latest funding is in addition to the $2 billion that Google has already invested in the startup. It was earlier reported that Anthropic was close to raising $2 billion in a Lightspeed-led round at a valuation of about $60 billion.
View Source
Who is IIT Madras alumnus Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI?
Twitter
·
1y ago
Medial
Aravind Srinivas, whose US-based search startup Perplexity AI has become a unicorn after raising $62.7 million from Jeff Bezos and others, holds a dual degree in electrical engineering from IIT Madras. He completed his PhD in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley. Srinivas worked with OpenAI and Google before co-founding Perplexity AI in 2022.
View Source
Google Beats OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek With Its Most Intelligent AI: Gemini 2.5 Pro
OutlookIndia
·
3m ago
Medial
Google has unveiled Gemini 2.5 Pro, an advanced AI reasoning model, available to Gemini Advanced subscribers. This model excels in coding, math, and logic, outperforming competitors like OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek. It leads the LMArena leaderboard and achieves high scores on various benchmarks. Gemini 2.5 Pro features a large context window and can handle diverse data types, marking a significant step in AI technology advancement.
View Source
Sam Altman refutes reports of OpenAI starting a new AI search engine
Livemint
·
1y ago
Medial
OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, has denied claims that the company will be launching an AI-powered search engine to challenge Google. However, Altman did confirm that there would be announcements about ChatGPT and GPT-4 at an upcoming event. Reports had previously suggested that OpenAI was preparing to launch its search engine, with speculation that it would rival Google's dominance. While the launch may not happen immediately, OpenAI has been reportedly hiring Google employees to work on their search product. In addition to OpenAI, Google also faces competition from AI startup Perplexity.
View Source
Alibaba leads record $1 billion investment in Chinese AI firm Moonshot
Economic Times
·
1y ago
Medial
Alibaba Group has led a $1 billion funding round for Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup Moonshot AI, boosting the firm's valuation to around $2.5 billion. Moonshot AI, founded in March 2023, aims to develop generative AI technology to compete with OpenAI and Google. This investment is part of Alibaba's strategy to invest in game-changing technologies like AI while reviving its business amid regulatory scrutiny and an economic downturn. Despite concerns about US sanctions on Chinese AI firms, venture capital investment in the sector remains strong.
View Source
OpenAI to become for-profit firm, Altman to get 7% stake: Report
Inshorts
·
9m ago
Medial
OpenAI is planning to restructure its business and become a for-profit organisation, reports said. The AI startup will reportedly give 7% equity stake to Sam Altman, marking the first time the CEO is granted ownership in the firm. OpenAI was founded in 2015 as a non-profit organisation. Later in 2019, the startup created a for-profit subsidiary.
View Source
ETtech Explainer: Meet AI ‘Saba’ trained on Arabic, Tamil, Malayalam
Economic Times
·
4m ago
Medial
Indian startups developing Indic AI models face competition from global players like French startup Mistral AI, which launched Mistral Saba, a language model trained in Arabic, Tamil, and Malayalam. Mistral's multilingual push highlights the global interest in regional AI markets, with major companies like OpenAI, Meta, and Google also developing non-English language models. Despite the competition, capturing regional nuances remains a challenge for international players, offering a potential advantage to local Indian startups focusing on diverse languages.
View Source
Sam Altman's partnership with Jony Ive furthers OpenAI's hardware ambitions
Economic Times
·
1m ago
Medial
OpenAI has acquired Jony Ive's AI startup, io, for $6.5 billion, marking its entry into hardware. The collaboration aims to create AI-specific devices, enhancing OpenAI's integrated approach from AI model development to hardware. This move positions OpenAI against tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, already advancing in vertically integrated AI solutions. Despite Apple's AI integration in products, it lags in AI-specific hardware, even partnering with OpenAI to enhance Siri amidst its struggles.
View Source
Trackers
Active Indian VC’s
OG Capital
Email
With a hands-on approach, OG Capital aims to invest in over 20 promising...
Accel Partners
Email
Early and growth-stage investments in disruptive technology companies with...
Blume
Email
Early-stage venture capital firm investing in technology startups in India. Focus on...
Access All Trackers
Startup Showcase Winners
June 2025
Buddy
Helping your parents when you are miles away
BiteStop
The Pit Stop Your Cravings Deserve
Bloomer
The next generation E-commerce platform
Enter Ongoing Startup Showcase
Top Users
Trending News on Medial
Download the medial app to read full posts, comements and news.
Go to Medial App
Not Now
Know everything that’s happening in the startup ecosystem, first.
Enable Notifications?
No, thanks
Count me in
