While the West debates pausing AI development, Indian startups like Sarvam and Emergent are pushing harder. Why? Because for India, AI isn’t just tech; it’s a tool to fix education gaps, reach farmers, and digitize crores of documents. One founder even warned: If you don’t own your AI, you lose control of your data, your costs, your future. The real question isn’t whether AI will grow; it’s whether India will build its own guardrails before the storm hits.