Supreme Court AI rules: The hidden hypocrisy of India’s tech boom

Washington, DC — India is entering a technological utopia. In the first half of 2026, a wave of capital has flooded our tech sector. The government just announced a $1.1 billion venture fund for AI. The Adani Group has committed $100 billion to build AI data centres. Planning started for Smart Borders, Blackstone just dropped $600 million on a single Indian AI startup, Neysa.

But if you look closely at what these billions of dollars are actually building, a much darker picture emerges.