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MeitY’s Sushil Pal Stresses Components, Materials for India’s Semiconductor Drive

Sushil Pal, Joint Secretary, MeitY, with other participants at the Bharat Electronics Component Manufacturing Summit 2026 in New Delhi.

India needs to deepen its semiconductor ecosystem across components, materials, chemicals, equipment and advanced packaging as it works towards its broader electronics manufacturing ambitions, Sushil Pal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), said at the Bharat Electronics Component Manufacturing Summit 2026 in New Delhi on August 19. Addressing the summit, Pal said… Continue reading MeitY’s Sushil Pal Stresses Components, Materials for India’s Semiconductor Drive

CuspAI Launches AI Materials Foundry With NVIDIA, Meta and Samsung; Raises $450 Million

CuspAI's AI Materials Foundry brings together more than 45 organisations, with its MIRA platform at the base of the discovery pipeline. | Image: CuspAI

Cambridge-based CuspAI has launched the AI Materials Foundry, a coalition of more than 45 tech giants and research groups including NVIDIA, Meta, Samsung and Hyundai Motor Group, alongside a $450 million Series B that values the two-year-old startup at $2.6 billion.