India's digital infrastructure development has been a "game-changer", putting the country ahead of most other nations, Databricks CEO and Co-founder Ali Ghodsi has said.

At a press conference here on Wednesday at the Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025, Ghodsi said that India is "on the upswing" at a time when recession is a concern in several other regions and nations.

"What has happened in the last decade, where they've built a lot of digital infrastructure in India, is a game-changer. We don't have that even here, in other countries. India is now ahead on digital infrastructure compared to most other countries in the world," Ghodsi said in response to a question by PTI on India. 

This "of course, makes it much easier to innovate" in data and AI, he said.

Ghodsi added that Databricks is very excited to partner with new companies in the field of AI as well as with "companies that have been around a long time" such as "the Tatas of the world that we're partnering with as well." "It's a gigantic market and with the pivots that are happening in strategy around the world, India is becoming more important. So very excited... it's like (there are) just opportunities in India, and it seems there are no troubles on the horizon. Fingers crossed," he said.