ChatGPT Founder Responds To Tech Mahindra CEO's Challenge

Altman wants to help Indian startups. He plans to fund them first.

The CEO of Tech Mahindra, CP Gurnani, is accepting a challenge from OpenAI founder Sam Altman. Altman said Indian companies can't keep up with Silicon Valley on AI.

Mr. Altman is currently touring six nations, including India. He attended an event where he was asked a question by Rajan Anandan, a former Google Vice President for India and South East Asia. Anandan was curious if India has the capability to create an artificial intelligence tool like ChatGPT.

Anandan asked about Indian startups building foundational AI models. He acknowledged India's vibrant ecosystem. He questioned where Indian teams should start building something substantial.

Mr Altman said it's impossible to compete with them on training foundation models and you shouldn't try. But he thinks you should try anyway. He believes it's pretty hopeless.

CEO CP Gurnani from Tech Mahindra accepted the challenge mentioned by Mr. Altman. He mentioned this in a tweet.

Sam Altman of OpenAI said Indian companies can't compete with them. Mr. Gurnani replied with a tweet, saying he accepts the challenge.

The founder of OpenAI, Sam Altman, said that it is difficult for Indian companies to compete with them. It is hopeless, according to him.

Hi @sama, As a fellow CEO, I wanted to reach out and share some thoughts with you.

Mr Altman said India can't make ChatGPT but Mr Anandan thinks Indian entrepreneurs will make an AI tool anyway.

Mr. Anandan thanked Sam Altman for his clear answer. Sam Altman said that it's hopeless, but you should still try. Indian entrepreneurship has been around for 5000 years. This shows that Indian entrepreneurs shouldn't be underestimated. Mr. Anandan wants to try.

Altman responded to Tech Mahindra's CEO and clarified that the question was not understood correctly.

He said it's taken out of context. The question was about competing with $10 million. He doesn't think it'll work. He still said to try though. He thinks it's the wrong question.

Later on, Mr. Altman tweeted about how promising Indian start-ups can be.

"He said that the important question is what new thing a startup can contribute to the world. He is certain that Indian startups can do that. Only the startup builders can answer this question."

The important question is what new thing a startup can do. Indian startups are capable of doing it. Only the creators can give the answer.

The CEO of Tech Mahindra said thanks to Mr Altman for explaining things.

On Thursday, Mr. Altman went to New Delhi to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They talked about how AI needs global regulation.

Mr. Altman shared his India plan, which involves funding startups as the top priority.

He said that Indian startups were impressive. He met some of them. He felt grateful for their quality.