India AI Summit draws $250B infrastructure commitments, $20B VC investments in deeptech

India’s AI Impact Summit has secured investment commitments of over $250 billion in infrastructure and already garnered support from 70 countries for the proposed Delhi Declaration, said Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, calling the event a “grand success.”

Vaishnaw said the summit saw participation from over 5 lakh visitors, reflecting strong domestic and global engagement with India’s AI push.

He added that the number of countries signing the Delhi Declaration is expected to cross 80 by the time the summit concludes on Saturday. While the minister did not provide details of the summit, slated to be unveiled on Saturday, sources said the US is also on board.

The Delhi Declaration aims to foster safe, inclusive, and development-driven AI.

Vaishnaw said the summit saw strong global backing, with 70 countries already signing the proposed Delhi Declaration. The number of signatories is expected to cross 80 by the time the event concludes on Saturday, he added.

“There is a huge consensus on the declaration, we just want to maximise the numbers, given the size of the summit that has happened,” he said, adding that full details of the Delhi Declaration would be shared transparently.

He also said the event had overwhelming public support.

The India AI Impact Summit brought together global policymakers, industry leaders, and technology experts, positioning India as a key player in shaping international AI governance and infrastructure development.

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“More than 5 lakh visitors participated in the exhibition, learnt a lot, and interacted with many experts from around the world. We had practically every major AI player in the world participating in large numbers. We had so many startups getting the opportunity to showcase their work. Overall the quality of discussion was phenomenal,” Vaishnaw said.

Be it the ministerial dialogue, the leaders’ plenary, the main inauguration function, or the summit overall, the quality of participation and dialog was phenomenal, Vaishnaw pointed out.

“…everybody felt happy that we have brought the discussion about responsible and ethical AI to the forefront,” he said.

The investment pledged has crossed $250 billion for infra-related investments and about $20 billion for VC deeptech investments, which have been committed by investors, Vaishnaw said, noting that the numbers are important, but what is also important is the world has confidence in India’s role in the new AI age.

The minister said the summit saw strong endorsement from participants on India’s policy of working on all five layers of the AI stack, and the sovereign bouquet of AI models were lauded by captains of the global tech industry.

“They are really surprised at the quality of output with such few resources… with such frugal resources, our engineers and researchers have produced such good models, which is what gives huge, huge endorsement to our efforts,” the minister said.

Global majors like NVIDIA and OpenAI announced a string of partnerships with Indian companies. L&T and NVIDIA are teaming up to build gigawatt-scale AI factory, while Tata Group and TCS are partnering with OpenAI for AI-led solutions.

Meanwhile, Indian startup Sarvam AI said it has trained a 30-billion-parameter model and a 105-billion-parameter model from scratch, using a mixture-of-experts architecture to balance scale and efficiency.

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