Daily Indian Startup News & Key Business Moves – 30th December 2025: TCS Reinvents for an AI-Led Future, Meta Eyes Chinese AI Startup Manus & More

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30 Dec 2025 — 2 min read

Daily Indian Startup News & Key Business Moves – 30th December 2025

India’s technology and global AI landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace, with major enterprises and Big Tech firms making decisive strategic moves. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is recalibrating its long-term strategy to fully embrace an AI-led future, shifting focus from experimental pilots to scalable, ROI-driven AI deployments across its operations and client offerings. Meanwhile, global tech giant Meta is set to strengthen its artificial intelligence capabilities through the planned acquisition of Chinese AI startup Manus, known for its advanced autonomous AI agents. Together, these developments highlight how AI is becoming central to enterprise transformation, innovation strategies, and competitive positioning worldwide.

Key Business News for 30th December 2025

TCS reboots strategy for an AI-led future

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched a major strategic reboot to prepare for an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven future, shifting from pilots to large-scale AI deployments that deliver real business ROI across internal functions and client solutions. The company’s leadership, led by Executive Director and COO Aarthi Subramanian, is embedding AI into every layer of the organization with new engagement models, internal AI initiatives, and expanded AI talent to position TCS as a global AI-led technology services provider.

Meta to acquire Chinese AI startup Manus

Social media and technology giant Meta has announced plans to acquire Chinese-founded AI startup Manus in a strategic move to strengthen its advanced AI capabilities and integrate autonomous AI agent technology across its consumer and business products. Manus, known for its general-purpose AI agents that can perform complex tasks independently, will continue operations while joining Meta’s ecosystem to enhance AI services like Meta AI and support broader AI adoption.

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