India’s data advantage could shape next phase of AI race: Databricks

As AI models become increasingly commoditised, the next phase of competition will be determined by how effectively companies harness their proprietary data, a shift that could play to India’s strengths as one of the world’s largest generators of digital data, according to Databricks.

Companies globally are moving beyond AI experimentation and beginning to embed AI agents into business workflows and decision-making processes. In this environment, access to frontier models alone is unlikely to provide a sustainable advantage, said Nick Eayrs, vice-president, field engineering, Asia-Pacific and Japan at Databricks.