India to build its own foundational AI model; to host DeepSeek on Indian servers soon: Ashwini Vaishnaw

India is set to join the global AI race by launching foundational artificial intelligence (AI) models on the lines of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and China’s DeepSeek R1 over the next few months, according to the country’s IT minister.

“The foundational models made in India will be able to compete with the best of the best in the world,” electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said at a press briefing on Thursday.