OpenAI Sam Altman plans India visit, may join Sundar Pichai, Alexandr Wang, Jensen Huang, Demis Hassabis, Cristiano Amon and other tech leaders for India AI summit

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman is reportedly planning a high-profile visit to New Delhi this February. The trip will be Altman’s first in nearly a year and it coincides with the India AI Impact Summit 2026, an event scheduled for February 16-20 in the National Captial that will witness the participation from the biggest world tech and AI leaders, including Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis, Meta’s chief AI officer Alexandr Wang and more.According to a report by TechCrunch, Altman is not yet listed as an official speaker on the summit’s public roster but the company is said to be organising exclusive, closed-door meetings on the sidelines. The publication also claims that there might be a standalone OpenAI event on February 19.

Meanwhile, Anthropic is hosting a developers’ day in Bengaluru on February 16, the report said, and Nvidia is said to be holding an event in New Delhi during the summit week.

List of global AI and tech CEOs who are attending India AI Impact Summit 2026

The India AI Impact Summit, scheduled for February 16–20, has secured a commitment from a staggering array of global tech leadership. The attendee list reads like a global power map of the AI era:

Indian Titans including Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Sunil Bharti Mittal, K Krithivasan (TCL), Nandan Nilekani, N Chandrasekaran, and others.Recently, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw signaled that the summit may unlock up to $100 billion in investments, even as the government pushes startups to build smaller, localized models to reduce reliance on US systems. He met with Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind) on the sidelines of World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos.“Met Mr. Demis Hassabis, CEO & Co‑founder, Google DeepMind and Mr. Chris Lehane, Chief Global Affairs Officer, OpenAI, at WEF, Davos. Discussed India’s growing role in shaping AI for global good. Encouraged active participation in the AI Impact Summit, to be held in New Delhi in February, 2026,” he said.“Great to meet you Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw. Really enjoyed our discussion on AI’s incredible potential to benefit humanity & India’s important role in realising this – looking forward to continuing our conversation at the Summit!” Hassabis said.