Nilekani-backed people+ai unveils Adbhut India, a vision for AI in India

An initiative of Nandan Nilekani’s EkStep Foundation, people+ai on Tuesday unveiled its vision for the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in India, dubbed ‘Adbhut India’ (Amazing India). It aims to harness AI as a powerful tool to enhance the lives of all Indians.

The event marked the rollout of several initiatives by people+ai that are focused on discovering, demonstrating, and disseminating population-scale AI use cases for India. In line with its commitment to open and accessible solutions, the Open Cloud Compute (OCC) initiative was also launched on the same day. The OCC aims to establish an open network for computing resources, addressing the growing demand for AI infrastructure while encouraging healthy competition in the market.