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Discussion on making India a global hub of AI and investment; Nirmala Sitharaman held important meetings in US
Nirmala Sitharaman: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met tech companies and investors in San Francisco. During this, she discussed opportunities for India-US cooperation in Artificial Intelligence, Digital India, investment, and education.
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is on an 11-day visit to the US and Peru. She began this tour in San Francisco on Sunday by interacting with Indian immigrants as well as conducting meetings with the top executives in some major tech companies. On Monday as well, Sitharaman met officials and investors from prominent companies in Silicon Valley. In talks with them, she discussed new avenues for cooperation between India and America in sectors like Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital infrastructure, energy, and education.
Sitharaman met Anjani Midha, venture capital fund a16z's General Partner, and tech company CEO Raghu Raghuram. Midha and Raghuram appreciated developments going on in the field of AI and technology in India. Also, voiced their wish to cooperate with India. Sitharaman invited them to join hands in applying AI in education and healthcare.
The Minister for Finance again met with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurien. Kurien appreciated India's Digital India drive and wanted to see India become an AI hub for the world. According to him, Google Cloud is committed to going fully carbon-free by 2030 and also discussed making an investment in India.
