India enters 2026 with fast AI adoption but uneven scale. Here are some AI adoption challenges in India and what CIOs must fix to create real enterprise value.

India has given OpenAI, Google, and other AI firms 30 days to respond to its proposed royalty system for training on copyrighted content.

There’s great momentum in India in terms of AI and agentic AI applications getting deployed, observed Satya Nadella, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft.

OpenAI recently offered its ChatGPT Go plan free for one year to Indian users, while Perplexity partnered with Airtel to bundle premium access with mobile plans. Google previously tested this approach in Indonesia and 40 other countries before bringing it to India, suggesting meticulous market validation.

In a landmark development for India’s technology landscape, IIT Bombay has officially launched BharatGen Technology Foundation a homegrown AI

Amazon has invested $40 billion in India so far, helping small businesses digitalize their operations and enabling $20 billion in ecommerce exports.

Global tech giants Amazon and Microsoft are investing tens of billions in India’s AI infrastructure, but experts say the country’s long-term advantage will come from building skilled talent and capabilities.

Global tech giants including Amazon, Microsoft and Google unveil massive AI and cloud investments in India, betting big on the country’s digital expansion.