India, July 11 -- Reflecting on India's position in the global AI race, Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma has said that the country should position itself as the "AI use case capital" rather than focusing on building foundational AI models like large language models (LLMs), given the high costs and infrastructure limitations.

As per an Outlook report, Sharma said this while addressing Shiprocket's SHIVIR 2025: AI Commerce Edition - Made for Bharat in New Delhi today.

Flagging the high entry costs and lack of global infrastructure, Sharma said, "I always wanted India to have our own AI. The sadness is that the entry ticket of an employee is $100 Mn which is completely routed from here."

Notably, India continues to trail the US and Chin...