India, June 17 -- The biggest issue artificial intelligence (AI) companies face today is access to compute and the cost to building large language models (LLMs), Ganesh Gopalan, CEO and founder of Gnani AI, said during an interaction with HT.

Selected under the Ministry of Electronics and Information technology's (MeitY) 'India AI Mission' to build a foundational model for India, Gnani AI's CEO said the government is yet to clarify how much AI compute will be subsidised or what other benefits the company can expect under the programme.

Access to Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) is a national concern, Gopalan told HT over a call, noting that more advanced versions of GPUs are continually being released. "Some of the newer GPUs have much ...