Sundar Pichai on India's AI Rise: 'Pace of Change is Remarkable'

• Google CEO Sundar Pichai highlights India's rapid technological and infrastructure transformation at the AI India Summit.
• Pichai notes Visakhapatnam's evolution into a global AI hub, where Google is establishing a full-stack AI hub with a $15 billion investment.
• The investment includes large-scale compute infrastructure and a subsea cable gateway, aiming to create jobs and expand AI capabilities.
• Pichai emphasizes preventing an 'AI divide' by investing in compute infrastructure and connectivity, including new subsea fiber optic cables between the US and India.
• India is hosting the AI Impact Summit from February 16-20, focusing on 'People, Planet and Progress', with the Prime Minister inaugurating the Expo 2026.