Dominant AI ecosystem gamers Nvidia, Google and OpenAI are amongst 400 exhibitors who will take part on the five-day-long India AI Affect Expo 2026, a senior authorities official mentioned on Thursday.
Software program Know-how Parks of India (STPI), Director Common, Arvind Kumar, instructed PTI that the expo will function a matchmaking for AI ecosystem gamers, the place Indian innovators may even showcase their potential.
“Main AI ecosystem gamers, together with NVIDIA, Google, and OpenAI, can be amongst 400 exhibitors on the India AI Affect Expo. Their high executives have additionally confirmed their participation. They may even maintain conferences with Indian firms,” he mentioned.
Kumar mentioned over 100 nations have confirmed participation within the summit, which incorporates 50 ministerial-level delegations.
He mentioned that the preparation for the India AI Affect Summit and Expo began instantly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced the internet hosting of the subsequent AI summit in India.
“Now we have began work on the expo. The complete summit, comprising the expo, can be held between February sixteenth and twentieth. Nearly all of the expertise firms within the nation are collaborating on this. Many authorities departments and ministries may even take part in it,” he mentioned.
The expo can be held in an space of about 75,000 sq. metres in Pragati Maidan.
Kumar mentioned the expo may even host classes to attach start-ups with buyers.
Round 700 classes are deliberate throughout 5 days for dialogue on AI and its affect.
The India AI Affect Summit can be structured round three core pillars — Individuals, Planet and Progress and discussions will concentrate on employment and skilling, sustainable and energy-efficient AI, and financial in addition to social improvement.
It has seven thematic working teams, co-chaired by representatives from the World North and World South, that may current concrete deliverables, together with proposals for AI Commons, trusted AI instruments, shared compute infrastructure and sector-specific compendiums of AI use instances.
Printed on February 12, 2026
