- Published on March 20, 2024
- In IT Services
Infosys’ Biggest GenAI Regret Ever
Infosys could have been the Microsoft of IT consulting with its investment in OpenAI.
Image by Nikhil Kumar
- By Mohit Pandey
Not many are aware that IT consulting giant Infosys, together with Elon Musk, AWS, YC Research, and a few others, had donated a sizable $1 billion to OpenAI back in 2015, when the latter began as a non-profit organisation.
But what transpired thereafter and why is Infosys not the Microsoft of IT consulting?
The donation to OpenAI, previously undisclosed, occurred during Vishal Sikka's tenure as the leader of Infosys. Sikka, a strong advocate for AI, played a significant role in facilitating the donation to the freshly-minted AI company. Additionally, he acted as an advisor to OpenAI, along with Yoshua Bengio, Sergey Levine, Pieter Abbeel, and Alan Kay.
“Our wish is that together the OpenAI team will do unfettered research in the most important, most relevant dimensions of
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Mohit Pandey
Mohit writes about AI in simple, explainable, and often funny words. He's especially passionate about chatting with those building AI for Bharat, with the occasional detour into AGI.
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