Inside India's AI Impact Summit: 300+ exhibitors, 500 sessions, 250K visitors, billions in investment, and entrepreneurs touting solutions to real-world issues
The event promised to be a global coming-out party for India's artificial intelligence aspirations.
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@madhavchanchani
Madhav Chanchani
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That awkward moment when Sam Altman and Darioi Amodei refused to hold hands 😂 Instead they raised their fists 🥊
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@ani
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#WATCH | Delhi | Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with global tech leaders including the CEO of Google and Alphabet, Sundar Pichai, CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, Alexandr Wang, Chief AI Officer of Meta, CEO of Anthropic, Dario Amodei pose for a group photograph at the India AI [v…
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@himanshiet
Himanshi Lohchab
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Three BIG announcements by Mukesh Ambani at the AI Impact Summit: 1) Jio will now connect India to the intelligence era. India cannot afford to rent intelligence. Therefore, we will reduce the cost of intelligence as dramatically as we did the cost of data. 2) Jio & Reliance
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@sundarpichai
Sundar Pichai
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At the AI impact summit our message is clear: we believe India is going to have an extraordinary trajectory with AI, and we want to be a partner. To help, we have launched new America-India Connect subsea cable routes building on our $15B investment in India's infrastructure, in…
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@siddharthb_
Siddharth Bhatia
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When AGI? The day Dario and Sam hold hands. [video]
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geopolitics is easier than getting sam altman and dario to hold hands [image]
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@ns123abc
Nik
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🚨 BREAKING: Anthropic CEO REFUSES to hold Sam Altman's hand > be me > watching India AI Impact Summit 2026 > Modi standing in the center > Sundar Pichai next to Alexander Wang > Dario Amodei standing RIGHT next to Sam Altman > CORTISOL HIGH > The “Unity Raise” begins > Modi [vide…
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@pitdesi
Sheel Mohnot
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LOL at Sam and Dario not holding hands [video]
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@indianidle
Ivan Mehta
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They put Sam and Dario next to each other lol [image]
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@hopes_revenge
@hopes_revenge
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Sam Altman's favorite movie is Her . Dario's favorite movie is Bee Movie . both odd choices
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@autismcapital
@autismcapital
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🚨 NEW: Sam Altman and Dario Amodei refuse to hold hands at the AI Impact Summit 2026 in Delhi 😂 😂 😂 [video]
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@trendulkar
@trendulkar
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Sam Altman and Dario Amodei didn't hold hands. Dario was a senior research leader at OpenAI before leaving in 2021 to start Anthropic, over differences around safety, governance, and commercialization pace. 👀 [image]
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@sidhant
Sidhant Sibal
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Sam Altman & Dario Amodei made sure that hands did not touch at Delhi AI summit [image]
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@himanshustwts
Himanshu
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modi ji tried most indian thing to unite sam and dario but it didn't work. [image]
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@yuchenj_uw
Yuchen Jin
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This is so hilarious. Nothing can make Sam and Dario hold hands, not even the Prime Minister of India! [video]
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@shona
Shona Ghosh
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Love this attempt at injecting some Indian masculinity into proceedings (South Asian dudes love holding hands) [embedded post]
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@princearihan
Savio Rodrigues
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Bill Gates must not get a platform at the India AI Impact Summit. He is not a friend of India.
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@marionawfal
Mario Nawfal
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Bill Gates pulled out of India's AI Summit hours before his keynote. Jensen Huang also canceled. The official excuse? “To ensure focus remains on the summit's key priorities.” The real context? DOJ just released emails showing Gates met repeatedly with Epstein after his [image]
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@marionawfal
Mario Nawfal
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🇺🇸Epstein emailed Bill Gates' senior scientific advisor Boris Nikolic asking him to set up a meeting with the “DARPA lady” in New York... Aka the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for the U.S. government. FILE SOURCE: EFTA00776946 [image]
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@priyankac19
Priyanka Chaturvedi
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What a shameful way to sum up Bill Gates absence at the AI summit. Its not a blow on the summit but a blow to those in power who can brazen it out despite lack of moral character as emerged in Epstein Files. What a fall @Reuters ! Do better and for a change stand for the women
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@dominicervolina.com
Dom Ervolina
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And nothing of value has been lost [image]
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Bill Gates pulls out of India's AI summit over Epstein files controversy
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Bill Gates pulls out of India's AI summit over Epstein files controversy