From Bill Gates to Sundar Pichai, who's joining PM Modi at AI Impact Summit 2026?

The AI Impact Summit in New Delhi will host leaders from at least 20 nations as well as the UN chief at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Several technology leaders are also expected to be present during the event which will run from Monday (February 16) through Friday (February 20).

The AI Impact Summit is expected to be the biggest edition ever. This will mark the fourth annual gathering of global leaders to discuss both the threats and opportunities associated with the rapid growth of artificial intelligence technology.

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The summit "will bring together global leaders, policymakers, innovators, and experts from across the world to deliberate on the way forward for AI", the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement, as reported by Hindustan Times.

World leaders coming to the summit

Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister, Bhutan

Edmand Lara Montano, Vice President, Bolivia

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President, Brazil

Andrej Plenkovic, Prime Minister, Croatia

Alar Karis, President, Estonia

Petteri Orpo, Prime Minister, Finland

Emmanuel Macron, President, France

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister, Greece

Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, Guyana

Olzhas Bektenov, Prime Minister, Kazakhstan

Hereditary Prince Alois, Hereditary Prince of the Principality of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein

Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam GCSK, FRCP, Prime Minister, Mauritius

Aleksandar Vucic, President, Serbia

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Peter Pellegrini, President, Slovakia

Pedro Sanchez Perez-Castejon, President, Spain

Anura Kumara Disanayaka, President, Sri Lanka

Sebastien Pillay, Vice President - Seychelles

Guy Parmelin, President, Switzerland

Dick Schoof, Prime Minister, The Netherlands

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ministerial teams to be part of summit

Additionally, ministerial teams from more than 45 countries are also set to take part in the summit. United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres, along with other senior UN officials, is also expected to be present.

According to the Hindustan Times report, the UN chief will be accompanied by Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Amandeep Singh Gill, Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies; Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF); Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO); Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU); Kamal Kishore, Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Senior representatives from UNDP, UN Women, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNFPA, FAO, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) will also be present.

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Tech leaders attending summit

Several tech leaders, including Sundar Pichai from Google and Sam Altman of OpenAI, are expected to attend the summit, stated Hindustan Times.

Aarthi Subramanian, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Executive Director, Tata Consultancy Services

Alexandr Wang, Chief AI Officer, Meta

Aparna Bawa, Chief Operating Officer, Zoom

Bill Gates, Chair, Gates Foundation, and co-founder of Microsoft

Brad Smith, President & Vice Chair, Microsoft

Cristiano Amon, President & Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm Incorporated

Dario Amodei, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Anthropic

Demis Hassabis, co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Google DeepMind

Jensen Huang, Founder & CEO, NVIDIA