OpenAI CEO Sam Altman commended India’s remarkable progress in Artificial Intelligence adoption, labeling it as one of the company’s fastest-growing markets globally. Speaking at the ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’ in New Delhi, Altman expressed enthusiasm about India’s AI potential, emphasizing the country’s rapid growth in this sector.
Altman highlighted that India has surpassed 100 million weekly users of ChatGPT, including students, teachers, developers, and entrepreneurs. He emphasized the significant scale and pace of AI adoption in India, underscoring the nation’s increasing significance in the global AI landscape.
During the summit, Altman unveiled the ‘OpenAI for India’ initiative, aimed at establishing infrastructure, enhancing skills, and fostering local collaborations to develop AI solutions tailored to India’s needs. The initiative seeks to create AI solutions in partnership with Indian entities, starting with the Tata Group, to democratize AI access and leverage its economic and societal advantages.
Through the global Stargate initiative, OpenAI and Tata Group will collaborate to establish AI-ready data center capacity in India. This partnership will see OpenAI as the inaugural customer of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) HyperVault data center business, with plans to scale up to 1 gigawatt in the future. Altman praised India’s tech talent, optimism towards AI, and government backing, positioning the country to lead in widespread AI adoption.
