• Takeaways The report highlights that India’s AI market could grow nearly fivefold to $32 billion by 2031, driven by open source innovation, strong startup momentum, and global demand for Indian AI talent. • India’s approach to AI emphasizes innovation-led growth, workforce readiness, and digital public infrastructure, offering a model for emerging economies globally. • Pro-innovation policies and public-private collaboration are helping accelerate adoption while expanding access to skills, tools, and opportunity. • Open source technologies are playing a central role in how India is scaling AI adoption across its economy and society. • New research, “AI for Economic and Social Good in India: Scaling Inclusive Growth for Entrepreneurs, Creators, and Local Economies,“released today by the Linux Foundation Research, in partnership withMeta, highlights how open source innovation, workforce development, and digital public infrastructure are shaping India’s rapidly expanding AI ecosystem and enabling inclusive economic and social impact. • Nearly 70 percent of India’s population lives in rural areas, where access to infrastructure and essential services remains uneven.

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  • A new Linux Foundation Research report, released with Meta, argues that open‑source technology is a key driver of India’s rapidly expanding AI market and its social impact. The study projects the market to grow from $6 billion in 2024 to nearly $32 billion by 2031, citing a large ecosystem of over 200,000 startups that rely on open tools to build localized solutions. Examples include medical chatbots for remote patients and CropIn’s AI for farmers, which operate even in low‑connectivity settings. The report stresses that open source lowers entry barriers, fuels workforce hiring, and, when paired with supportive regulation and public infrastructure, accelerates inclusive growth across the country.

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