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Source
- Bessemer, The Swaraj Stack (opens in a new tab)By Pankaj Mitra, Anant Vidur Puri, Vatsalya Tandon and Priya KaleLayer 2Published: 22 Jul 2026
Source thesis
Develop local cloud capacity, specialized chips, networking and cluster operations.
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