Why India Is Missing the AI Bus & What Founders Must Do Now

India built a $200B IT services industry.
But according to investor Venk Krishnan, that may now be India’s biggest weakness in the AI era.

From building trading systems on Wall Street in the 90s… to founding and exiting companies in the US… to backing startups like Mu Sigma and Acko… Venk has watched India’s technology story evolve from the inside.

And in this conversation, he explains why India still struggles to build global product companies, deep-tech innovation, and real AI infrastructure — despite having world-class engineering talent.