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Financial Express Kolkata
|February 10, 2025
INTERVIEW: VIJAYANT RAI, MD, SNOWFLAKE INDIA
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Every company is now a data entity; however, many are ill-equipped to operate as one, says Vijayant Rai, MD for India at Snowflake, an American cloud-based data storage company. India is now one of its fastest-growing markets, driven by increasing demand for data and AI solutions.
In this interview, Rai shares with Sudhir Chowdhary his insights on sectors expected to experience growth in AI this year, as well as his firm's India expansion plans. Excerpts:
Where do you see AI adoption speeding up within the BFSI sector?
This story is from the February 10, 2025 edition of Financial Express Kolkata.
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