New Delhi: Open AI’s Sam Altman is among 35-40 CEOs Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to meet at next week’s AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.
Altman apart, Airtel’s Sunil Bharti Mittal, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekharan, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, top officials of Microsoft, Netflix, Zoom and Amazon will discuss their India investment plans, AI strategy and roadmap, employment generation potential, and collaboration with the government on AI adoption, NDTV reported quoting sources.
Microsoft announced a staggering $17.5 billion (Rs 1.5 lakh crore) investment in India last December — the US tech giant’s largest-ever commitment in Asia — over four years to expand AI infrastructure, deepen cloud capacity and train millions in advanced digital skills.
India could attract investment commitments worth around $100 billion during the upcoming AI Summit.
Leaders from 20 countries are expected to attend the summit at the invitation of PM Modi. They include Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Emmanuel Macron, Pedro Sanchez, as well as leaders from Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, the UAE, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
Ministerial delegations from over 45 countries, the UN Secretary General, and senior officials from several international organisations will also attend the summit.
The five-day AI Summit will be spread across several landmark venues in the national Capital, including Bharat Mandapam and Sushma Swaraj Bhawan.
