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Created: 2025-06-25 14:10:18 UTC

Deedy Das, Principal at Menlo Ventures, weighs in on the rise of Indian AI players like Sarvam AI and Krutrim and why competing with global giants like Google and OpenAI might be an uphill battle.

From the myth of local language advantage to the dominance of capital, data, and compute, Deedy breaks down the structural challenges Indian startups face in building foundational models.
Can India carve a real edge in AI? Or is the playing field too uneven to catch up?

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