India chases ‘DeepSeek moment’ with homegrown AI models

New Delhi: Fledgling Indian artificial intelligence companies showcased homegrown technologies this week at a major summit in New Delhi, underpinning big dreams of becoming a global AI power.

But analysts said the country was unlikely to have a “DeepSeek moment” — the sort of boom China had last year with a high-performance, low-cost chatbot — any time soon.

Still, building custom AI tools could bring benefits to the world’s most populous nation.