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The Bhavish Aggarwal-led AI startup is under the scanner for copying code from an open-source repository instead of forking it and adding a more restrictive licence on top.

The US kicked off the AI race when OpenAI made a splash with ChatGPT. China threw its hat in the ring with DeepSeek. Other countries have also followed suit. What does India have? Well, the most heavily funded AI startup in the country is Krutrim. But the Bhavish Aggarwal-led company is now facing allegations of copying code from a non-profit AI lab without proper attribution. And after being called out for it, the startup even tried to poach the lab’s employees, according to a person familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity.
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