Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, met with India's IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to discuss a potential collaboration
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI said on Wednesday that India has become the second-largest market for ChatGPT, with the company’s user base tripling in the country over the past year.
Altman, who is currently on a world tour arrived in India on Tuesday night and is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, and various startups and venture capital funds.
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According to Sam Altman India has emerged as a crucial player in the AI sphere. “India is an incredibly important market for AI, and OpenAI in particular,” Altman stated during a recent fireside chat. He revealed that India is now OpenAI’s second-largest market, with user growth tripling in just one year.
“India should be among the leaders of the AI revolution. It’s amazing to see what the country has done,” he added.
India’s IT Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, also participated in the discussion talking about the country’s strategic approach to AI development.
Vaishnaw outlined India’s three-pronged strategy, which focuses on: Developing indigenous semiconductor design capabilities to power AI systems, creating robust AI models that can be applied across various industries and applications and developing practical AI solutions that can drive innovation and transformation across sectors.
Had a super cool discussion with @sama on our strategy for creating the entire AI stack – GPUs, models, and apps.
Willing to collaborate with India on all three. pic.twitter.com/uXjB2w2dbV— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) February 5, 2025
Altman’s visit to India comes at a time when a Chinese AI lab has created a foundational model called DeepSeek. This model has shown that cutting-edge AI can be built at a lower cost, challenging OpenAI’s dominance.
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During his previous visit to India in June 2023, Altman had said that it would be difficult for companies, including those in India, to build a product like ChatGPT. However, he also encouraged companies to try and build their own AI models.
