The Trump administration is heavily invested in promoting AI success globally, marking a significant effort for the U.S. government, according to Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade William Kimmitt at a Washington event this month.
American companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta are announcing significant investments in India, gaining an advantage over China, which is sending a smaller delegation due to the event coinciding with Chinese New Year.
The U.S. delegation is led by White House tech policy director Michael Kratsios, while Vice President JD Vance led the previous Paris summit. While key global leaders, including Indian PM Narendra Modi, French President Macron, and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, convene in New Delhi, President Donald Trump is in Washington for the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace.
This scheduling conflict has led former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to step back from India, where he was set to speak. The Tony Blair Institute now features former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, associated with Microsoft and Anthropic, and former UK Finance Minister George Osborne, a managing director at OpenAI.
The EU aims to assert itself as a global regulator while remaining open to attracting investment, facing tensions as it balances implementing its flagship AI law with easing burdens on European companies through a “simplification package.”
EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen, representing the Commission at the summit, will highlight the EU’s goal to advance AI deployment, foster innovation, and collaborate with reliable partners like India to ensure AI remains human-centric, secure, and aligned with democratic values, according to the Commission’s tech department.
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