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Today’s Tech Crunch Roundup
India bids to attract over $200B in AI infrastructure investment by 2028
17 Feb 2026, 2:13 pm by Jagmeet Singh
India is ramping up shared AI compute, adding 20,000 GPUs as part of a broader push to attract global AI investment.
Snapchat launches creator subscription in the U.S.
17 Feb 2026, 2:07 pm by Ivan Mehta
Snapchat will let creators set their monthly subscription price.
Just 8 months in, India’s vibe-coding startup Emergent claims ARR of over $100M
17 Feb 2026, 2:00 pm by Jagmeet Singh, Ivan Mehta
Indian vibe-coding platform Emergent was launched just eight months ago, and it now says it’s generating annual recurring revenue of more than $100 million, thanks to surging demand by small businesses and non-technical users.
SpendRule raises $2M, emerges from stealth to help hospitals track spending
17 Feb 2026, 2:00 pm by Dominic-Madori Davis
SpendRule, launched last summer, is an AI-powered platform that helps healthcare systems track their spending.
Adani pledges $100B to build AI data centers as India seeks bigger role in the global AI race
17 Feb 2026, 1:08 pm by Jagmeet Singh
Adani’s plan targets up to 5 gigawatts of capacity, with data centers planned alongside partnerships with Google, Microsoft, and Flipkart.
Airbnb expands its “Reserve Now, Pay Later” globally
17 Feb 2026, 1:00 pm by Ivan Mehta
The feature allows users to cancel eligible bookings if there is a change of plans — without losing money upfront.
As AI jitters rattle IT stocks, Infosys partners with Anthropic to build ‘enterprise-grade’ AI agents
17 Feb 2026, 12:55 pm by Jagmeet Singh
Under the partnership, Infosys plans to integrate Anthropic’s Claude models into its Topaz AI platform to build so-called “agentic” systems.
Cohere launches a family of open multilingual models
17 Feb 2026, 9:00 am by Ivan Mehta
Cohere’s Tiny Aya models support over 70 langauges
End of today’s Tech Crunch roundup.
