Astha Kapoor
Co-founder of the Aapti/Opti Institute and researcher specializing in digital public infrastructure and Aadhaar-era technology politics in India, providing expertise on DPI rollout, scale, and harms.
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Feb 6, 2026 • 48min
The Vaporstate: All Hail Scale at the India AI Summit
Astha Kapoor, co‑founder of Aapti/Opti Institute and researcher on Aadhaar-era tech politics. Amba Koch, co‑founder of AI Now Institute and public-interest tech advocate. They debate India hosting the AI Summit, question summit pageantry versus real power, interrogate 'Global South' framing, and unpack how scale, digital public infrastructure, and inclusion narratives shape who wins and who gets left behind.
