- Published on June 28, 2024
- In IT Services
CP Gurnani Proves Altman Wrong, Tech Mahindra Builds Indian LLM Under $5M
He also said that India will develop its own NVIDIA in the next 5-7 years and would not need to be dependent on someone else.
- By Shyam Nandan Upadhyay
In a keynote speech at the MachineCon GCC Summit 2024, CP Gurnani, co-founder of AIonOS and former CEO of Tech Mahindra, challenged the notion that India could not develop its own LLMs and highlighted India's rapid advancements in AI.
"Sam Altman challenged everybody that India will never be able to have an LLM," Gurnani said, referring to OpenAI's CEO. "I spoke to my chief innovation officer that time at Tech Mahindra… Six hours later, he says I have a plan," he added.
Gurnani revealed that Tech Mahindra was able to develop an Indian LLM for local languages and 37+ dialects in just 5 months, spending less than $5 million. "When ET covered the 7 best AI companies, which will have an Indian LLM, they covered Tata, NVIDIA, and Tech Mahindra," he said.
He further added, "Tata, NVI
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Shyam Nandan Upadhyay
Shyam is a tech journalist with expertise in policy and politics, and exhibits a fervent interest in scrutinising the convergence of AI and analytics in society. In his leisure time, he indulges in anime binges and mountain hikes.
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