Big Tech Missing: Apple, Perplexity, xAI Absent from AI Impact Summit 2026

• The AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, meant to showcase India's AI ambitions, saw major tech players like Apple, Perplexity AI, and xAI conspicuously absent.
• Despite the presence of over 20 heads of state and top executives from Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and NVIDIA, key figures and companies were missing.
• NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Bill Gates did not attend, sending senior executives instead, raising initial questions.
• Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas, a prominent Indian-origin AI figure, was a notable no-show, with no official explanation from the company.
• Apple's absence is seen as deliberate, aligning with CEO Tim Cook's focus on integrating AI into real-life applications and devices rather than participating in AI model discussions; Elon Musk's xAI also missed the event, likely due to his packed schedule across multiple ventures.