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There’s something about the AI revolution that doesn’t sit right with me, and I think many companies—especially service-based software firms—are underestimating the long-term cost of what looks like “cheap productivity” today.

Think about this scenario:

A software services company—let’s call it Company A—starts using a third-party AI platform for code generation, architecture suggestions, documentation, debugging, business workflows, and internal knowledge management. It pays a monthly subscription, developers become more productive, management sees efficiency gains, everyone celebrates.

But over time, something else happens.

That AI provider now has access to patterns—coding standards, architecture decisions, domain knowledge, delivery models, estimation approaches, client behavior, support workflows, even industry-specific implementation strategies. Maybe not client secrets directly, but enough operational intelligence across thousands of companies.

Now imagine that AI provider—or a subsidiary created by them—enters the services market.

Instead of just selling tools, they go directly to the clients of companies like Company A and say:

"Why pay your current vendor millions when we already understand how these systems are built, how these teams operate, and we can deliver it for 40% less?"

And that’s where the real disruption begins.

Company A doesn’t immediately know why clients are quietly moving away. Projects disappear. Billing drops. Bench grows. Layoffs begin. Quarterly losses follow. By the time leadership realizes what happened, the competitive advantage they thought they were buying through AI has become the data moat of someone else.

This isn’t anti-AI.

This is about AI sovereignty.

If software-exporting nations like —where IT services drive millions of jobs—continue building on rented intelligence instead of training AI on their own infrastructure, workflows, and enterprise knowledge, we may be accelerating our own commoditization.

The companies that survive the next decade may not be the ones that use AI the fastest.

They may be the ones that own the intelligence they train.

What do you think...

Over the past few months we’ve seen rising geopolitical instability—Middle East tensions, oil supply uncertainty, a strong US dollar, global capital flight toward safer assets, and commodity volatility. For India, which still imports ~85% of its crude oil, that’s not a small issue. Every major oil shock directly hits inflation, logistics, manufacturing, and household spending.

At the same time, the rupee continues facing pressure against the dollar. A stronger dollar means costlier imports, higher inflation, and more stress on fiscal management.

India keeps reporting strong GDP numbers, but GDP alone doesn't tell the full story. Youth unemployment remains a serious structural concern. Millions are educated, connected, ambitious-yet many are either underemployed, stuck in low-productivity jobs.

Now the state level freebies

Free electricity

Free transport

Cash schemes

Loan waivers

Subsidy-heavy politics

Social welfare matters. But when welfare becomes a permanent political model instead of a productivity bridge, who pays the bill? Rising debt, shrinking fiscal flexibility, and future taxpayers.

India may not be on the verge of collapse- but it may be building structural vulnerabilities while headline growth creates a sense of comfort.

What do you think?

Dark reality of AI companies?

Is India quietly building toward an economic crisis?