US-India Strategic Partnership Forum Leads 120 US CEOs to India AI Impact Summit
Among the prominent CEOs in attendance are Shantanu Narayen of Adobe, Raj Subramaniam of FedEx, Brad Smith of Microsoft, and Hemant Taneja of General Catalyst.
New Delhi: A delegation of 120 US CEOs, including leaders from Adobe, FedEx, Microsoft and General Catalyst, arrived in New Delhi for the India AI Impact Summit, marking the largest-ever American business presence at an AI-focused event in India.
The delegation comes as American technology giants prepare to deploy an estimated $67.5 billion in AI and data centre infrastructure across India over the next five years, positioning the country as a strategic global AI hub.
The five-day summit, organised by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has drawn over 35,000 participants and more than 50 ministers from around the world. The U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) is leading the American contingent.
Among the prominent CEOs in attendance are Shantanu Narayen of Adobe, Raj Subramaniam of FedEx, Brad Smith of Microsoft, and Hemant Taneja of General Catalyst.
However, while infrastructure investment accelerates, workforce readiness remains a key concern. According to KPMG’s India CEO Outlook 2025, 74% of Indian CEOs believe workforce preparedness will determine growth over the next three years. The release also cited Deloitte’s State of AI in the Enterprise report, noting that although 78% of organisations have deployed AI tools, only 6% of employees feel comfortable using them effectively.
Focus on AI Fluency
AI-native platform CambrianEdge.ai is serving as Knowledge Partner to USISPF at the summit. Harjiv Singh, founder and CEO of CambrianEdge.ai, moderated a panel discussion on operationalising AI literacy at scale across Indian enterprises.
The panel included Girish Raghavan, CTO of GE Healthcare; Vijay Guntur, CTO of HCLTech; Kumaresh Pattabiraman, India Country Manager and Vice President-Product at LinkedIn; and Rohit Kumar Singh, former Secretary to the Government of India and advisor to the USISPF Board.
Discussions centred on the distinction between AI literacy — the ability to use AI tools — and AI fluency, which involves judgement in applying and overseeing AI outputs. The panel highlighted the widening execution gap between AI adoption and workforce capability, warning that insufficient skills could slow returns on large-scale infrastructure investments.
Harjiv Singh said India’s competitive edge would depend on how quickly execution capability is built across its workforce, noting that sectors such as marketing are already experiencing rapid AI-driven transformation.
As Knowledge Partner, CambrianEdge.ai offered summit participants complimentary 30-day access to its AI-native marketing platform, which integrates content creation, research and analytics workflows, and is currently used by over 300 organisations across 20 countries.
India AI Impact Summit 2026
The India AI Impact Summit has emerged as a key platform for global AI collaboration, bringing together policymakers, business leaders and technology innovators to shape the next phase of India’s AI-driven growth trajectory.
