Smaller AI startups echo Indian watchdog’s anti-trust concerns

Indian startups have raised concerns over the Big Tech companies’ grip on data and compute power, which could tilt the AI playing field and curb healthy competition.

A Competition Commission of India (CCI) report published on Monday highlighted concerns over restricted data access, dependencies on cloud vendors like AWS and Microsoft Azure, and unequal partnership terms.

“Hyperscalers have built layers of software on top of the hardware to make it easier for smaller businesses and startups to scale,” Srikanth V, cofounder of enterprise artificial…