Key Highlights
- The Summit will witness the participation from top tech and AI leaders across the world, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis, Meta’s chief AI officer Alexandr Wang and more alongside key Indian business figures like Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, per the summit’s website. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADAccording to the report by TechCrunch Altman is not listed as a confirmed leader attending the Summit, but OpenAI is separately planning to host closed-door meetings on the sidelines of the summit in New Delhi, where Altman is expected to be present. More from Tech AI at work: Why it’s helping the boss more than the rest of usImportance of global AI firms Meanwhile, Anthropic is hosting a developers’ day in Bengaluru on February 16, the report said and Nvidia is also set to hold an evening event in New Delhi during the summit week.
- The events will underscore the importance of global AI firms and their engagement in India’s enterprise customers, startup ecosystem, and developer community. India, the key growth for American AI companies Recently, the world tech and AI leaders gathered in The World Economic Forum in Davos, where they are discussing the importance of AI and how it will affect the human race.
- Altman’s visit also comes as India has emerged as a key growth market for American AI companies.
- In recent months, Anthropic announced an office in Bengaluru and named former Microsoft India managing director Irina Ghose as its local head, while Google and Perplexity have struck partnerships with Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, respectively, to bundle premium AI subscriptions for millions of telecom users. Focus on India OpenAI has been focusing to expand its presence in India, as the users in India are millions making it an active user country as ChatGPT recently made it free for Indians to witness free Go membership for one year.
- The company has been hiring in India for enterprise sales, technical deployment, and legal roles focused on AI regulation, listing openings in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. Quick ReadsView AllInstagram reportedly developing new paid subscription with creator toolsElon Musk warns AI could become smarter than humans in the next 5 yearsOpenAI is also looking at India as a potential base for infrastructure expansion, the sources said.
