Emerging: Can India Catch Up in the AI Race?

India is evaluating whether to pursue domestic frontier AI development despite significant obstacles in hardware infrastructure, funding, and chip availability. Experts suggest the nation must decide if the pursuit of AI sovereignty is necessary for long-term geopolitical competitiveness or if a strategy of smart interdependence is more viable. The discussion highlights how the global AI race has become a key measure of national power, forcing countries to weigh the costs of self-sufficiency against the limitations of their existing technological building blocks.