Ylli Bajraktari and Dhruva Jaishankar

Ylli Bajraktari and Dhruva Jaishankar

Ylli Bajraktari is a former chief of staff to the US National Security Adviser and a former executive director of the US National Security Commission on AI. Dhruva Jaishankar is Executive Director of the Observer Research Foundation America.

A US-India Partnership for the AI Age

Although the United States maintains a decisive edge in frontier AI models and high-end compute, China has proven that its capacity for innovation is a force to be reckoned with. To prevent the Chinese government from claiming the strategic high ground, the US needs the talent and data that only India can provide.

Ylli Bajraktari and Dhruva Jaishankar

May 1, 2026 at 3:36 PM IST

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