PM Modi holds roundtable with 12 Indian AI start-ups ahead of India AI Impact Summit 2026
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a roundtable at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg on 8 January 2026 with 12 Indian AI start-ups that qualified under the Foundation Model Pillar of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, urging that Indian AI models promote local content and regional languages.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a roundtable with Indian AI start-ups at his residence, 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, on 8 January 2026, ahead of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 to be held in India the following month. Twelve start-ups that qualified under the summit's Foundation Model Pillar presented work in areas such as healthcare, multilingual large language models, materials research, data analytics and engineering simulation. Modi called start-ups and AI entrepreneurs co-architects of India's future, said Indian AI models should promote local and indigenous content and regional languages, and stressed that they be ethical, unbiased, transparent and based on data privacy principles.
Key facts
- Event
- PM's roundtable with Indian AI start-ups
- Venue, date
- 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, 8 January 2026
- Participants
- 12 start-ups qualified under Foundation Model Pillar
- Context
- India AI Impact Summit 2026 (following month)
- PM's message
- Local content and regional languages; ethical, unbiased, transparent, privacy-based AI
Practice MCQs 2 questions
The 12 AI start-ups at the PM's roundtable on 8 January 2026 had qualified under which pillar of the India AI Impact Summit 2026?
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Correct answer: B — Foundation Model Pillar
PIB (PMO): the 12 start-ups had qualified under the Foundation Model Pillar of the India AI Impact Summit 2026.
How many Indian AI start-ups presented their work at the PM's roundtable on 8 January 2026?
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Correct answer: C — 12
PIB (PMO): 12 Indian AI start-ups presented their ideas and work.