By all means build a team outside the Bay Area, there's plenty of talent elsewhere but the assumption you will get the same talent in India for specialized disc

By all means build a team outside the Bay Area, there's plenty of talent elsewhere but the assumption you will get the same talent in India for specialized disciplines like machine learning (as opposed to generic web dev or other commoditized skills) shows this company was built by hucksters with no idea about technology, and not a little contempt for engineers.