In this episode, we dive into Nishant Prabhakar's seminal work, The Sovereign Stack: Building India’s Quantum Foundation. Moving beyond the typical hype of "technological races," we explore Prabhakar’s compelling argument that compute is the invisible backbone of the 21st century, serving as a structural necessity for national growth and security.

We unpack the concept of technological sovereignty, which Prabhakar defines not as isolation, but as the agency to run critical workloads and evolve infrastructure according to domestic priorities. The discussion highlights how India is uniquely positioned to lead in the hybrid era of computation, where classical, AI, and quantum systems interlock to solve real-world "friction" in massive systems like the ...