Global tech giants to gather in Delhi for India AI Summit 2026

India will host its first-ever AI summit next week, as the India AI Summit 2026 takes place at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, from February 16 to February 20. The five-day event aims to turn AI policy, research, industry and public engagement into development outcomes aligned with the IndiaAI mission and Digital India Initiative.

CEOs from almost every major tech company are expected to attend, with Google’s Sundar Pichai, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and NVIDIA’s Jemsen Huang already confirmed to participate. They will be joined by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and President Brad Smith, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayan, Accenture CEO Julie Sweet, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon, and Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora. Prominent AI figures like Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch, and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis will also be present. Also on the guest list are former Meta Chief Scientists and AMI Labs founder Yann Lecun and Yoshua Bengio, widely regarded as AI godfathers.

Indian leaders slated to attend include Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, Tata Sons chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, TCS CEO K. Krithivasan, Infosys CEO Salil Parekh, and HCL Tech chairperson Roshni Nadar Malhotra. The gathering underscores India’s ambition to shape global AI discourse while highlighting the country’s leadership in policy, ethics, and human-centered AI development.

Officials say the summit will translate global AI conversations into tangible development outcomes, reinforcing the IndiaAI mission and Digital India goals. The event reflects a broader push to align AI progress with national priorities and public engagement, setting the stage for ongoing collaboration between industry, government, and researchers.

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