India hosting global artificial intelligence summit

French President Emmanuel Macron, Brazil’s Lula, and the CEOs of Google and ChatGPT are participating

India is hosting twenty world leaders, including France’s Emmanuel Macron and Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and an array of technology company heads for a global artificial intelligence summit that begins on Monday.

Macron and Lula will be joined by Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman of OpenAI for the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi.

Macron is scheduled to arrive in India for his fourth visit to the country later on Monday, while his Brazilian counterpart is expected on Wednesday. 

India is laying the foundations for a thriving AI ecosystem, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.

“The theme of the summit is ... ⁠welfare for all, happiness for all, reflecting our shared commitment to harnessing Artificial Intelligence for human-centric progress,” Modi posted on X.

PM Modi Welcomes World Leaders, Industry Captains to AI Summit in Delhi

"The theme of the Summit is Sarvajana Hitaya, Sarvajana Sukhaya or welfare for all, happiness for all, reflecting our shared commitment to harnessing Artificial Intelligence for human-centric progress," the… pic.twitter.com/HIt6uyPGNT

— RT_India (@RT_India_news) February 16, 2026

Modi and Macron will also inaugurate the India-France Year of Innovation 2026 celebrations in Mumbai on Tuesday.

Maxim Oreshkin, an economic aide to President Vladimir Putin, will lead the Russian delegation for the AI summit in New Delhi.

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The summit is expected to host over 250,000 visitors and 45 ministerial-level delegations. The India AI Impact Expo 2026 will run until February 20 alongside the summit. 

Major tech companies, including Google, Microsoft  and Amazon, have already committed a combined $68 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure investment in India up to 2030, according to reports.

The New Delhi summit also takes on significance in light of the accelerating pace of global AI adoption that is reportedly threatening jobs in India’s IT sector.