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1: Ep 001 - Sovereign AI: Why Collaboration Beats Control
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1: Ep 001 - Sovereign AI: Why Collaboration Beats Control
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Every government and operator is racing toward sovereign AI, but what does sovereignty actually mean?
In this episode, Amol Phadke, Chief Transformation Officer at Tech Mahindra, talks with Dr. Rainer Deutschmann, Group Strategy and Transformation Officer at Axiata, who reframes the conversation entirely. Sovereignty, Rainer argues, is not a single switch to flip. It spans an entire technology stack, from chips to applications, and a time dimension most discussions ignore: what works operationally today may not be sustainable once you account for software updates, licensing, and supply chains.
The conversation moves through the real lessons of the cloud era, why operators in emerging markets may hold a structural advantage that mature markets have already lost, and why the smartest strategic move is rarely about choosing one model, one cloud, or one vendor.
They close with a rapid-fire Signal or Noise round on the boldest claims circulating in the industry today. The conversation is grounded in operational reality and focused on what practitioners can actually do.