OpenAI CEO discusses AI roadmap with Indian startup leaders

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman connected Wednesday met starring Indian startup founders and investors successful a closed-door league here, and discussed the ChatGPT maker's plans for the Indian market.

Altman, on with apical institution executives main merchandise serviceman (CPO) Kevin Weil and VP of Engineering Srinivas Narayanan, besides discussed the challenges faced by AI-driven businesses and imaginable opportunities for collaboration.

Prominent startup leaders who attended the gathering included Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Unacademy CEO Gaurav Munjal, Snapdeal co-founder Kunal Bahl, Chaayos co-founder Raghav Verma, Ixigo Group CEO Aloke Bajpai, Haptik CEO Aakrit Vaish, and HealthifyMe's Tushar Vashisht.

Altman's sojourn to India comes astatine a important clip erstwhile ample connection models (LLMs) are astatine the centre of planetary AI discussions.

In a station featuring his photograph with Altman, Sharma wrote connected X: "Sam bh-ai," playfully merging the Hindi connection for member (bhai) with AI, successful a motion to OpenAI's expertise.

“So overmuch to bash for AI successful India, an breathtaking fewer months coming up,” posted Vaish connected X. Munjal said it was a large roundtable with Altman.

Earlier, during a fireside chat with Union Railways and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Altman revealed that India is the company's second-largest marketplace arsenic OpenAI's idiosyncratic basal successful the state has tripled implicit the past year.

'India is an incredibly important marketplace for AI successful general, and for OpenAi successful particular,” Sam Altman said.

He further added that the state has embraced AI exertion and is gathering the full stack, from chips to models and applications.

Meanwhile, the Indian authorities has intensified efforts to make its ain foundational AI models.

As portion of the Rs 10,738 crore India AI Mission, Vaishnaw announced past week that respective Indian startups person been identified to pb these initiatives.