Indosat CEO Vikram Sinha is building an AI for Indonesia's local languages. Can he make a business case for sovereignty?

Indosat CEO Vikram Sinha is building an AI for Indonesia's local languages. Can he make a business case for sovereignty?

Is there room in the global AI race for anyone other than the United States and China? Vikram Sinha, the CEO of Indonesia’s second-largest mobile carrier, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH), thinks there has to be. “What gets solved in the U.S. or China might not work in Indonesia,” he told Fortune in early April, pointing to the country’s different culture and languages. That leaves the space open for companies like Indosat: “We’re in a pole posit…