When Sam Altman visited India last year, he said it would be impossible for a startup to compete with OpenAI at training foundation models with $10 million in the bank. The comment made major headlines, with CP Gurnani, the former CEO of Indian IT firm Tech Mahindra, ambitiously saying that the challenge to build generative AI natively in India was accepted.
Fast forward to early 2024, India, which is known for its technology talent and companies, is well on its way with generative AI. However, the interesting part is that the first Indian player making a concrete move to take on OpenAI’s GPT models is not Tech Mahindra but — you guessed it — a startup founded by Bhavish Aggarwal, who also founded ride-hailing company Ola Cabs to take on Uber.
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