India positions itself as a global AI hub, driving domestic tech growth

India is actively positioning itself as a third center of technological influence in the global AI ecosystem, seeking to move beyond being merely a consumer of AI technologies. During the G7 summit, Nvidia Chief Jensen Huang urged India to accelerate its adoption of AI, noting that the technology has become productive economic infrastructure. Separately, an EdTech startup launched Aimanthan, a free AI certification platform powered by Anthropic's Claude AI to address the lack of verifiable AI skills in India.

India is pursuing a strategy that combines innovation and strategic autonomy to shape the next digital era, challenging the dominance of the United States and China in AI. This push reflects a broader ambition for India to become a producer of advanced AI systems and a builder of digital infrastructure. Nvidia also noted that other countries should be able to select components to build their own AI economies.