{"id":992625,"date":"2026-02-16T09:56:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=992625"},"modified":"2026-02-16T09:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:26:45","slug":"india-ai-impact-summit-2026-sam-altman-bets-on-india-as-openais-next-growth-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/02\/16\/india-ai-impact-summit-2026-sam-altman-bets-on-india-as-openais-next-growth-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"India AI Impact Summit 2026: Sam Altman bets on India as OpenAI\u2019s next growth engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is doubling down on India, labelling the world\u2019s most populous nation a potential \u201cfull-stack AI leader\u201d as the San Francisco-based startup prepares to expand its physical presence and government ties in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Writing for The Times of India ahead of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at New Delhi\u2019s Bharat Mandapam, Altman stated that India has surged to become OpenAI\u2019s second-largest user base globally, trailing only the United States. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is doubling down on India, labelling the world\u2019s most populous nation a potential \u201cfull-stack AI leader\u201d as the San Francisco-based startup prepares to expand its physical presence and government ties in the region. Writing for The Times of India ahead of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at New Delhi\u2019s Bharat Mandapam, Altman stated that India has surged to become OpenAI\u2019s second-largest user base globally, trailing only the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,51,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-992625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hindustantimes","category-it-2-hindustantimes","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=992625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=992625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=992625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}