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economictimes.indiatimes.com ·2026-09-28

Happy Monday! a16z's Raghu Raghuram says India can build frontier AI companies by leveraging its talent. India currently has few frontier AI model companies and limited computing capacity, but Raghuram believes startups could initially build services on open-weight models before eventually creating their own.

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