Tech Leaders Detail Challenges of Scaling AI Products Across India

30 Sept 2026, 7:30 pm · 1d ago · 1 min read · Inc42

At Inc42’s CTO Summit 2026 in Bengaluru, technology executives from ShareChat, Meesho, Rapido, and Shadowfax discussed the complexities of deploying AI products at Indian scale. Key challenges include optimizing tools for budget smartphones, multiple regional languages, and unreliable network bandwidth while controlling computational costs. ShareChat CTO Nitin Jain emphasized building model-agnostic infrastructure, enabling engineering teams to swap underlying AI providers seamlessly without rebuilding entire architectures. Companies are focusing heavily on voice-enabled commerce discovery, localized data processing, and efficient recommendation engines tailored for high user volumes operating at lower monetization levels across India.