The question of whether AI benefits everyone — or just the most connected — is one Taiyo.AI thinks about deeply. As part of the Institute for Governance, Policies and Politics (IGPP) Technocracy series, our CEO Dr. Saurabh Mishra sat down with Heena Goswami for a candid conversation on the intersection of emerging technology and public policy.
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Good governance increasingly requires good data. When AI is applied to infrastructure and economic planning, it provides a framework that helps policymakers see clearly — identifying lagging regions, understanding the causes, and allocating resources with evidence rather than instinct. That is what Taiyo.AI means by Grounded Intelligence: intelligence that is actually useful to the people making hard decisions.
The session covered three connected threads. The first was AI's potential to unlock new growth trajectories for developing economies, particularly when applied to sectors where data has historically been absent or unreliable. The second was how granular, sub-national data can reveal why certain regions stall — and how targeted infrastructure investment, guided by that data, can begin to bridge the gap. The third was the evolving role of the technocrat: the shifting challenge of balancing data-driven insights with the social and political realities that any real governance decision must navigate.
Watch the Full Conversation
This dialogue is one of our favourites — honest, substantive, and focused on the right problems. You can watch the full conversation from the IGPP Technocracy series below.
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