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Here's your quick roundup of today's biggest developments across semiconductor architecture, startup entrepreneurship programs, enterprise AI talent trends, crypto policy advocacy, and satellite connectivity.
What's New Today
Today's roundup spans five distinct storylines shaping the tech and business landscape: Intel unveiling a three-pronged chip architecture strategy for agentic AI and enterprise workloads, MeitY opening applications for its third cohort of deeptech entrepreneur support, Indian enterprises racing to adopt agentic AI even as engineering talent shortages intensify, a crypto advocacy group flexing political influence ahead of US midterms, and Starlink renewing its push to bring satellite connectivity — and by extension AI access — to rural India.
Intel showcases Diamond Rapids, Crescent Island GPU, and Wildcat Lake SoC — three architectures spanning orchestration, inference, and edge computing — built on its 18A process and Foveros Direct 3D packaging.
MeitY's GENESIS EIR 3.0 programme opens applications (until September 3) to support early-stage tech founders, offering funding of up to ₹10 lakh.
India's agentic AI adoption is accelerating fast — nearly a quarter of enterprises are already deploying it — but a talent crunch in semiconductors, EVs, and manufacturing is pushing recruitment timelines earlier.
Coinbase-backed Stand With Crypto endorses 32 incumbent US congressional candidates who backed the industry-priority Clarity Act, as the bill stalls in the Senate.
Elon Musk reaffirms Starlink's rural India ambitions as the company reapplies with IN-SPACe for its nearly 30,000-satellite Gen 2 constellation, aiming to bring direct-to-device connectivity where towers and fibre fall short.
What’s New: Intel is showcasing three architectures for Agentic AI and Enterprise-scale workloads, combining the Diamond Rapids processor for high-performance orchestration, the Crescent Island GPU for efficient inference and the Wildcat Lake SoC for intelligent client and edge computing.
The processors are underpinned by Intel Foundry technologies including the Intel 18A process family, Foveros Direct 3D packaging, and early adoption of the UCIe industry standard for open chiplet interconnects. Together, these capabilities provide a differentiated, scalable foundation for next-generation AI infrastructure.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), through MeitY Startup Hub (MSH), has launched the third cohort of its GENESIS Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) programme to support aspiring entrepreneurs, innovators, researchers, students and early-stage startup founders in turning technology-driven ideas into viable ventures.
GENESIS EIR 3.0 was launched at the GENESIS NextGen Startup Summit – Coimbatore Edition, held on August 4 at Rathinam Global University in Coimbatore. The call for applications is now open, with eligible applicants able to apply until September 3, 2026.
India’s relationship with AI agents has crossed a threshold. The proof-of-concept era is over. According to the EY-CII AIdea of India: Outlook 2026 report, 47% of Indian enterprises now run GenAI use cases in production, and nearly a quarter are already deploying agentic AI. The defining question for enterprise leaders is no longer whether to automate. It is exactly what they are willing to surrender to the machine. The growing demand for engineering talent, particularly in sectors such as semiconductors, electric vehicles and manufacturing, is creating shortages in key disciplines and prompting companies to begin recruitment as early as August.
Aug 24 (Reuters) - Stand With Crypto, an advocacy group backed by crypto giant Coinbase (COIN.O), opens new tab, on Monday endorsed 32 incumbent congressional candidates for the November midterm elections, as the industry cements influence in Washington.
The endorsements, first reported by Reuters, come as the Clarity Act, the crypto industry's top policy priority, stalls in the Senate amid opposition from some lawmakers. All the candidates endorsed voted last year to pass the bill out of the House of Representatives, and Stand With Crypto hopes to return those industry-friendly candidates to office. Crypto companies say the legislation would give them long-sought legal clarity.
Elon Musk again makes his appeal clear. On X, responding to a post about villages with no 4G access, he wrote that Starlink would help the ‘least served’ parts of India, particularly rural areas. The timing is not accidental. A day before his post, Reuters reported that Starlink had reapplied to India's space regulator, IN-SPACe, for approval to launch its Gen 2 satellite constellation, a network that could carry nearly 30,000 satellites and bring direct-to-device connectivity. The motto is simple: where towers and fibre struggle to reach, a satellite dish can.
