Infosys’ Nandan Nilekani: Indians ‘Need not lose sleep’ over developing large AI models like China’s DeepSeek, as …

India is firmly positioned in the global artificial intelligence (AI) race and is now focused on scaling its national AI initiatives, said Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys and architect of Aadhaar, during the Global Technology Summit on Friday. Nilekani emphasized that while India may not yet have developed large-scale AI models like some other countries, significant progress is already underway.

“Indians should not worry about not having developed large AI models like some other countries. We should not be losing sleep because somebody has not built any AI models,” he said. “The Indian AI mission is active, and now the focus must shift to scaling it up.” He underscored that the current AI wave marks a major shift from earlier technology revolutions.