The US government’s tighter controls on frontier AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI are pushing Indian companies towards Asian alternatives as they seek project continuity and the performance gap narrows.
Chinese open-source models, which were already popular among startups due to lower costs, may now make their way to large enterprises looking to avoid disruptions to top-dollar artificial intelligence projects. “The choice is pragmatic, not political,” said Nipun Kalra, managing director and senior partner at BCG.
