OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has arrived in India, and appears to be making the most of his time in meeting the various stakeholders within the country’s AI industry.
After participating in a fireside chat with India’s IT Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met Indian entrepreneurs in a roundtable meeting. Several top entrepreneurs shared pictures from the meeting and their takeaways from meeting the OpenAI CEO.
“Interesting discussions in the closed door meeting with Sam Altman and the OpenAI team today in Delhi,” wrote Snapdeal’s Kunal Bahl on X. “Top 3 takeaways for me: 1. Humility 🙂 They recognise that the foundational models can only go as far (“80-90% of the way”) and for specific industry/company contexts a robust application layer will be needed to take it to the 100% levels. This is important for the many startups in India building in the application layer. 2. Acknowledgment that pricing is high currently and that for mass scale adoption, it would need to come down dramatically. Possibly more updates on that in the future. 3. As ChatGPT becomes an entry point for information research for users, the intention is to not charge for linking out of ChatGPT (unlike Google), as they believe it can impact the perception of trust in the results. Interesting implication for intent based ads businesses like Google and those who spend a lot on them,” he added.
Unacademy CEO Gaurav Munjal was also the event. Great roundtable with Sam Altman,” he posted on X.
Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma was also at the event. “When VSS asks ChatGPT and Sam Altman decides to answer the prompt in real time bhAI bhAI” Paytm’s official account joked on X, while sharing a picture of the duo.
OpenAI’s Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil also shared a picture of Sam Altman with a bunch of Indian entrepreneurs crowded around him. “Hello Delhi! So great to meet OpenAI developers here, so much creative energy,” he posted.
