White house dinner: US President Donald Trump will hold dinner for the top officials of the technical industry at the White House on Thursday, with the participation of five Indian American top officials. The list includes CEO Satyam Nadella of Microsoft, CEO Sundar Pichai of Google, CEO Sanjay Mehtro of Micron Technologies, Vivek Ranadiv, chairman of Tibco and Shyam Sankar of Palantir.

Dinner is also invited by Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft co -founder Bill Gates, Openai’s CEO Sam Altman and OraCle’s CEO Safra Catz and other big companies. All these companies have significant operations in India, which reflects the importance of Indian American presence and business relations with India. Elon Musk of Tesla/Space X will be absent in this meeting.

Know what is the purpose of this meeting

The White House has not yet given any detailed information on the purpose or agenda of the dinner. This dinner will be held after the meeting, which was organized by the first female Melania Trump on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The purpose of the meeting is to promote AI education for American youth, which indicates that AI and emerging techniques can be the main subject of dinner.

The program is coordinated by the White House Crypto and AI advisor David Sachs, whose aim is to connect the Tech community in accordance with the priorities of the Trump administration. It also includes cuts in diversity and equity initiatives, which is associated with the presence of foreign and Indian employees in the American technical industry. Also, Senior AI Policy Advisor Shriram Krishnan will also be present, who is a co -author of the American “AI Action Plan” and is playing an active role in making the AI ​​policy of the administration.

Many veterans will not become part of this meeting

The major presence of Indian -origin leaders and the participation of officials of major companies working in India shows that India’s role in the technical field is very important for the White House. However, many classes supporting the first policies have negative thinking about foreign workers. On the other hand, about half a dozen Indian -origin big industrialists, including IBM chief Arvind Krishna and Shantanu Narayan of Adobe Systems, will not attend this dinner.

Paras Chopra, a millionaire entrepreneur of Bengaluru and founder of Wingify Company, has recently made a statement that has caused a new debate in the Indian startup community. Paras has given clear instructions to his new AI Lab Lossfunk team not to talk to Indian customers. He has taken this decision in view of that trend, which is now being called ‘Skip India Movement’ on social media.

What is ‘Skip India Movement’?

This movement started with the post of Vaibhav Domkundwar, a famous investor. He claimed that Tech and AI startups in India asks customers to give POC (Proof of Concept) repeatedly, but do not become a paying customer later. He wrote, “Now the founder is saying, enough. We are now stopping selling products to Indian customers. Unicorn companies are also taking advantage of these startups for free.”

Paras Chopra’s tough trend

According to a report published on Hindustan Times, Paras Chopra, expressing his opinion on the issue, said, “I have refused Lossfunk’s team to talk to Indian Customers. India is a small tech market and often the founders are limited in it. But there is a lack of scalance here.” He also added that many times the startups optimize for the Indian market, but when it comes to the global level, they fall behind.

What are complaints about Indian customers?

Many other founders and investors associated with this movement have also expressed displeasure over Indian customers. He says that customers repeatedly ask for free trial or demo. Customers here have very little desire and ability to pay. Apart from this, big corporates also use free services. Initial startups are left as ‘free POC provider’.

Debate in tech community

While some people are considering this stance as commercially correct, many people believe that it can be a big mistake to leave a huge and possibilities like India. One user wrote, “It is not prudent to ignore the Indian market to create a global startup. From here you get both initial learning and testing.”

Has India become accustomed to free service?

This debate also raises questions on India’s technical consumer behavior. Is India really a market with a mentality of “getting everything for free”? Or do startups need to reconsider their business model and customer strategy again?

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