00:00I had a chance to meet Prime Minister Modi yesterday, and so the $17.5 billion, which is the largest investment we've made in Asia to date, and so we're thrilled about it.
00:10India really does seem to be having its AI moment.
00:14Microsoft just pledged $17.5 billion towards AI and cloud computing in India, and right as Satya Nadella was set to take the stage here in a convention center in Delhi,
00:24on the other side, Amazon rolled out its own plan of a $35 billion investment that also includes AI.
00:32And let's not forget, last month, Google committed $15 billion to build an AI hub here.
00:38These are massive numbers, and taken together, they could help anchor India's AI future.
00:44That also lines up neatly with Modi's push to position the country as a serious force in global AI.
00:51And the wave is unlikely to slow down.
00:53Anthropic co-founder Dario Amadei was here in October, and NVIDIA's Jensen Huang and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis are both expected in the coming months.
01:04AI companies are also aggressively trying to win users.
01:08OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity are offering their premium subscription plans for free to Indian students, developers, and users.
01:19That's not something we've seen in other markets.
01:21For these giants, India isn't just another growth market.
01:25Microsoft, for example, plans to equip 20 million Indians with essential AI skills by 2030.
01:31It's a sign of how the country's scale, talent, and data are becoming central to their future plans.
01:37It's a sign of how the country's scale, talent, and data are becoming central to their future plans.
01:39It's a sign of how the country's scale, talent, and data are becoming central to their future plans.
01:40It's a sign of how the country's scale, talent, and data are becoming central to their future plans.
01:42It's a sign of how the country's scale, talent, and data are becoming central to their future plans.
01:44It's a sign of how the country's scale, talent, and data are becoming central to their future plans.
01:46It's a sign of how the country's scale, talent, and data are becoming central to their future plans.
01:48It's a sign of how the country's scale, talent, and data are becoming central to their future plans.
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