In a development that has taken many people looking forward to attending the AI Impact summit in India by surprise, Nvidia has just put out a a statement declaring that the company CEO, Jensen Huang will not be travelling to India next week for a India AI Impact Summit.
Listed on the official government website for the event as one of the attendees till late last night, Huang was expected to be one of the biggest attractions at the summit, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.
The upcoming AI impact summit is said to be the biggest conglomeration of the global technology industry, entrepreneurs and political leaders on the subject of Artificial Intelligence.
While Huang was due to address the media in New Delhi on Wednesday, the company’s media agency in India, MSL, said in an email that he would not be traveling due to “unforseen circumstances.”
AI Impact Summit 2026: Global leaders expected at the event
The upcoming event is set to witness a rare assembly of over 20 heads of state, 50+ international ministers, and some of the world’s most powerful tech CEOs who will converge to discuss the summit’s three foundational pillars—the “Three Sutras”: People, Planet, and Progress.
Some of the major tech leaders set to participate in the event include Sundar Pichai representing Google & Alphabet, Sam Altman (OpenAI), Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind), Brad Smith (Microsoft), Cristiano Amon (Qualcomm), and Bill Gates (Gates Foundation)
Alongside major voices in the evolving tech-ecosystem, a host of political leaders, scientists and technology ministers from some of the world’s most important economies are also expected to attend the event on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation. A list containing names of some of the expected international attendees have been posted below.
1. Bhutan – Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister
2. Bolivia – Edmand Lara Montano, Vice President
3. Brazil – Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President
4. Croatia – Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister
5. Estonia – Alar Karis, President
6. Finland – Petteri Orpo, Prime Minister
7. France – Emmanuel Macron, President
8. Greece – Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister
9. Guyana – Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President
10. Kazakhstan – Olzhas Bektenov, Prime Minister
11. Liechtenstein –Hereditary Prince Alois, Hereditary Prince of the Principality of Liechtenstein
12. Mauritius – Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam GCSK, FRCP, Prime Minister
13. Serbia – Aleksandar Vučić, President
14. Slovakia –Peter Pellegrini, President
15. Spain – Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, President
16. Sri Lanka – Anura Kumara Disanayaka, President
17. Seychelles – Sebastien Pillay, Vice President
18. Switzerland – Guy Parmelin, President
19. The Netherlands- Dick Schoof, Prime Minister
20. UAE – Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
In addition to the leaders mentioned above, ministerial delegations from over 45 countries are set to participate in the Summit. The list of attendees is also expected to include some-award winning researchers, and ‘Godfathers’ of AI.
Alongside global heads of state, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Senior Officials from several International Organizations like International Monetary Fund, World Economic Forum, International Labour Organization are also expected to join the deliberations.
Indian IT veterans expected at the event
In terms of Indian entrepreneurs, Mukesh Ambani (RIL), Natarajan Chandrasekaran (Tata Sons), Nandan Nilekani (Infosys), Sunil Bharti Mittal (Bharti enterprises), K. Krithivasan (TCS) Salil Parekh (Infosys), and Roshni Nadar Malhotra (HCLTech) are expected to participate in the event
Special Delegations from multiple foreign public and corporate entities are also expected to attend the first of its kind Summit in India. The USISPF is bringing its largest-ever delegation of over 120 senior executives, co-chaired by Shantanu Narayen (Adobe) and Raj Subramaniam (FedEx).
(With Inputs from Reuters)