In an exclusive interview with India Today, Dr. Parag Khanna, founder and CEO of AlphaGeo, discusses India’s rising role in the global artificial intelligence landscape following the AI Summit. He argues that technology diffusion is weakening the perceived U.S.–China duopoly, with India demonstrating that AI leadership will not be a two-horse race. Khanna highlights India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) as a low-cost, trusted model attractive to countries wary of both American corporate dominance and Chinese state control.