India’s AI strategy should move from scale to IP creation, shift from adopting to building, and replace fragmented efforts with a national AI infrastructure that democratizes compute and innovation.

AI’s impact is like a power hitter in a sport—the outcomes depend on how leaders respond with responsible, clear leadership to harness change.

Governance of AI must pair speed and scale with trust and control; rushing acceleration without responsibility is unsustainable.

Intellectual property is central to strategic autonomy and economic resilience, and ownership of IP compounds over time to drive lasting competitiveness.

Competitive advantage in AI will come from owning platforms, models, and products, not just deploying technologies, signaling a shift from services-led to IP-led growth.

The move toward an IP-led nation is framed as a national ambition to build enduring, compounding value from intellectual property beyond any single company.

HCL Technologies is shifting from a people-centric delivery model to an integrated system of software, intelligent agents, and human expertise to deliver scalable outcomes.

HCLTech’s AI transformation emphasizes indigenous innovation, blending software products, intelligent agents, and AI-led service lines like 'AI Factory' and 'Physical AI'.

The company is transitioning to an integrated model with AI-led service lines to manage next-generation AI infrastructure and embed intelligence into real-world systems.

Compute accessibility is vital for widespread innovation across startups, universities, and enterprises, enabling decentralization and multiplication of IP.

Intellectual property-led growth strengthens competitiveness and strategic autonomy, while computing should be treated as digital public infrastructure to enable decentralized innovation.

India should build domestic capabilities and treat computing as digital public infrastructure to broaden access and promote decentralized IP-driven innovation.