Rishad Premji said, “Technology alone is not enough for these systems to deliver value in organizations. Organizations themselves will have to invest in change .Taking people truly along, helping them adapt to new ways of working, Redesigning roles and decision making and building confidence in how AI is used. That includes reskilling people , reskilling teams to work effectively with AI tools, so that they understand outputs and exercise judgement where it matters most . When models are aligned to  work  flows and people are supported through the transition, AI becomes just not deployable, but it becomes sustainable at scale and that plays directly to India strength" 

At the AI Impact Summit 2026, Rishad Premji, said, the real world begins when AI is introduced into large real-world organizations. In those environments, technology has evolved for many years , application landscapes are complex, data is fragmented, work flows are siloed , processes vary across Geography, Business units and regulatory regime . Decision making is rarely Uniform. Making AI work in this environment means modernizing Legacy architectures. It means curating and labelling data to create highly specialized contextualized models. It means orchestrating across agents in ways that are reliable and secure. And it means earning the confidence of security, teams, risk, leaders, regulators, and critically, the people who are expected to use the systems every day. This is where a more practical pattern has emerged. In Enterprises models designed for specific processes or decisions tend to deliver the most reliable results. When AI is closely aligned to a defined workflow, it becomes more predictable , easier to govern and more effective over time.

Ambani made a strong pitch for sovereign AI capacity, saying India must not depend on others for intelligence infrastructure.

“India cannot afford to rent intelligence,” he said, adding that Jio will reduce the cost of intelligence just as it slashed mobile data prices.

He framed AI as a modern-day “Akshaya Patra” that can multiply knowledge, productivity and opportunity at scale.

AI resilience is at the core of our safety strategy, even as we continue to build secure systems and address complex technical challenges. We must broaden our understanding of safety to include societal resilience. No single AI lab or system can deliver a good future on its own.

Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman and MD of Reliance Industries Limited, called AI a defining force in India’s journey towards becoming a developed nation by 2047.

He said AI will be one of the “driving forces” behind a Viksit Bharat and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for guiding the summit and shaping India’s AI vision.

At AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Sam Altman said, “At some point on its development curve, superintelligence could be capable of doing a better job as the CEO of a major company than a human executive or conducting better research than our best scientists. As we prepare for this possibility, we are guided by three beliefs: the democratisation of AI is the only safe and viable path forward, ensuring that humanity flourishes. The centralisation of this technology in a single company or country could lead to serious risks. The desirable future, a few decades from now, must be defined by liberty, democracy, and the widespread flourishing of human agency.”

It is striking to see India’s progress in making AI accessible to more people across more parts of the country. India’s leadership in sovereign AI—built on strong digital infrastructure, small language models (SLMs), and ecosystem development—has been remarkable to watch. More than 100 million people in India use ChatGPT every week, with over a third of them being students. India is also the fastest-growing market for Codex, our coding agent.

“This AI has to carry everybody; everybody must feel it.  Everybody must benefit from this and that's why I think the language is very important. We want people to be able to speak to the computer in their language, in their dialect, mixing English, Hindi, Tamil, whatever. That needs to be done. I think that's a big thing. I think making agents work for people, - if you can make agents work for people, then it means more inclusion because we can get Complex things done , because you're hiding all the sophistication behind the agent"  

“India is a country, which is very positive  country about technology in general and AI in particular, and we need to take advantage of that and not let them down,  by giving them truly transformative applications using AI, which you will see in the next two to three years"

Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit, Sunil Bharti Mittal said, “We can talk about healthcare, education, deep research, medical sciences...all those areas will flourish on the back of this (AI). So from our company’s standpoint, AI is becoming a really integral part of how we operate or serve our customers, build our networks and manage our networks”

Referring to India's experience building large public digital infrastructure Nandan Nilekani, Co-founder and Chairman, Infosys said "We learned that diffusion is a technique. It's both an art and a science. It involves Institutions, it involves policy making , negotiations ,dealing with incumbents , dealing with new commers,  strategies for execution. And, I think,  if all the investments in AI are going to  deliver value to society not just to individuals, we will have to look at diffusion pathways to take this to everyone and I think India will lead on that. That's why I've always been saying that, India should focus on becoming the use case capital of the world"

Speaking at the AI Impact Summit, Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani has predicted that India will emerge as one of the greatest powers in the world in the 21st century

"No country can match India's strength in democracy, AI harvest, and infrastructure," Ambani added.

