India bets on open-source AI to challenge US tech giants: Himanshu Tyagi

Sentient founder Himanshu Tyagi advocates for open-source AI to ensure India's technological sovereignty, as the country's AI talent pool grows rapidly and aims to challenge US and Chinese dominance

India is positioning itself at the forefront of the global race to build artificial general intelligence (AGI), with homegrown entrepreneurs like Himanshu Tyagi betting on open-source development that can challenge the dominance of American tech giants and offer developing nations a path to AGI leadership.

 

He argues that unless countries like India develop their own advanced AI capabilities, they risk being permanently locked out of the future economy as intelligence becomes increasingly centralised in the hands of a few Western corporations.

 

Tyagi is a professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and co-founded $1.2 billion artificial intelligence (AI)