Field notes on software, AI, and the Indian tech stack — from the team that builds it.
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Latest dispatch · 22 Sept 2026
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The launches, models, and India-tech moves that actually matter — summarised by the team that builds the software behind them. No hype, no spam.
Apple is targeting an October 2026 India launch for Apple Pay with Axis Bank credit cards on Visa and Mastercard. UPI is not part of the first rollout as Apple enters one of its last major missing markets.
On 16 September 2026, Anthropic merged Claude chat and Cowork into one window, adding Claude Docs and Claude Slides with Word, Google Docs, and PowerPoint export.
Microsoft released Visual Studio 2026 on 15 September with Bring Your Own Key for any AI model, five Copilot agents tied to live IDE tools, and 50% fewer hang events.
Activate, founded by ex-Haptik CEO Aakrit Vaish, closed its maiden AI fund at $105 million on 16 September 2026, 125% above its original target, with Sarvam AI, ElevenLabs, and Wispr Flow in portfolio.
OpenAI released GPT Image 2.5 on 8 September 2026 with Flare and Sunburst API variants — up to 50% faster than Images 2.0 and first place on the Text-to-Image Arena.
Microsoft's Project Zenith ships a ready-to-code Windows 11 setup on AMD Ryzen AI Halo PCs with 64GB+ unified memory, running 30B+ parameter AI models locally at zero API cost.
Bengaluru AI startup Flam raised $40 million in a Series B led by QED Investors on 15 September 2026, with 100+ enterprise customers including Google, State Farm, and Diageo.
Apple released iOS 27 on 14 September 2026, shipping Siri AI powered by Google Gemini — an LLM assistant that searches your messages and calendar, requiring iPhone 15 Pro or newer.
VS Code 1.137 shipped on 10 September 2026 with Preview Automations to schedule hourly agent tasks, experimental Voice Mode for spoken coding sessions, and the new Agent Host Protocol for external agents.