AI Creates New Roles While Disrupting Old Ones, Say Startups at India AI Summit

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CNBC TV18•18-02-2026, 20:36
AI Creates New Roles While Disrupting Old Ones, Say Startups at India AI Summit
- •India AI Impact Summit highlights how AI is reshaping jobs and content creation, creating new opportunities despite disruption.
- •Coursera CTO Mustafa Furniturewala notes significant job displacement but emphasizes AI's role in transforming jobs, requiring AI skills combined with domain knowledge.
- •India boasts 20% of global AI talent, presenting a major opportunity for upskilling and reskilling, with Coursera seeing rapid growth in Gen AI course enrollments.
- •Pocket FM CEO Rohan Nayak details how AI tools enable 300,000+ creators to produce audio series from raw ideas, with plans to expand into AI-driven video.
- •The summit connects founders, investors, and policymakers, facilitating funding and collaborations for Indian AI startups in health, finance, mobility, and manufacturing.
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