At the CII Annual Business Summit, Amitabh Kant urged Indian businesses to develop foundational AI models, leveraging India's digital infrastructure and linguistic diversity to solve global challenges in areas like education, health, and nutrition. He anticipates startups will lead innovation.

• India to focus on open-source, interoperable AI models.
• 22 languages & dialects will drive unique solutions.
• Startups expected to pioneer pathbreaking AI work.