Sridhar Vembu says India must prioritise tech sovereignty over spending billions on GPUs

Zoho Chief Scientist and co-founder Sridhar Vembu believes investments should be directed towards building infrastructure in India rather than purchasing graphics processing units (GPUs), amid the current euphoria around artificial intelligence (AI). “If I earn $10 billion right now, as a government, I will spend the money on Bangalore infrastructure, Chennai infrastructure, all that. There's no point spending $10 billion on GPUs right now,” Vembu said in the inaugural keynote address at the 17t