India does not lack builders. It lacks cheap enough AI infrastructure for all the ideas sitting underneath the surface. When every prompt is taxed too hard, smaller founders slow down first.
Cheaper routing, clearer BYOK setup, and Hindi-first tools are all part of removing that friction.
High token prices punish experimentation. In price-sensitive markets, that means fewer founders can afford enough iteration to find a real product.
To reduce that tax without pretending the answer is to drive profit to zero. Better routing and better surfaces are enough to change the economics.
Hindi-first tool pages, clear 3-key onboarding, and a presale path that gets people into the system before they overpay somewhere else.