India, May 15 -- The AI narrative in India is currently dominated by scale, with Google breaking ground on its $15 Bn AI Hub in Visakhapatnam and Maharashtra's landmark AI Policy 2026.

Yet, beneath these massive infrastructure bets and policy shifts lay a more fundamental tension. Critics continued to flag the "hidden economics" of compute, while the quiet shuttering of many Indian AI startups brings to the fore the sustainability questions. Risks posed by Anthropic's Mythos model are also keeping Indian regulators and banks on edge.

Yet, not everything is doom and gloom. AI startups continued to raise big bucks, while AI giant Sarvam announced a partnership with Pixxel to power India's first orbital data centre. Simultaneously, a clutc...