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Breaking the AI bottleneck: how open networks could break big tech monopoly
21 minutes Posted Nov 20, 2025 at 1:00 pm.
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In this episode, we talk with Barun Kar, CEO and co-founder of Upscale AI, a company rethinking the hidden backbone of artificial intelligence: the network. 

Barun explains why today’s AI systems are hitting a wall, and how open-standard infrastructure could unlock faster, cheaper, and more democratic AI for everyone.

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