Last Update: June 24, 2023, 03:26 AM IST
Washington DC, United States of America (USA)
Sundar Pichai shared with PM Modi that Google is investing USD 10 billion in India’s Digitization Fund.
Pichai also announced that Google is bringing the company’s generative AI chatbot Bard to more Indian languages very soon.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for Digital India, asserting that it was ahead of its time and has now become a global model.
The praise came after Pichai held brief talks with the prime minister along with other top US tech CEOs in Washington.
“His vision for Digital India was way ahead of its time. Now I see it as the blueprint for what other countries are trying to do. After meeting Modi, Pichai said, “Other countries are also thinking of India’s model of increasing the digital network.”
The Indian-American executive of the US tech giant, who last met Modi in December, shared with the Prime Minister that Google is investing USD 10 billion in India’s Digitization Fund.
“We shared with the Prime Minister that Google is investing USD 10 billion in India’s Digitization Fund. And we’re continuing to invest through it, including in companies that work in AI,” he said.
Pichai also announced that Google is bringing the company’s generative AI chatbot Bard to more Indian languages very soon.
He shared that Google is opening its Global Fin-Tech Operation Center in GIFT City, Gujarat. “With UPI and Aadhaar, it will strengthen India’s fintech leadership. We are going to build on the foundation and take it globally,” he said.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said PM Modi invited Pichai to explore more avenues of cooperation in the fields of artificial intelligence, fintech and cyber security.
“A good conversation between PM Narendra Modi and Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc and Google. PM invites Sundar Pichai to explore more avenues of cooperation in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI); Fintech; cyber security products and services; Also mobile device manufacturing in India,” tweeted Bagchi.
They also discussed collaboration between Google and educational institutions in India to promote R&D and skill development.
On Friday, the Prime Minister met American and Indian technology CEOs in Washington on the last day of the state visit. President Joe Biden and Modi gathered with CEOs including Apple’s Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella.
The CEOs discussed the vast opportunities and ways to deepen institutional cooperation in cutting-edge technology and R&D between the two countries.
“India-America”. Reliable partner in high technology cooperation. PM Narendra Modi and @POTUS @JoeBiden addressed a gathering of Indian and US CEOs of leading tech companies at a special event at the @WhiteHouse. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in a tweet, @SecRaimondo moderated the event.
The Prime Minister underlined the immense potential of harnessing Indo-US technological cooperation for socio-economic development.
Indian tech leaders including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra and Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani were also in attendance.
