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AI tech elephantine Nvidia, which makes the graphics processing units (GPUs) that tally AI models, and ChatGPT shaper OpenAI, announced partnerships with Indian manufacture and academia connected Wednesday (February 18, 2026), during the AI Impact Summit. The erstwhile volition enactment with 3 firms — Yotta (which runs information centres), L&T, and E2E Networks. The second has signed connected with aggregate universities with a presumption to “strengthening AI usage among students”.
India AI Summit 2026, February 17 updates
“India’s AI unreality infrastructure volition big workloads arsenic good arsenic manufacture quality for exemplary training, fine-tuning and high‑scale inference,” Nvidia said successful a statement. “Capacity wrong these information centers volition beryllium reserved for exemplary builders, startups, researchers and enterprises to build, fine-tune and deploy AI successful India.” The steadfast volition supply Indian partners with entree to Nemotron and NeMo, the erstwhile being a household of unfastened root LLMs and the second a bundle suite for managing AI agents.
OpenAI has partnered aggregate higher acquisition institutes, namely IIT-Delhi, IIM-Ahmedabad, AIIMS New Delhi, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, and Pearl Academy. OpenAI India’s caput of acquisition Raghav Gupta said “By embedding AI tools, training, and probe into the halfway infrastructure of schools and universities they tin equip students with the skills needed to thrive successful a satellite with AI.”
One lakh students and unit volition payment from the partnership, OpenAI said. “To grow AI capabilities beyond campuses and into the broader skilling ecosystem, OpenAI is besides collaborating with starring ed-tech platforms including PhysicsWallah, upGrad, and HCL GUVI,” the steadfast said.
“These platforms volition motorboat structured courses focused connected AI fundamentals and applicable ChatGPT usage cases, targeting students and early-career professionals seeking industry-ready skills. This complementary pathway ensures that AI fluency is not confined to prime institutions but scaled crossed India’s rapidly increasing learner base,” it added.
