India finds itself in an ironic predicament. The country that produces over 20 million tonnes of mangoes annually — nearly half the world’s supply — has failed to cultivate its own MANGO ecosystem. Not the sweet, succulent fruit that graces our summer tables, but the tech titans that rule the artificial intelligence landscape: Meta, Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, and OpenAI.

This is particularly puzzling given India’s extraordinary contribution to these very companies. Indian engineers occupy critical development roles across all MANGO organisations. Sundar Pichai leads Google, Satya Nadella helms Microsoft (a key OpenAI partner), and countless Indian engineers power the innovation engines of Meta, Nvidia, and Anthropic. According to recent research, 65 per cent of leading US AI companies have at least one leader of Indian origin, while 70 per cent of full-time graduate students in AI-related fields are international — with Indians forming a substantial portion.
Link: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-mango-paradox-india-ai-revolution-microsoft-anthropic-nvidia-google-openai-10038342/