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Beyond borders and ballots: How AI, Technology, and Innovation transcend political boundaries in a connected world
A part of Trump's economic policy is recalibrating U.S. dependencies on global supply chains. India is an excellent ground for U.S. firms looking for new avenues to expand their tech manufacturing and R&D as it introduces tariff policies that encourage American companies to diversify.
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India's AI landscape / Rajesh Mehta
In today’s rapidly evolving world, where political landscapes shift with each election, technology remains steadfast, reshaping the future with each breakthrough. The recent 2024 U.S. election, which saw Donald Trump return to the White House, highlights how political leadership can influence international relations overnight. The election atmosphere has been intense and suspenseful, captivating attention across the country and around the world.
Yet, in this flux, there remains an inalienable bond between technology and progress, writing a future of change. Nowhere is it more evident than in the U.S.-India partnership is a model of strategic cross-border collaboration that has only strengthened both countries in AI research, cybersecurity, defense, and economic growth.
A part of Trump's economic policy is recalibrating U.S. dependencies on global supply chains. India is an excellent ground for U.S. firms looking for new avenues to expand their tech manufacturing and R&D as it introduces tariff policies that encourage American companies to diversify. This dynamic perfectly fits into India's own "Make in India" and self-reliance initiatives, making India a rising hub for semiconductor production, cloud data centers, and advanced AI hardware.
As such capabilities scale, they both strengthen India's local supply chains and enhance its global standing in tech infrastructure—an essential underpinning for next-generation AI and IT applications. In this particular context, India's changing digital and manufacturing landscape could witness strong growth trajectories and pave the way for a strong, globally interconnected technology network
The private sector leaders like Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, and Yann LeCun are more important in defining the direction that U.S.-India tech partnerships will take. For example, the space and electric vehicle ventures of Musk could turn out to be a game-changer for U.S.-India collaboration in SpaceTech and clean energy. If SpaceX is to partner with India's rapidly growing space sector, low-cost satellite deployment, interplanetary research, and innovation in launch systems will revolutionize. All this will probably push forward India's electric mobility infrastructure with its assembly units, production lines, and charging networks that complement India's sustainable urban mobility intentions under Tesla's initiative.
Increasingly, India's AI landscape is scaling fast, as reflected in the recent high-profile visits by the CEOs of NVIDIA, Jensen Huang, and Meta, Head of AI, Yann LeCun. This reflects increasingly growing confidence in India's capabilities to develop technology and unlock unique opportunities for scaling AI infra.
Of particular note in this regard was the partnership NVIDIA and Reliance Industries announced on the annual NVIDIA AI Summit day in Mumbai. The firms are to collaborate towards the establishment of a 1-gigawatt AI data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat, which will be backstopped by NVIDIA's cutting-edge Blackwell AI processors. Apart from this, NVIDIA has also collaborated with the Tata Group to form an AI cloud in India, thereby firming up its commitment to scale up AI infrastructure across the country.
Meanwhile, Meta's engagements with India reflected its sharp interest in the rich resources of data in the country as well as its skilled workforce, especially regarding applied AI development. Yann LeCun was speaking with regard to advancing AI frameworks to support real-time machine learning applications across the sectors of digital communications, augmented reality, and multi-language natural language processing. Even distributed learning techniques in which Meta had invested more firmly established the country's footing in federated learning algorithms related to data sovereignty-the bedrock principle for privacy-preserving AI.
While the U.S., an early leader in foundational AI, maintains the steam with "at least $200 billion annually in R&D investments," India contributes to absorbing these countless breakthroughs with spectacular deployment led by a technology workforce now over 5 million strong. This synergy enables both nations to make progress unmatched in these critical sectors.
Additionally, the coordinated focus of the USA and India on AI is driving military technologies forward. The market size of the AI military is likely to reach $18 billion by 2028. Investments of the U.S. Department of Defense in autonomous weaponries, predictive maintenance, and image recognition as well as ISR capabilities in AI have transformed defense dynamics. Being a significant defense importer, India uses this technology to accelerate decision-making even further and make better decisions in the highest-pressure situations. Joint efforts in AI-driven battlefield intelligence systems have squeezed decision windows down from minutes into mere seconds edge that redefines response times in real-time military operations.
The otherwise polarized world between political ideologies has found an exemplary epitome in the U.S.-India technology partnership as illustrated above in how shared goals of the past in AI and technology can help to foster global collaboration and progress.
Rajesh Mehta is a leading US India Expert focusing on areas like Market Entry, Innovation, Geopolitics, and Public Policy.
Rohan Hundia, CEO & Managing Director of Unada Labs, is a pioneering tech founder driving cutting-edge innovations in AI and HCI, shaping the future of intelligent systems.
(The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of New India Abroad.)
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