New Delhi [India], February 23: When India opened Bharat Mandapam for the India AI Impact Summit 2026, the message was scale: more than 3,250 speakers across hundreds of sessions from February 16 to 20, delegations from 100+ countries, and twenty world leaders in attendance.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision on Artificial Intelligence, while noting the excitement regarding the technology in India.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday as "great" and highlighted the remarkable momentum of artificial intelligence adoption in India as the country hosts the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in the national capital.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, noted that the nation possesses the necessary elements for significant growth. "India has all the ingredients to be a full-stack AI leader," Altman said. He further remarked, "This will be one of the biggest markets for AI in the world, and I think India will ha
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a bilateral meeting with Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit in the national capital.
In 2021, Amodei left OpenAI over reported disagreements and soon after, co-founded Anthropic, positioning it as a safety-focused alternative in the AI race.
"India, the world's largest democracy, is well-positioned to lead in AI, not just to build it, but to shape it and decide what our future's going to look like. And it's important to move quickly. On our current trajectory, we believe we may be only a couple of years away from early versio
"It is amazing to be here, obviously the work happening in India and the adoption of AI is leading the world, and I can't wait to see what goes next," Altman told ANI.
PM Modi joined world leaders and tech titans, including Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman, for a historic "family photo" at Bharat Mandapam. This group photograph at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 served as a powerful prelude to high-level global deliberations on the future of human-centric t
The OpenAI CEO further said that he wil be in India next week and they "will soon be announcing new ways of partnering with the Indian government to put access to AI and its benefits within reach for more people across the country."