Best of AI is yet to come; world debating will AI concentrate power in hands of a few, or will it democratise opportunity for all, says Reliance Industries MD and Chairperson Mukesh Ambani at AI Impact Summit.

AI today has many limitations .. Hallucinations, that's one of the main issues blocking the use of AI in Enterprises.  But beyond hallucinations, understanding the world, understanding physical activities, the physical movement.  This is one of the next frontiers. The safety of AI is one of the existential issues Swarms of agents can be made to do completely reckless things and we don't yet have ways to understand or deal with this. 

"With Artificial General Intelligence on horizon, we are at a threshold moment," said Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis.

At the AI Impact Summit 2026, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said, "India will be a powerhouse for AI across the world."

"Being effective with AI requires not only the knowledge of AI itself but understanding its limitations. There is a huge gap between LLMs and business users inside enterprises, especially how to bring value to those users . An overcoming that gap is where a lot of value, creating opportunity is. Bridging that gap requires delivering correct systems , trusted ,verifiable reliable systems that deliver value to people.

Bharti Group Chairman Sunil Mittal says that Healthcare, education, deep research, medical sciences has a huge potential with AI

The RIL Chairman said, "Should we act as isolated nations or united global families? Inequality will widen if AI is locked in the global north. But there is future where AI is available to all. India will emerge as one of greatest AI powers in the world in 21st century."

Jio with RIL will invest ₹10 lakh crore over the next 7 years starting this year, said Mukesh Ambani at AI Impact Summit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the real question is not what AI can do in the future, but what humanity chooses to do with AI in the present. Drawing parallels with nuclear power, the Prime Minister noted that humanity has witnessed both its destructive potential and its positive contributions. He asserted that AI too is a transformative power—if directionless, it leads to disruption, but with the right direction, it becomes a solution. PM Modi said Modi highlighted that the core purpose of the Global AI Impact Summit is to deliberate on how AI can be made human-centric rather than machine-centric, and how it can be made sensitive and responsible.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said Artificial Intelligence represents a transformation of the same magnitude as historic turning points in human civilization.  “What is being seen and predicted today are only the initial signs of its impact. He stated that AI is making machines intelligent, but more importantly, it is multiplying human capability many times over,” he said. PM Modi emphasized that the difference this time lies in the unprecedented speed and unexpected scale. He noted that earlier, the impact of technology took decades to manifest, but today, the journey from machine learning to learning machines is fast, deep, and wide. He underlined that this requires a larger vision and equally greater responsibility.

Speaking at the India AI Summit 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India sees a strong future in artificial intelligence. He said the country has the talent, energy, capacity and clear policies to support growth in the sector.

He added that three Indian companies launched their AI models and apps at the summit, which reflect the talent of India’s youth.

Modi also invited global partners to design and develop in India and deliver their solutions to the world and to humanity.

AI Impact Summit 2026, PM Modi said, we are a natural centre for affordable and scalable solutions. We have diversity, a young population, and a strong democracy. Models built here can grow and expand easily. We should design and develop in India and deliver to the world.

“India sees a strong future in AI. We have the talent, energy capacity, and policy clarity. I am pleased to inform you all that at this summit, three Indian companies have launched their AI models and apps. These models showcase the talent of our youth...I invite you all to design and develop in India, deliver to the world, humanity…” PM Modi said at the AI Impact Summit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said there is a need for a resolve to develop AI as a global common good. “We need to build global standards. Deep fakes, fabricated content leading to disturbances in the civil society. Authenticity labels are a must in the digital world so that people can distinguish between original and AI content,” said Modi in his inaugural address at the AI Impact summit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "For AI, humans are just data points. To ensure that humans are not reduced to mere raw material, AI must be democratised. It must be made a medium for inclusion and empowerment, especially in the Global South. We must give AI an open sky and also keep the command in our hands, like GPS. GPS shows us the way, but the final call on which direction we should go is ours. The direction in which we take AI today will determine our future."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said AI should not become a  monopoly but a multiplier. "This is India's  human vision for the AI-led 21st century world," he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "We are the largest tech talent pool and biggest tech enabled ecosystem."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the ongoing AI Impact summit is the largest and historical AI summit. "India builds new tech and adopts them with unprecedented speed," Modi said in his inaugural address. PM Modi said the presence of the young generation in the Summit instills new confidence.

