Infra, talent, startups: Why tech leaders are betting on AI's India future

They country that exports software services must now do same in the new technology, they say

Artificial intelligence (AI) is in the headlines in India as three leaders in the technology visit the country: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Meta’s Yann LeCun, and Mustafa Suleyman of Microsoft (who will be here early next month).

 

Huang, the chipmaker’s chief executive officer (CEO), and LeCun, Meta’s chief AI scientist, have separately spoken about India's potential in being a leader in the technology.

 

“India should be at the centre of AI,” said Huang at the Nvidia AI Summit in Mumbai last week. India’s information technology (IT) industry, renowned for its size and expertise, is capable of moving beyond software outsourcing and