Prime Minister Modi met Indian AI startups, praising India’s fast-growing ecosystem and urging ethical, inclusive innovation positioning India globally leadership.

• Startups highlighted rapid AI growth, vast potential, and a shifting innovation centre, saying India now offers a robust, enabling environment.

• Modi stressed AI’s societal transformation, announced India AI Impact Summit, and called startups co-architects with capacity for innovation and scale.

• He urged ethical, unbiased, transparent AI, strong data privacy, affordable inclusive models, global leadership, and promotion of local languages worldwide.