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India looks to thrust statement among planetary leaders connected the due and ethical usage of AI, truthful that the exertion tin beryllium harnessed for the payment of humanity portion containing harms arising retired of its improper use, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026).
The Minister said India expects to spot investments to the tune of $200 cardinal successful the adjacent 2 years crossed 5 layers of the Artificial Intelligence stack.
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The committedness of VCs successful deep-tech startups is visible, helium said, exuding assurance that 50 deep-techs volition look from India successful the coming years.
In the adjacent 1 week, the authorities volition beryllium placing an bid for 20,000 GPUs with deployments taking spot successful the adjacent six months, helium said, adding that a bigger IndiaAI Mission is besides successful the works.
“We’ll person the acme wherever we volition effort to make a statement among the planetary leaders astir good, due and close usage of AI truthful Artificial Intelligence tin beryllium utilized for the payment of humanity and portion we tin incorporate the harms which whitethorn travel from improper use,” Mr. Vaishnaw said.
India has created a operation akin to DPI arsenic portion of its India AI mission.
“We are expecting different 20,000 GPUs implicit and supra the 38,000 GPUs that we already person successful the communal compute layer. In different 1 week, we volition beryllium placing orders for different 20,000 GPUs, and they volition beryllium deployed wrong the adjacent six months,” the curate said astatine a briefing connected India AI Impact Summit.
The authorities is perpetually endeavouring to supply high-quality resources to startups, researchers and students, helium added.
“...our authorities is focused connected keeping exertion accessible to the full ample conception of radical who would similar to usage it,” Mr. Vaishnaw said.
