India, Oct. 31 -- Indian AI entrepreneur Vivek Raghavan, co-founder of Bengaluru-based Sarvam AI, has warned that India risks becoming a "digital colony" if it fails to develop its own artificial intelligence capabilities and continues relying heavily on foreign technology companies.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Raghavan stressed the importance of building domestic AI infrastructure to ensure that India maintains control over its technological future.

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"The big question that we have to ask, in an Indian context, is whether there is a risk of the country becoming a digital colony," he said.

"My hope is that we a...