Building AI in India? Privacy is now a valuation issue: Shivaarti Bajaj

As India’s startups race to build AI-first products, the way they handle personal data could decide what those companies are eventually worth. Speaking at TechSparks 2026, YourStory’s annual flagship summit, Shivaarti Bajaj, Founding Managing Partner of RSD Bajaj Global Law Firm, argued that privacy can no longer be an afterthought. Founders, she said, are not just shipping products but creating assets: assets that can be valued, bought, sold, devalued, or even taken away if they are not built a