India AI Summit 2026 Live:

India’s sovereign push gathers pace as local firms roll out AI models

India’s push for sovereign AI took concrete shape on Tuesday as BharatGen, Gnani.ai and Sarvam unveiled new models spanning language, voice and real-world interfaces, signalling a shift from being a user of global artificial intelligence tools to building domestic AI infrastructure aimed at government services, healthcare, education and agriculture at population scale.

India’s sovereign push gathers pace as local firms roll out AI models

India’s AI Summit showcases BharatGen, Gnani.ai, and Sarvam’s innovative models, advancing the country’s sovereign AI ambitions across multiple sectors.

Qualcomm showcases humanoid robotics at AI Impact Summit

Qualcomm on Tuesday showcased its robotics technologies, including humanoid systems, at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, at Bharat Mandapam in the national capital. Qualcomm’s Marketing Lead for Robots and Automotive, Shrestha Jain said the company’s Robotics System is designed to accelerate the deployment of physical AI across a wide range of environments, from household robots to industrial autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and full-size humanoids.

Qualcomm showcases humanoid robotics at AI Impact Summit

Qualcomm unveils advanced humanoid robotics at the AI Impact Summit, aiming to enhance physical AI deployment across various environments.

India gets first private-sector helicopter final assembly line

India gets first private-sector helicopter final assembly line

India inaugurates its first private helicopter assembly line, enhancing local manufacturing for civil and military Airbus H125 choppers.

Ambani, Adani scout engineers turning AI Summit into jobs fair

India’s two largest conglomerates are using the ongoing India AI summit as a recruiting ground to scout and handpick young engineers, as the race to build AI tools and applications has intensified in the country with global players ramping up investments.

Executives from Reliance Industries Ltd. and the Adani Group are hunting for talent as applicants line up with their resumes and GitHub profiles to show off their projects.

It is a great place to find talent, said Priyanshi Bavishi, a marketing executive at AdaniConnex Pvt. Ltd. “Industry is still niche, so the qualified people have great prospects.”

The week-long summit has some of the most influential leaders from the tech world, like Alphabet Inc’s Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman from OpenAI Inc. delivering lectures. French President Emmanuel Macron will deliver the keynote. – Bloomberg

Encourage children to be creators, not just consumers of AI: Official

India’s AI framework and guardrails should ensure that Indian children are not just users of AI but also creators of it, said Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, at the AI Impact Summit on Monday. 

Speaking as part of the panel on AI and Children: Turning Principles into Practice for Safe, Inclusive, and Empowering AI, Sood noted that it was the policymakers’ responsibility to ensure that children are protected from AI while benefitting from it.

Over $200 billion AI investment expected in 2 years: Vaishnaw

India is expecting more than $200 billion in investments over the next two years, Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday at the India AI Impact Summit, highlighting strong global interest in the country’s AI and deep tech ecosystem.

“There are two types of interest. The first type is investment. There is an expectation of more than 200 billion dollars in investment over the next two years. The second type is deep tech funding by VC. And the third type is India’s innovativeness and India’s digital public infrastructure,” Vaishnaw told ANI on the sidelines of the Summit at Bharat Mandapam in the national capital.

Elaborating on the role of technology frameworks in driving adoption, he added, “Because of the digital public infrastructure, there is a very good technology framework under the leadership of the Prime Minister. Because of this framework, the diffusion of AI in India can be accelerated. This is what everyone believes.” – ANI

AI has the potential to wipe out Indian IT services and BPO sector by 2030: Vinod Khosla

AI has the potential to wipe out Indian IT services and BPO sector by 2030: Vinod Khosla

Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla warns that AI could eliminate India’s IT and BPO sectors by 2030, urging adaptation.

AI will not kill jobs but will unbundle them; Next 3 years to see 1000x growth: Microsoft India’s Puneet Chandok

AI will not kill jobs but will unbundle them; Next 3 years to see 1000x growth: Microsoft India’s Puneet Chandok

Puneet Chandok, President of Microsoft India and South Asia, on Monday said Artificial Intelligence models are improving at an unprecedented pace and predicted exponential growth in the sector over the next three years.

Galgotias asked to leave AI Summit after showing Chinese robot as its own

Private university Galgotias has been asked to vacate its stall at the AI Impact Summit after a controversy over display of a made-in-China robotic dog as its own innovation.

Following the controversy, IT Secretary S Krishnan said the government does not want any exhibitor to showcase items that are not their own.

“We do not want such exhibits to continue,” he said, after organisers asked Galgotias University to vacate its stall.

Army had used AI tool to anticipate Chinese aggression in Arunachal: Lt Gen Rana

Army had used AI tool to anticipate Chinese aggression in Arunachal: Lt Gen Rana

India’s Army leverages AI to counter Chinese aggression and enhance national security, showcasing innovative technologies at the AI Summit.