Augnito CEO Rustom Lawyer was featured in this Business Standard piece exploring where India’s real AI opportunity lies in the wake of Sarvam’s landmark $234 million Series B raise. The article argues that while homegrown LLMs signal India’s ability to build foundational AI infrastructure, the larger opportunity sits in domain-specific AI built for Indian realities — healthcare, agriculture, education, governance, and financial services. Lawyer also highlights manufacturing and logistics as underappreciated verticals where AI can drive meaningful operational gains, and positions India not just as a market for AI, but as a potential exporter of AI systems designed for the Global South.
As Lawyer puts it: “The strongest innovators are building solutions around uniquely Indian realities — multilingual populations, fragmented infrastructure, diverse regulations, and affordability constraints. Solving these complex local problems demands deep domain expertise, workflow integration, and an understanding of how technology is adopted on the ground.”
Read the full article here: https://www.business-standard.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/sarvam-india-ai-opportunity-domain-specific-ai-language-models-global-south-126063000135_1.html