Govt Mulls ₹20,000 Cr Fund To Power Frontier AI, Compute Ecosystem: Report

by · Inc42

SUMMARY

  • The government is considering a ₹15,000–20,000 Cr anchor investment in a proposed National Frontier AI & Compute Fund to finance frontier AI startups, GPU clusters and specialised data centres
  • The proposed fund could bring long-term private capital into a capital-intensive segment where model development and compute infrastructure require significantly larger investments
  • The proposed fund could be structured as a SEBI-regulated Category I AIF, with a potential 50:50 government-private capital model