New Delhi, April 11 -- Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani has outlined a bold vision for India's startup future, stating that the country is poised to have one million startups by 2035, a remarkable leap from just 2,000 in 2015.

Speaking at the Carnegie Global Tech Summit, Nandan Nilekani, who is founding Chairman of UIDAI (Aadhaar), said implementing AI at scale in India is built on an existing foundation of digital transformation that has happened for a decade.

"All startups have been solving some problems over the years. The important thing is that we have a million of them. In 2015, we had about 2,000 startups. Today, we have 150,000 startups...we (will) have a million startups in 2035," he said.

"They create a successful company. ...