<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Accel India's partner Prayank Swaroop believes India's highest AI upside is in applied AI rather than foundational models.</li><li>The firm is focusing on agentic enterprise platforms, vertical AI products, and AI-enabled services, leveraging India's engineering talent pool and domain-specific datasets.</li><li>Swaroop emphasizes the importance of building durable AI products that solve high-value pain points and executing with speed.</li><li>AI in India is shifting towards the application layer, driven by startups leveraging open-source models for solutions in healthcare, legal operations, and financial services.</li></ul>

Accel India’s Case for the Application Layer

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