<p>OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman is planning a visit to India in mid-February, nearly a year after his last trip to the country, as per a report by TechCrunch. The visit comes as New Delhi prepares to host a major global gathering of artificial intelligence leaders.</p><p>India will host the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi between February 16 and 20. The event is expected to bring together top global technology executives.</p><p>Sam Altman’s visit has not yet been publicly announced and could still change.</p><h2><strong>AI summit draws global tech leaders to India</strong></h2><p>The India AI Impact Summit 2026 is expected to see the presence of some of the biggest names in the AI industry. According to the summit website, confirmed attendees include Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, along with Indian business leaders such as Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani.</p><p>While Sam Altman’s name does not currently appear on the official list of speakers, TechCrunch reports that OpenAI is planning closed-door meetings on the sidelines of the summit in New Delhi, where Altman is expected to be present.</p><p>OpenAI is also reportedly hosting a separate event in Delhi on February 19, with venture capital firms and industry executives invited.</p><h2><strong>India becomes key market for global AI companies</strong></h2><p>Altman’s proposed visit highlights India’s growing importance for American AI firms. In recent months, several companies have expanded their presence in the country. Anthropic has opened an office in Bengaluru, while Google and Perplexity have partnered with Indian telecom firms to offer AI services to millions of users.</p><p>OpenAI itself has been increasing hiring in India across enterprise sales, technical deployment and legal roles linked to AI regulation. Job listings are currently active in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.</p><p>India has emerged as ChatGPT’s largest market by downloads and the second-largest by total users.&nbsp;</p><p>However, OpenAI has faced challenges converting that popularity into paid subscriptions. To address this, the company launched a lower-priced ChatGPT Go plan last year, priced below $5, and offered it free for a year to boost adoption.</p><h2><strong>India is the future of AI infrastructure</strong></h2><p>India is also being studied as a possible location for future AI infrastructure. Global firms like Google and Microsoft have already announced multi-billion-dollar investments to expand AI and cloud capacity in the country. Analysts hope the summit will strengthen India’s position as a global AI destination.</p>

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning a mid-February India visit as New Delhi hosts the India AI Impact Summit 2026. With global tech leaders attending, the move highlights India’s growing importance as a key market and future hub for AI users, talent and infrastructure.


OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman is planning a visit to India in mid-February, nearly a year after his last trip to the country, as per a report by TechCrunch. The visit comes as New Delhi prepares to host a major global gathering of artificial intelligence leaders. India will host the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi between February 16 and 20. The event is expected to bring together top global technology executives. Sam Altman’s visit has not yet been publicly announced and could still change. AI summit draws global tech leaders to India The India AI Impact Summit 2026 is expected to see the presence of some of the biggest names in the AI industry. According to the summit website, confirmed attendees include Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, along with Indian business leaders such as Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani. While Sam Altman’s name does not currently appear on the official list of speakers, TechCrunch reports that OpenAI is planning closed-door meetings on the sidelines of the summit in New Delhi, where Altman is expected to be present. OpenAI is also reportedly hosting a separate event in Delhi on February 19, with venture capital firms and industry executives invited. India becomes key market for global AI companies Altman’s proposed visit highlights India’s growing importance for American AI firms. In recent months, several companies have expanded their presence in the country. Anthropic has opened an office in Bengaluru, while Google and Perplexity have partnered with Indian telecom firms to offer AI services to millions of users. OpenAI itself has been increasing hiring in India across enterprise sales, technical deployment and legal roles linked to AI regulation. Job listings are currently active in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. India has emerged as ChatGPT’s largest market by downloads and the second-largest by total users. However, OpenAI has faced challenges converting that popularity into paid subscriptions. To address this, the company launched a lower-priced ChatGPT Go plan last year, priced below $5, and offered it free for a year to boost adoption. India is the future of AI infrastructure India is also being studied as a possible location for future AI infrastructure. Global firms like Google and Microsoft have already announced multi-billion-dollar investments to expand AI and cloud capacity in the country. Analysts hope the summit will strengthen India’s position as a global AI destination.

