Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level roundtable discussion with leading Indian artificial intelligence startups at his residence, underscoring the government’s focus on positioning India as a global AI powerhouse. The interaction brought together 12 startups that have qualified for the AI for ALL Global Impact Challenge, offering them a platform to showcase their innovations and discuss how AI can be leveraged to drive inclusive growth and large-scale societal impact.
The participating startups are working across a diverse range of advanced AI domains, including Indian language foundation models, multilingual large language models, speech-to-text and text-to-audio technologies, text-to-video solutions, and 3D generative AI for e-commerce. During the roundtable, founders and leaders presented their ideas, progress, and use cases, highlighting how their technologies are addressing real-world challenges while building globally competitive AI capabilities from India.
Emphasising the transformative potential of artificial intelligence, Prime Minister Modi highlighted India’s strengths in both innovation and large-scale implementation. He noted that the country has the capacity to develop a distinctive AI approach that reflects national priorities while remaining globally relevant. Articulating this vision, the Prime Minister said India should present a unique AI model to the world that embodies the spirit of “Made in India, Made for the World”. He also stressed that India is actively working to drive transformation across sectors by strategically leveraging AI technologies.
The roundtable comes at a pivotal moment, ahead of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, which is scheduled to be held in India next month. According to the Prime Minister, the upcoming summit will further strengthen India’s role in the global technology ecosystem and serve as a platform to showcase the country’s growing AI capabilities, policy direction, and collaborative potential.
The meeting was attended by leaders from prominent startups and organisations including Avataar, BharatGen, Fractal, Gan.AI, Genloop, gnani.ai, IntelliHealth, Sarvam, Shodh AI, Soket AI Labs, Tech Mahindra, and ZenteiQ.ai. Participants commended India’s strong policy push and institutional support for AI, while noting a visible shift in AI innovation and deployment towards India. Collectively, the discussions reflected growing confidence in India’s ability to shape the next phase of global AI development through responsible, scalable, and inclusive innovation.
