New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Wingify founder Paras Chopra has set his sights on getting access to subsidised graphic processing units (GPUs) from the government to help with his next big idea, a foundational artificial intelligence model.

Last week, electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced at a press briefing that 10,000 GPUs at a common compute facility will soon go online. The facility will be available to startups, academia, and developers through an online portal. The Centre will review requests for access to the GPUs based on requirements.

GPUs are a critical electronic circuit that help speed up processing of images and videos in computing.

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