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India faces a critical question: should it invest in building its own, frontier AI models despite shortfalls in chips, infrastructure and funding? In the first episode of Bloomberg's Emerging podcast, Menaka Doshi dives into whether sovereignty, security, and long term competitiveness justify the push. She sits down in Mumbai with Srikanth Velamakanni, co founder of Fractal Analytics, India's first publicly listed pure-play AI company, and Ganesh Ramakrishnan, a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay and a member of India's BharatGen AI taskforce.

India faces a critical question in artificial intelligence: should it invest in building frontier AI models despite gaps in chips, compute, and funding? This segment examines whether sovereignty, security, and long term competitiveness justify the push. As global AI power concentrates in a few countries, dependence on foreign systems raises risks for defense, data control, and economic resilience. Srikanth Velamakanni, Co founder of Fractal Analytics and NASSCOM Chairperson, and Ganesh Ramakrishnan, Professor at IIT Bombay and BharatGen member, speak with Menaka Doshi on Emerging.

Helen Jewell, BlackRock's fundamental equities international CIO, discusses investment in the artificial intelligence space, saying "the next few years are very clear from an AI perspective because of the amount of capital that you'll see being invested in that space." Speaking on Bloomberg Television, Jewell adds that while every capex cycle reaches the point when overspend starts to happen, that is not the case yet. "We don't believe that we're there now."

The US military struck Iran for the second straight day, an escalation of violence that threatens efforts to reach a permanent peace deal. Bloomberg Opinion's Marc Champion joins Caroline Hepker and Lizzy Burden on Daybreak Europe to discuss why he believes The war and ceasefire terms did not represent Iran's "unconditional surrender" and why the ambiguous language has allowed both sides to continue pursuing their war aims by other means.

Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Officer is trying to convince the carmaker's supervisory board about his plan for a sweeping restructuring that could ultimately eliminate as many as 100,000 jobs and close four German factories. Bloomberg's Stefan Nicola reports.

US President Donald Trump said Spain, a NATO partner, agreed to pay more after he threatened them with a trade embargo during the bloc's summit. Trump didn't specify what payments he was referring to or who he spoke with from Spain. Oliver Crook reports from Ankara, Turkey.

European Union finance ministers are gathering in Brussels for a Eurogroup meeting. Bloomberg's Suzanne Lynch breaks down what key topics are likely to be discussed.

CT Group Co-Founder & Executive Chairman Sir Lynton Crosby addresses the surge of voters moving far right, warning of destabilizing consequences for democracies worldwide. He also discussed the potential fallout of a war with Iran, noting its ripple effects on the US mid-term elections and the fragile balance of American politics. He speaks with Haslinda Amin on "Insight with Haslinda Amin."

The US military struck Iran for the second straight day, an escalation of violence that threatens efforts to reach a permanent peace deal. Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar reports.

Albert Park, Chief Economist at the Asian Development Bank, discusses the bank's latest APAC growth outlook. The forecast sees growth staying subdued despite a modest improvement, as disruptions from the Middle East conflict continue to weigh on supply chains and production costs. He speaks with Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade".