The India AI Impact Summit 2026, hosted in New Delhi from February 16 to 21, concluded with a landmark agreement: 88 nations endorsed the New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact, signaling a collective commitment to ethical, inclusive, and equitable AI development. The declaration emphasizes principles such as data privacy, inclusive access, and international collaboration, marking a significant diplomatic milestone in global AI governance (timesofindia.indiatimes.com).
The summit, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, drew participation from major powers including the United States, China, and European Union members, as well as over 100 countries and numerous tech CEOs and heads of state (en.wikipedia.org). India’s role as a bridge between advanced and developing nations was underscored throughout the event (timesofindia.indiatimes.com).
Beyond the declaration, the summit catalyzed significant industry activity. Several multibillion-dollar deals were announced, involving major players such as OpenAI, Nvidia, Microsoft, TCS, and Adani, signaling a surge in investment and collaboration in AI across sectors (siliconrepublic.com).
The summit also served as a platform for unveiling new AI models and infrastructure commitments. Indian AI lab Sarvam introduced large language models with up to 105 billion parameters, along with text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and vision models, and debuted its first hardware product, the Kaze smartglasses (en.wikipedia.org). Additionally, the government-backed BharatGen Param2 model—a 17-billion parameter multimodal model supporting 22 Indian languages—was launched (en.wikipedia.org).
On the infrastructure front, India announced plans to expand its AI compute capacity by adding over 20,000 GPUs to its existing base of 38,000 under the IndiaAI Compute Portal (en.wikipedia.org). Microsoft pledged to invest US$50 billion by the end of the decade to extend AI access to lower-income countries (en.wikipedia.org).
The summit also achieved a Guinness World Record for the most pledges received for an AI responsibility campaign in 24 hours, collecting 250,946 valid pledges between February 16 and 17—far exceeding the initial target of 5,000 (en.wikipedia.org).
In sum, the India AI Impact Summit 2026 concluded with a rare convergence of diplomatic consensus, technological innovation, and infrastructure commitments. The New Delhi Declaration and accompanying announcements underscore a shift toward inclusive, responsible, and globally coordinated AI development.