Archive · 17 Dec 2025
IEC 2025: Technology as Geopolitics
At the IEC 2025 event, Sridhar Vembu, the founder of Zoho, talked about how technology has become a big part of geopolitics.
He said this change is not temporary but permanent, driven by things like China's role, supply chains, and national security.
He gave examples like the US keeping tariffs on China and the CHIPS Act, which helps make computer chips in the US.
This shows that technology and politics are now deeply connected.
Sridhar Vembu discussed the permanent shift of technology becoming geopolitics at IEC 2025.
Structural forces like China, supply chains, and national security are driving this change.
US tariffs on China have remained consistent across different administrations.
The CHIPS Act incentivizes semiconductor manufacturing within the US.
This shift is seen as a deeper political consensus rather than a temporary disruption.
- Who
- Sridhar Vembu, Zoho Founder
- What
- Discussion on technology as geopolitics
- When
- During IEC 2025
- Where
- IEC 2025 event
- Why
- To highlight the permanent shift in global economics due to technology and geopolitics
- Event
- IEC 2025
- Speaker
- Sridhar Vembu
- Key Focus
- Technology and geopolitics
- Structural Forces
- China, supply chains, national security
- US Policies
- Continuity of tariffs on China, CHIPS Act