A look at India's sensible AI regulation, promising foundation models, chip ambitions, energy constraints, startup ecosystem, and blossoming venture funding
India's AI Summit promises a revolution. The electricity grid, the tax code, and the literal ground beneath the chip fab have other plans.
Get Down and Shruti Shruti Rajagopalan
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Discussion
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@mafernando
Malinga Fernando
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Shruti @srajagopalan substack (link below) on India's AI Summit is a great read. It is long but enjoyable for anyone into the policy+tech intersection. India at least has policy makers + king-makers who are interested and willing to engage with these kind of essays. Most of [imag…
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@srajagopalan
Shruti Rajagopalan
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My latest Substack on AI policy in India, the big AI summit this week, and the opportunities and the political economy gridlock that threatens to thwart India's AI ambitions. https://srajagopalan.substack.com/ ... [image]
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@seemasirohi
Seema Sirohi
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If you want a real understanding of the AI landscape in India, warts and all, @srajagopalan takes an exhaustive look. Ambition vs age-old problems. Headlines vs long story #MustRead
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@apurvasanghi
Apurva Sanghi
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An exceptionally good article on India's AI journey by @srajagopalan. Anyone with even a passing interest in AI in emerging economies should read this! “If there is a single domain where India's AI ambitions will succeed or fail, it is energy. And energy in India is not a
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@pramodbiligiri
Pramod Biligiri
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This was a very informative, timely and comprehensive overview of issues related to large scale AI based initiatives in India. Attaching a couple of pics from the concluding part of this essay. [image]
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@mattooshashank
Shashank Mattoo
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@srajagopalan This has to be made required reading. Easily one of the best pieces on Indian political economy I've read
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@pranaykotas
Pranay Kotasthane
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Here's a framework to evaluate the five components of India's semiconductor industrial policies. I think the assembly, test, and packaging scheme meets all three criteria. Hence it has seen the most investor interest. [image]