Published on June 12, 2023
In IT Services

Hey Sam, India is Trying

Sam Altman’s negative remark might have caused a stir, but India is indeed making progress in building foundational models catering to Indian markets

By Vandana Nair

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s India visit has created quite a flutter. When managing director of PeakXV Partners and former VP Google India, Rajan Anandan asked Sam about how India can build substantial foundational models in India with a budget of 10 million versus 100 million, the answer was simple- “totally hopeless". While this caused a massive stir with people and their bruised egos jumping in to “accept it as a challenge” to prove him wrong, there is truth in what Altman said. The OpenAI founder even reiterated that a $10 million budget will not work. However, not all hopeless, India has been making progress on the LLM front. Focus Where It Matters India's focus is tilted towards capitalising the talent pool to build solutions that are specific to the country. As opposed to

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Vandana Nair

As a rare blend of engineering, MBA, and journalism degree, Vandana Nair brings a unique combination of technical know-how, business acumen, and storytelling skills to the table. Her insatiable curiosity for all things startups, businesses, and AI technologies ensures that there's always a fresh and insightful perspective to her reporting. She now hosts her tech segment 'Point Break' on AIM Tv.