India, May 16 -- Right after hosting a high-profile conclave of the foreign ministers of BRICS nations in New Delhi on Thursday (May 14), Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in the UAE the next day for the first-leg of his five-nation diplomatic tour.

While the announcement of the West Asian nation committing $5 Bn investment in the country grabbed headlines, much more happened behind the scenes. During a tete-a-tete, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan presented a Cerebras chip to PM Modi.

The exchange was not just symbolic. It marked the formal execution of Condor Galaxy India, an ambitious 8-exaflop AI supercomputing partnership between India and Abu Dhabi-based tech major G42. The physical chip handed to PM Modi is the ...