French President Emmanuel Macron today said that India has proved the world wrong in digital adoption. “Ten years ago the world told India that 1.4 billion cannot be brought under the digital economy, but India proved them wrong," he said during the inaugural ceremony of the AI Impact Summit. 

"Strong partnerships are needed for new AI solutions. We do believe in innovation and we do believe in a better place and a better world. The old world said you compete or lose, the new world says connect or fall behind," he said.

The message of this summit is simple. Real impact means technology that improves lives and protects the planet. So let's build AI for everyone with dignity as the default setting," said U.N. Secretary General António Guterres.

A digital identity has been built for 1.4 billion citizens, 500 million digital health IDs have been issued, said French President Emmanuel Macron.

"Last year when France and India co-hosted the AI Action Summit in Paris, we set a global guiding principle for technologies that would transform our societies and our economies. We say that AI will be an enabler for our humanity to innovate faster, to disrupt healthcare, energy, mobility, agriculture, and public services for the good of mankind. Both of us, we do believe in this revolution. AI has become a major field of strategic competition, and big tech got even bigger," said French President Emmanuel Macron.

"As a sign of our commitment, we just this week opened an office in Bengaluru and hired Irina Ghose, who has spent three decades building businesses in India, as our managing director for Anthropic India. We've also announced partnerships with major Indian enterprises this week, including Infosys and others," said CEO of Anthropic, Dario Amodei.

Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI, said, “India is already leading the way in AI adoption, and with its talent, ambition, and strong government support, it is well placed to help shape its future. Through OpenAI for India and our partnership with Tata Group, we’re working together to build the infrastructure, skills, and local partnerships needed to build AI with India, for India, and in India, so that more people across the country can access and benefit from it.”

Tata Group, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and OpenAI have announced a multi-dimensional strategic partnership that will drive AI-powered innovation across enterprise, consumer, and social sectors. This partnership spans multiple high-impact areas, including powering AI-led innovation across Tata Group companies, joint efforts to drive AI transformation across industries globally, and setting up AI infrastructure.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai today said there is a need for bold  thinking to tackle more problems across health,  education, economic opportunity, and more. "Technology brings incredible benefits but we must ensure everyone has access to them," he said at the opening ceremony of the AI Impact Summit.

Sundar Pichai said that Demis Hassabis and his team at Google DeepMind asked a bold question: how can AI be used to solve this problem? That question led to the creation of AlphaFold.

He said the breakthrough did more than win a Nobel Prize. It reduced decades of scientific research into a database that is now open to everyone. Today, more than 3 million researchers in over 190 countries use it to work on malaria vaccines, fight antibiotic resistance, and support many other projects.

Pichai added that Google is continuing to ask big questions across the scientific field. This includes mapping DNA disease markers and building AI agents that can work as true partners in scientific research. He also said it is important to use the same bold approach to solve problems in regions that have had limited access to technology. As an example, he mentioned El Salvador, where Google has partnered with the government to provide affordable AI solutions.

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “Through a public-private partnership we are offering access to 38,000 GPUs at affordable rates, with 20,000 more to be added. The fourth layer is infrastructure, supported by talent and trusted policies, with a policy shift to bring global data to India for processing and high-value services, expecting major data centre investments. The fifth layer is energy, with over 50% of the country’s power generation capacity coming from clean and renewable sources.”

AI is foundational technology, said Tata Group Chairperson N. Chandrasekaran, adding that the group will build agentic industry solutions following all industries. "It is not  artificial intelligence, it is real intelligence. AI is the infrastructure of Intelligence. Our vision should be to make AI work for every individual and citizens in the country. That's the vision we should work for. We are adopting AI in the Tata Group across the stack. Tata Group has established an AI optimised data centre," he said at the opening ceremony of the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi.

“India Working Across All Layers of the Five-Stack 2026. AI is a foundational tech. It is already transforming how we work, learn, and make decisions. That is why we are working on all layers of the five stack,” he said

"Over the past few years, under our Prime Minister's vision, India has treated AI as a strategic national capability, aligning the full stack from chips to systems to energy to applications. Through Semicon India, an India AI mission and most importantly, the recent reforms such as the Shanti Act for clean energy. We are building AI at scale with trust, resilience and long-term competitiveness," said Chandrasekaran.

