India AI Impact Summit 2026: Bharat1 startup to build world’s first AI city focused on people in Bengaluru

The AI Impact Summit, which is currently taking place at the Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, is already making headlines with AI wearables launches. However, in the midst of all these launches and announcements, an interesting announcement has emerged.

Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Bharat1 has laid out the plans to build the world’s first “humanity-first” AI city in Bengaluru. While on the surface, the idea seems fantastical, the researchers are not really trying to have AI models run the entire city. Instead, they want to create a city-scale simulation where AI agents and physical AI can be stress tested in a real-world scenario.