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R. Sridharan

R. Sridharan

R. Sridharan is a seasoned business journalist who has worked in India and the US.

What Silicon Valley’s Open-Weight AI Push Means for India

First, it was Nvidia’s Jensen Huang who made a case for open-weight AI models. Now, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is leaning in. Just the same, India mustn’t give up on its sovereign LLMs.

R. Sridharan

August 13, 2026 at 6:04 AM IST

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India Needs a Retail-Funded Deep-Tech Revolution

Government finances are constrained, and foreign venture firms can be fickle. India needs to tap its deep pool of retail investors to power its deep-tech ambitions.

R. Sridharan

August 4, 2026 at 3:21 AM IST

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Beware the Debt-Fuelled AI Boom

Until recently, the AI boom was funded by equity. But now, debt—a lot of it opaquely structured—is increasingly powering the build-out.

R. Sridharan

July 28, 2026 at 12:04 PM IST

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