Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill Gates praised India's AI progress, focusing on practical applications. He emphasised chip manufacturing, renewable energy, and innovations in agriculture, diagnostics, and biofertilizers, while discussing AIs energy efficiency challenges.

Bill Gates talks to rich guys, techies, activists, scientists… Amidst existential anxieties about inequality, climate change and genAI, the pull of 'future porn' is enormous. We want to know which people have what solutions

Gates met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss India's development roadmap, particularly its vision for 'Viksit Bharat 2047'—a goal to make India a developed nation by its centenary year of independence.

Microsoft laid the foundation for its proposed India Development Centre (IDC) campus in Noida on Saturday, bolstering its vision for AI, cloud, and security research capabilities in India.

With a team of 50-60 researchers and a large network of student contributors, BharatGen is moving forward rapidly.

Microsoft has announced plans to invest $1m over the next two years to accelerate Artificial Intelligence skill development for one million Nigerians, aiming to foster digital innovation and economic empowerment.

A $400 million public-private AI initiative involving at least ten states has been launched, with philanthropic backing.  The Ford Foundation, Omidyar Group's AI Collaborative, John D. and Catherine T MacArthur,

Current AI will fund projects around public datasets, open source AI, and public accountability for AI systems