BENGALURU: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and expressed his support for positioning India as AI-first while ensuring proper guardrails for a secure digital future. He expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Modi for his leadership and efforts.
“We appreciate the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji. We are excited to partner with them in their continued expansion,” Nadella wrote. X after meeting PM.
Mr Modi and Mr Nadella discussed technology, innovation and AI, with the former defending the ethical use of AI and setting data privacy standards. Responding to Nadella’s social media post, Prime Minister Modi wrote, “@satyanadella, it was great to meet you! It was great to learn about Microsoft’s ambitious expansion and investment plans in India. It was also great to discuss various aspects of technology, innovation and AI, @sityanadella” meeting. “
Last week, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy and some of his cabinet colleagues met Nadella in his hometown of Hyderabad. Nadella is also in India for the Microsoft AI Tour, which starts in Bengaluru on Tuesday, with a CEO conference followed by a keynote address. Microsoft recently announced in a blog post that it plans to invest approximately $80 billion in fiscal year 2025 to build AI-enabled data centers to train AI models and deploy AI and cloud-based applications around the world. said. More than half of this total investment will go to the United States.
Over the past two years, Mr. Modi has met with several leaders in the AI space, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, to discuss the future of AI adoption in India and the need for global regulation. He recently met Aravind Srinivas, CEO of AI startup Perplexity. The company is valued at $9 billion after recently completing $500 million in funding.
