Simplifying legal disputes with AI; Bringing copyright-safe music to brands

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India is ramping up its nuclear power efforts. 

A government panel report has said the country should cut nuclear project timelines, secure long-term fuel uranium supplies, and expand its reprocessing capacity, according to Reuters.

India is targeting 100 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2047 against the current 8.88 GW.

While the US remains the clear leader, generating nearly 30% of the world’s nuclear electricity, India saw the largest increase in nuclear power production in 2024, growing by over 13% from 2023 levels.

Elsewhere, Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturer, Foxconn, has committed to invest Rs 15,000 crore in Tamil Nadu, a move that will create 14,000 jobs in the state, according to TRB Rajaa, Minister for Industries, Tamil Nadu.

Speaking of jobs, finding work in the current economy sounds next to impossible, given that companies are increasingly turning to AI tools and vacancies are hidden behind a labyrinth of AI screening software.

One startup wants to solve this problem by building a “Tinder for Jobs”. 

It works like this: job seekers upload their resumes on the platform. Users are then presented with various jobs and they can swipe either left or right. The AI agent then applies to open positions on their behalf.

Sounds like a never-ending arms race in the hiring process.

In today’s newsletter, we will talk about 

• Simplifying legal disputes with AI
• Bringing copyright-safe music to brands
• Menstrual leaves and working women

Here’s your trivia for today: Which actor played the school principal in E.T., only to have his scene cut when Spielberg decided that his presence would be too distracting?

Startup

Simplifying legal disputes with AI

Veteran lawyer Rohan K George had grown used to the inefficiencies of the Indian legal system—manual reviews, multiple layers of documentation, and endless mail chains even in routine dispute cases. But when OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT 4.0 in 2023, he saw the potential in leveraging AI to bring about real change in the sector. 

After meeting Adarsh Sosale, a technologist, the duo discovered a shared conviction: the power of creating a tool that could automate legal proceedings. They co-founded legal tech startup Adidem in 2024, Latin for ‘of the same mind’ or mutual agreement, to build an AI/ML-powered platform to resolve arbitration and litigation disputes faster.

Speedy process:

• The founders began with a ‘proof of concept’ for a word plug-in contract generator, but eventually decided to pivot into the legal dispute space as the latter had more robust data available to the public. 
• Its flagship product, Adidem Dispute Intelligence, collects information from the official online court system about new and existing case filings involving the client, assuming the role of a company’s in-house counsel. 
• ADI is also able to reduce human effort by going through companies’ large dispute portfolios, identifying plausible risk triggers—key events that signal the onset of legal action.

<Funding Alert>

Startup: Dezerv

Amount: Rs 350 Cr

Round: Series C

Startup: GoodScore

Amount: $13M

Round: Series A

Startup: Chara Technologies

Amount: Rs 52 Cr

Round: Series A

Startup

Bringing copyright-safe music to brands

Founded in 2022 by independent artist Gaurav Dagaonkar and Meghna Mittal, Mumbai-based startup Hoopr’s licensing platform lets YouTubers and brands use music from labels like YRF and artists, including Shaan—while ensuring fair pay for independent musicians.

Protecting artists:

• The music licensing platform has about 3,95,000 creators, primarily YouTubers, including Ashish Vidyarthi Actor Vlogs, Flying Beast, and Mr Indian Hacker. 
• Before Hoopr, Dagaonkar says most creators worked with companies like Stockholm-based Epidemic Sound, which did not have enough Indian music. 
• Hoopr has now onboarded about 2,500 artists. “Once a track is licensed enough times that it has recovered the money, we split that revenue in half with the artists,” Dagaonkar says.

Insights

Menstrual leaves and working women

Last week, the Karnataka government announced a one-day paid period leave a month for women employees, bringing menstrual health and women’s health into the mainstream.

What makes the state’s Menstrual Leave Policy 2025 a landmark one is that it has included women employees across all sectors—public, private, and industrial, making Karnataka the first state in the country to do so.

News & updates

• Big bucks: JPMorgan Chase will hire bankers and invest up to $10 billion in US companies considered critical to national security and economic resilience, part of a broader $1.5 trillion pledge. The move is part of a 10-year initiative to facilitate, finance, and invest in industries central to the growth of the US economy, including defense, energy, and manufacturing.
• Enterprise: Salesforce unveiled a new platform, Agentforce 360, ahead of its annual Dreamforce customer conference that kicks off October 14. This newer version of Agentforce includes new ways to instruct AI agents through text, a new platform to build and deploy agents, and new infrastructure for messaging app Slack, among others. 
• Chips: OpenAI has partnered with Broadcom to produce its first in-house AI processors, the latest chip tie-up for the ChatGPT maker as it races to secure the computing power needed to meet surging demand for its services. 

Which actor played the school principal in E.T., only to have his scene cut when Spielberg decided that his presence would be too distracting?

Answer: Harrison Ford

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