Bengaluru stories

Tata Communications has appointed Siddhartha Mundra as chief financial officer, with a phased transition completing on 1 May 2026.

Futurense launches FDE Academy in Bengaluru to train engineers for high-demand Forward Deployed Engineering and AI deployment roles.

CapitaLand India Trust lifts FY 2025 payout as income jumps on new developments, acquisitions and higher interest earnings.

Toast has opened a 64,000-square-foot Bengaluru tech hub at RMZ Ecoworld to scale product development, hiring and global innovation.

TerraPay partners with MilX to speed cross-border payouts, giving YouTube creators faster local-currency access to earnings in 70+ markets.

Stäubli to invest USD $10m expanding its Bengaluru plant to boost output of solar PV connectors for India and global export markets.

Brivo’s 2026 cloud video trends report predicts AI-by-default surveillance, stricter privacy rules and a tipping point for enterprise cloud.

Juspay raises USD $50m in follow-on funding led by WestBridge Capital, lifting the payments firm to a USD $1.2bn valuation.

Tata Communications names Ganesh Lakshminarayanan MD and CEO-designate, to succeed A.S. Lakshminarayanan following April 2026 retirement.

Hivekind debuts HiveLoop, an AI-driven pre-pipeline engine to help B2B revenue teams prioritise accounts and time outreach more precisely.

FM has opened a Mumbai office to strengthen its India reinsurance arm, deepening local risk management and broker partnerships.

Bengaluru-based Online Instruments acquires Arizona’s Level 3 Audiovisual, securing its first direct US base to bolster global AV delivery.

British Columbia inks Karnataka life sciences pact in Bengaluru push to deepen biotech, medtech and digital health trade ties with India.

Anthropic hires former Microsoft India boss Irina Ghose as India MD to spearhead its Bengaluru office launch and wider AI expansion.

Mitsumi unveils India push with INR ₹700-1,000 crore IT and mobile distribution expansion across metros and smaller cities over 3 years.

White & Case selects Legora as a strategic AI partner, rolling out its platform to lawyers in 43 offices across 29 countries worldwide.

Astrikos AI wins strategic backing from Gorilla to scale its S!aP platform and target fast-growing smart city and data centre markets.

FedEx says its Asia Pacific operations delivered USD $5.7 billion in economic impact in 2025 as it ramps up routes, tech and green investments.

Brandworks and SandLogic join forces to build made-in-India edge AI devices, cutting cloud reliance and boosting on-device intelligence.

AONMeetings to launch browser-based video calls in India within two weeks, with local plans from INR ₹169 a month including webinars.