Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Google CEO Sundar Pichai at the AI Action Summit, which is currently underway in Paris. While highlighting India’s AI progress, Modi sent a clear message to the world: Invest in the country’s AI future.
“India is making remarkable strides in AI, leveraging it for public good. We urge the world to come and invest in our nation and bet on our Yuva Shakti!” he wrote on X.
Pichai expressed his excitement about meeting the PM. He said they discussed AI’s potential in India and ways to work together on its digital transformation.
Besides co-chairing the summit with French President Emmanuel Macron, Modi also met with Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, US vice president JD Vance, and a few other AI leaders at the summit.
In his speech on Monday, he said, “AI is writing the code for humanity in this century." He also expressed his views on the values that shape a powerful and responsible AI system and discussed building quality datasets free from biases.
India will be hosting the next AI summit.
Modi reinforced the announcement made by IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw a few days ago, saying that “India is building its own AI model” and added that the country has the world’s largest AI talent pool.
The IndiaAI Compute Facility, which has acquired 18,000 GPUs, will lead India's initiative to build its AI models.Speaking at the Invest Karnataka 2025 inaugural event at Bangalore Palace on Monday, Union minister Rajnath Singh proclaimed, “Bengaluru will give India its first foundational artificial intelligence model.” The announcement underscores the city’s growing role as a leader in the next wave of technological innovation.
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