Tata Consultancy Services has secured OpenAI as the first customer for its data-centre business, with the ChatGPT maker set to use about 100 MW of capacity as part of the global Stargate AI infrastructure push. The deal marks a boost for TCS’s expanding AI infrastructure ambitions, where the company has outlined plans to invest up to $7 billion to build large-scale data-centre capacity in India, while the Tata Group separately plans to roll out ChatGPT Enterprise across its workforce over the coming years.

We expect large investments in data centres today. We have reformed the nuclear energy sector.

The year 2026 is a turning point for artificial intelligence in many ways. We are now entering a phase where AI systems can improve themselves again and again, said Meta’s Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang on Thursday.

“We are at the beginning of a real acceleration in technology,” Wang said during a conversation with former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The discussion took place on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.

Wang explained that from 2018 to 2024, the AI industry was mainly focused on what is known as the pre-training phase. During this time, progress followed a steady and predictable pattern. As companies invested more resources like data, computing power, and money, the performance of AI models improved.

“It had clear characteristics where the more resources you put in, the more results you would get,” he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said India would like to invite the whole world’s data to reside in India. In an interview with PTI, PM Modi said, “When we think of technology, we often focus on what is visible, such as applications, platforms and devices. But equally important are the foundational layers that make all such things possible. Data centres are one such critical layer.” 

“The importance of this becomes even more apparent when we look at the domain of artificial intelligence. AI needs computing power and data centre infrastructure. By expanding capacity today, we are laying the foundations for a thriving Indian AI ecosystem,” he added. 

“Recognising this potential, major investments have already been announced in this space by international and Indian companies in the recent past. The tax incentives announced in the Budget are designed to accelerate investment in this space, lower the cost of building advanced facilities and position India as a globally competitive destination for data infrastructure. The result of this, too, will be a massive number of jobs for our youth! We invite the whole world’s data to reside in India!,” he said.

US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor held a meeting with the top US tech companies on the sidelines of the AI summit in New Delhi on Wednesday. Gor met the CEOs and executives of over fifty companies. “Great conversation with CEO’s and executives from 50+ companies, including Adobe, Microsoft, Amazon, Master Card, General Catalyst, Lockheed Martin and Boeing. We focused on U.S. leadership in AI, emerging technologies, and innovation. The Global AI summit in New Delhi is underway in full force,” Gor said in a post on ‘X’ on Wednesday.

Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer of Google and Alphabet Inc., met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital during his visit for the India AI Impact Summit 2026, underscoring the growing strategic importance of artificial intelligence in bilateral and global engagements. Pichai, who will deliver the keynote address on February 20, said in a post on X that it was “nice to be back in India” and thanked organisers for the warm welcome. The summit is being hosted at Bharat Mandapam from February 16 to 20.

Even as India’s capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI) are gaining global attention during the ongoing India–AI Impact Summit 2026, experts caution against the monopolistic tendencies that could hinder the digital sovereignty within the country’s emerging AI ecosystem. The concern is that the strengths of domestic AI start-ups are more predominant in the downstream side of AI ecosystem where AI models are deployed for sector specific applications through model fine-tuning while the upstream data layer is primarily dominated by fewer global players.

OpenAI has announced that it is opening two new offices in India in Mumbai and Bengaluru later in the year. The ChatGPT maker already has its prescence in New Delhi with the office that it had opened last year.

“India is already leading the way in AI adoption, and with its homegrown tech talent, optimism about what AI can do for the country, and strong government support, it is well placed to help shape its future and how democratic AI is adopted at scale" OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

"Through OpenAI for India, we're working together to build the infrastructure, skills, and local partnerships needed to build AI with India, for India, and in India.” he added.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will no longer deliver his scheduled keynote at the India AI Impact Summit, according to a post by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s India office on X.

The foundation said the decision was taken “after careful consideration” to keep the focus on the summit’s key priorities, adding that it remains committed to its work in India. Ankur Vora, president for the foundation’s Africa and India offices, is expected to represent the organisation and speak at the event instead.

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet Inc., on Wednesday announced the India-America Connect Initiative, aimed at strengthening artificial intelligence connectivity between the two countries through new undersea cable routes and digital infrastructure investments. Speaking at a Google event in New Delhi, Pichai said the initiative will establish new subsea cable connections linking India, the United States and locations across the southern hemisphere. The move is intended to support rising demand for AI infrastructure, faster data flows and more reliable global connectivity.