The Economic Times

Ashwini Vaishnaw at Davos 2026: 5 key takeaways highlighting India's Semiconductor pitch and roadmap to AI sovereignty at WEF

At WEF Davos 2026, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw positioned India as a first-tier AI nation and trusted global tech partner. He announced India will run most AI work on sovereign models within a year, backed by 38,000 GPUs in a national compute grid. A complete semiconductor ecosystem is emerging, with 24 startups designing 2nm chips and four fabs launching in 2026.