India AI Impact Summit 2026: What it is, who’s coming, and why it matters

 The India AI Impact Summit 2026, scheduled for February 16-20 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, is the first global AI summit hosted in the Global South. Google’s Sundar Pichai, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei are among the confirmed attendees. The five-day programme is built around three ‘Sutras’—People, Planet, Progress—and seven working groups called ‘Chakras’ covering AI safety, skilling, inclusion, and economic growth. The India AI Impact Summit 2026, scheduled for February 16-20 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, is the first global AI summit hosted in the Global South. Google’s Sundar Pichai, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei are among the confirmed attendees. The five-day programme is built around three ‘Sutras’—People, Planet, Progress—and seven working groups called ‘Chakras’ covering AI safety, skilling, inclusion, and economic growth.