Telugu cinema superstar Mahesh Babu has signed on as a strategic investor in Mumbai-based Shortgun Games, backing a studio that is building original titles for PC and console rather than mobile, long the focus of India’s digital entertainment sector. The studio, founded by Jeet Chandan and Vidhit Mehta, is developing original, franchise-scale IP aimed at
At a packed rally in Texas Thursday, James Talarico compared his U.S. Senate campaign to David — who fought Goliath — as the Democrat faces more than $158 million in outside spending by Republican leadership and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. Talarico told rallygoers under bright lights that David may not have had Goliath’s
Abu Dhabi wants to become the world’s first “AI-native” government, harnessing artificial intelligence to personalize services and manage straightforward tasks. Backing the ambition is a 13 billion dirham ($3.5 billion) investment to transform the emirate’s digital services by 2027. Western governments, often tech-phobic, will be watching. Speaking at the Ai Everything conference in Abu Dhabi
India’s Panorama Studios, the producer behind the Bollywood “Drishyam” franchise, has invested in Indian original stories vertical platform Rocket Reels, fueling the platform’s next phase of growth and global expansion. Panorama Studios is chaired by veteran film producer Kumar Mangat Pathak and led by filmmaker and managing director Abhishek Pathak. The studio has built a
Situational Awareness may have had to sell off the majority of its public portfolio last month, but the AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets. This week, the fund invested $400 million into Source Foundry, a startup founded by Stanford researchers aiming to make chip manufacturing faster and cheaper, according to The Wall
