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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆—𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗜𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗬𝗲𝘁 Let’s clear a myth right away—𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚. Yes, it’s India’

AI is the 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 —the foundation of future economies. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒, 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐔𝐀𝐄 are betting billions on it. Meanwhile, India—home to 𝟒𝐌+ 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬—is still waiting for a plan

𝗜'𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻. 15 years ago, we were on the verge of becoming a 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞. Today, we have the world’s cheapest mobile data, a massive digital economy, and a thriving IT sector. Yet, when it comes to 𝐀𝐈, 𝐝�

𝗜𝗳 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗯 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻… 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐆𝐏𝐓 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐀𝐈, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐈𝐓? Let’s break it down: Everyone praises academia. But the biggest AI break

𝗔𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝗯. 𝗜𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀. When “Her” released in 2013, we watched Theodore fall in love with Samantha, his AI assistant. We laughed. We called it fiction. We said: “𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐢

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗭𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘇𝗼𝘀. But there’s another founder who’s playing a game at a whole different level. He builds 𝐀𝐈 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝟭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹 (𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗜𝘁) Marc Andreessen, the legendary investor and co-founder of a16z, once said: "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚

𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗻𝘁’𝘀 𝗨𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 & 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 – 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 For centuries, governments controlled wealth, power, and opportunity. But to

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁. A tiny orange gadget did it in 𝟏𝟐 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬. No screen. No apps. No doomscrolling. Just 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬—done for you with one pus

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻-𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗜 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 — 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 Meta (Facebook’s parent company) does something most AI companies don’t: 𝐈𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚�