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Published – February 20, 2026 10:42 pm IST – NEW DELHI
Ashwini Vaishnaw said a ‘Delhi Declaration’ for AI among several countries will be unveiled on Saturday, February 21, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI
Calling the AI Impact Summit a “landmark moment for India’s global leadership in Artificial Intelligence”, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday (February 20, 2026) said the summit attracted $250 billion investments in AI infrastructure and saw more than five lakh visitors.
The summit ended on Friday, but the expo will remain open till Saturday (February 21, 2026).
Mr. Vaishnaw said the summit also got $20 billion in deep tech venture commitments. “Now we will take our IndiaAI Mission to the next level, where we will go to a totally new level of [large language] models, a new level of common compute, and a new level of safety,” he said.
Mr. Vaishnaw said a ‘Delhi Declaration’ for AI among several countries will be unveiled on Saturday (February 21, 2026). Over 70 countries have signed it, he said, adding that he hoped to surpass the tally achieved in Paris last year at the AI Action Summit. Ministerial delegations from some countries are still taking a call on signing the pact.
The Minister appeared to indicate that both the U.S. and China have signed the declaration. “All the major countries have already signed,” he said. “If you feel that somebody has not signed, you need not speculate on that. All the people who matter in AI, they have all signed.”
The summit was held at the sprawling Bharat Mandapam, with more than 500 individual sessions, and over 400 exhibitors with booths. It was held in India after similar summits in the U.K., Paris, and Seoul, and was publicised heavily, with hundreds of pre-summit events over the past few months.
The event was significantly oversubscribed, with attendees overwhelming organisers in the first few days, leading to logistical issues that eased up later in the week as attendance became more manageable.
Published – February 20, 2026 10:42 pm IST
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