Overview
- Google highlighted a $15 billion plan to build one of its largest AI innovation hubs in India to support researchers and startups.
- Nasscom reported nearly 2,700 native AI startups, with generative AI firms rising from about 150 to roughly 890 in just over a year.
- Speakers urged a resource‑light path tailored to India’s limits, noting the country generates about 20% of global data yet stores only around 2%.
- IBM said it is developing Indic models such as Bharat Gen and contributing power server IP for indigenous hardware, while pressing for faster enterprise-scale adoption.
- Panels identified funding for foundational research as the biggest gap and called for investments in compute, storage and energy-efficient infrastructure to move from pilots to production.