Microsoft is placing a major bet on India’s role in the global AI economy, announcing plans to invest $17.5 billion in the country over the next four years as competition intensifies among Big Tech players racing to secure computing power, talent, and customers.  The commitment, described as Microsoft’s largest investment in Asia, will roll out from 2026 through 2029 and builds on the $3 billion the company pledged in India earlier this year. With India’s massive internet an

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget marks a pivotal step in advancing Canada’s position in artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. The 2025 budget allocates more than $1 billion over five years to strengthen these technological ecosystems while integrating AI across federal departments and agencies (CBC). Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne outlined that $925.6 million will go toward establishing a large-scale, sovereign public AI infrastruc