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MEA has operationalised data sovereignty faster than Europe, but the control it built ends where its own systems do
Sindhu V Kashyap Sindhu V Kashyap

MEA has operationalised data sovereignty faster than Europe, but the control it built ends where its own systems do

New Veeam research finds the Middle East and Africa leading EMEA on turning sovereignty from policy into practice, even as third-party ecosystems, cloud platforms and AI systems emerge as the region’s largest blind spots, posing the question of whether control designed for data an organisation owns can hold once that data moves outward.

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The Speed-Versus-Control Bargain: Five AI Announcements Defining the Enterprise Right Now
Enterprise Tech, Enterprise AI, AI infrastructure Sindhu V Kashyap Enterprise Tech, Enterprise AI, AI infrastructure Sindhu V Kashyap

The Speed-Versus-Control Bargain: Five AI Announcements Defining the Enterprise Right Now

Speed stopped being impressive some time ago. From fraud rules built in minutes to air-gapped API defence, five enterprise AI announcements this fortnight are selling the same thing instead: capability that compliance, security and IT teams can actually sign off on.

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The AI Spend Simply Doesn't Add Up: How Uber, Klarna, and Duolingo Became the Face of a $700 Billion Accountability Crisis
AI, Business & Tech, Startups, Enterprise Tech Sindhu V Kashyap AI, Business & Tech, Startups, Enterprise Tech Sindhu V Kashyap

The AI Spend Simply Doesn't Add Up: How Uber, Klarna, and Duolingo Became the Face of a $700 Billion Accountability Crisis

Klarna fired 700 agents for a chatbot, then rehired humans. Duolingo mandated AI in performance reviews, then pulled it. Uber blew its annual AI budget before April. These are not edge cases. They are the clearest signal yet that the industry's growth-at-all-costs AI thesis is meeting its moment of measurement.

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Google isn’t just building the Creator Economy, it Also is Writing the Rules That Govern It
Sindhu V Kashyap Sindhu V Kashyap

Google isn’t just building the Creator Economy, it Also is Writing the Rules That Govern It

SynthID has watermarked over 100 billion pieces of content. OpenAI, NVIDIA, ElevenLabs and Kakao have all adopted it. Google Pics, Flow Music and Gemini Omni are generating creative content at scale. And everything flowing through that creative economy is being verified by infrastructure one company controls. Here is what that actually means.

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The Consumer-Enterprise Divide in AI Was Always a Fiction. Google Just Proved It
Sindhu V Kashyap Sindhu V Kashyap

The Consumer-Enterprise Divide in AI Was Always a Fiction. Google Just Proved It

For three years, the industry insisted AI belonged to enterprise first and consumers second. Gemini Spark runs 24/7 on your behalf, whether you are in a board meeting or buying birthday presents. It does not know the difference. Neither does Google's pricing, its commerce infrastructure, or its agent harness. That was the point all along.

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