{
  "id": 9486149,
  "title": "Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu talks about ‘ubiquitous intelligence’; Meet the speakers at TechSparks 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/zohos-sridhar-vembu-talks-about-ubiquitous-intelligence-meet-the",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-24T02:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "YourStory",
    "slug": "yourstory",
    "url": "https://yourstory.com/2026/09/zohos-sridhar-vembu-talks-about-ubiquitous-intelligence"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Zoho's co-founder Sridhar Vembu discussed the concept of \"ubiquitous intelligence\" at Zoho's annual Zoholics event in Chennai. He argued against the idea that AI should be slowed down, stating that global technology companies have the autonomy to regulate their own pace. Vembu also suggested that global AI companies aim for others to slow down so they can gain a competitive advantage. He coined the phrase \"UI is the new AI,\" implying that embedded intelligence should be seamlessly integrated into various workflows, applications, and business contexts, while maintaining robust privacy protections. Zoho unveiled Zia Chat, a conversational AI platform that consolidates data across systems, aiming to optimize costs and provide a personalized experience for business users. The company, which celebrates its 30th anniversary, has seen a 47% increase in India revenue year-on-year in 2025 and boasts a presence in over 150 countries with more than 19,000 employees worldwide and 150 million users across 60 applications.",
  "summary": "Zoho introduced Zia Chat, a conversational AI interface that unifies data across systems while optimising token efficiency to keep costs affordable.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}