AI will be the great equaliser only if India gets four things right: Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman

The Gates Foundation released its 2026 Goalkeepers report on 15 September 2026 with a blunt warning: artificial intelligence will either narrow the gap between rich and poor or widen it, and choices made in the next two years will decide which. It has backed the report with a $1 billion, two-year commitment to AI tools in local languages for health, education and agriculture. Days before the release, Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman spoke to YourStory Founder and CEO Shradha Sharma about what th