Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI Scientist, believes that aspiring AI entrepreneurs in India should have a PhD or Masters before building a startup.
LeCun emphasized the importance of formal training in innovation and said that a PhD offers significant advantages for entrepreneurs.
He mentioned that having a PhD provides legitimacy in hiring talented individuals and makes it easier to raise funding.
LeCun also advised startups to experiment with open-source models like Meta's Llama and praised AI projects that focus on language translation and cultural preservation.