digital economy india

India’s AI paradox: world’s second-largest talent pool, but just 1% of private AI investment

May 30, 2026 by Mor

India’s artificial intelligence ecosystem is expanding rapidly on the back of a deep talent base and mass digital adoption, but a stark imbalance in funding and infrastructure threatens to constrain its global ambitions, according to the State of India’s Digital Economy (SIDE) 2026 report released by the ICRIER-Prosus Center for Internet and Digital Economy. The … Read more

‘You can’t lose by betting on India’: Salesforce’s Vala Afshar on why India is the defining market of the AI era

May 18, 2026 by Mor

SaaS major Salesforce’s Chief Digital Evangelist Vala Afshar, in an exclusive interview with CNBC-TV18’s Shereen Bhan on Monday, revealed that the company has launched Agentforce Voice support for Hindi. He called this launch a moment of reckoning for a business that has been operating in India for 25 years. “We’ve been in business in India … Read more