<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning a mid-February India visit as New Delhi hosts the India AI Impact Summit 2026. With global tech leaders attending, the move highlights India’s growing importance as a key market and future hub for AI users, talent and infrastructure.</p>

Sam Altman plans India visit as global AI leaders gather in New Delhi

<p>Thirty years ago, in 1993, a research by Psychology professor Peter Borkenau of the University of Bielefeld in Germany had concluded that an individual's ability to speak well in an articulate manner is a durable sign of intelligence. Now a language analysis of 100 American executives has&nbsp;dropped the names of the smartest tech leaders in and beyond the Silicon Valley.</p>

<p>According to a language analysis by Brookline, Massachusetts-headquartered e-learning platform Preply, billionaire business magnate Elon Musk is not the most intelligent tech executive in the United States.</p>

<p>"The way a person uses language is among the clearest indicators of intelligence. Their command over a vast vocabulary, their adeptness at employing nuanced phrases, and the complexity of their sentence structures all illuminate depth of thought and understanding," the Preply <a href="https://preply.com/en/blog/smartest-ceos-in-america/">report</a> says.</p>

<p>"To shed light on this, we analysed dialogue from 100 American executives, examining common linguistic patterns to determine which CEOs consistently showcase remarkable intelligence through their words."</p>

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<p>The platform said that they conducted an in-depth analysis of the transcripts from public appearances by various chief executives, with each transcript scored out of a possible 100 points.</p>

<p>The speeches were analysed for 60 to 180 minutes of dialogue for each executive.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The platform looked at vocabulary breadth, vocabulary sophistication, textual readability, critical thinking and contextual relevance of the speech of the respective tech executives as defining criteria of their analysis.</p>

<h2><strong>So, who is the smartest tech CEO?</strong></h2>

<p>According to the aforementioned analysis by Preply, Demis Hassabis of Artificial Intelligence company DeepMind with a score of 87.33 leads the pack among 100 tech leaders active in the United States.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone (74.33), ace investment strategist Warren Buffet (74.00), David Solomon of Goldman Sachs (71.33) and former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (71.00) were placed right next after DeepMind CEO in the list of most intelligent tech leaders.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Jensen Huang of Nvidia (70.33), Reed Hastings of Netflix (70.00), Mark Zuckerberg of Meta Platforms (69.67) and Bob Iger of Disney (69.33) were placed sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth in the list, respectively.</p>

<h2><strong>Elon Musk's rank</strong></h2>

<p>Elon Musk was ranked 16th in the list of most intelligent tech leaders with an intelligence score of 64.33.</p>

<p>OpenAI's Sam Altman was ranked 34th (59.33) while former Twitter (now X) CEO Jack Dorsey was ranked 81st with an intelligence score of 45.33.</p>

<p>Among Indian-origin tech leaders in the United States, Adobe's Shantanu Narayan was ranked 27th (61.33), followed by Vas Narasimhan of Novartis at 29th place (61.00) and Sandeep Mathrani of WeWork at 30th place (60.77).</p>

<p>Microsoft's Satya Nadella was ranked 36th (59.00) while IBM's Arvind Krishna was ranked at 48th place (55.00).</p>

<p><strong>Also watch |&nbsp;'AI more profound than fire or electricity', says Google CEO Sunder Pichai</strong></p>

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Thirty years ago, in 1993, a research by Psychology professor Peter Borkenau of the University of Bielefeld in Germany had concluded that an individual's ability to speak well in an articulate manner is a durable sign of intelligence.

Thirty years ago, in 1993, a research by Psychology professor Peter Borkenau of the University of Bielefeld in Germany had concluded that an individual's ability to speak well in an articulate manner is a durable sign of intelligence. Now a language analysis of 100 American executives has dropped the names of the smartest tech leaders in and beyond the Silicon Valley. According to a language analysis by Brookline, Massachusetts-headquartered e-learning platform Preply, billionaire business magnate Elon Musk is not the most intelligent tech executive in the United States. "The way a person uses language is among the clearest indicators of intelligence. Their command over a vast vocabulary, their adeptness at employing nuanced phrases, and the complexity of their sentence structures all illuminate depth of thought and understanding," the Preply report says. "To shed light on this, we analysed dialogue from 100 American executives, examining common linguistic patterns to determine which CEOs consistently showcase remarkable intelligence through their words." Also read | AI replaces human workers: Indian CEO replaces 90% support staff with chatbot, internet outraged The platform said that they conducted an in-depth analysis of the transcripts from public appearances by various chief executives, with each transcript scored out of a possible 100 points. The speeches were analysed for 60 to 180 minutes of dialogue for each executive. The platform looked at vocabulary breadth, vocabulary sophistication, textual readability, critical thinking and contextual relevance of the speech of the respective tech executives as defining criteria of their analysis. So, who is the smartest tech CEO? According to the aforementioned analysis by Preply, Demis Hassabis of Artificial Intelligence company DeepMind with a score of 87.33 leads the pack among 100 tech leaders active in the United States. Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone (74.33), ace investment strategist Warren Buffet (74.00), David Solomon of Goldman Sachs (71.33) and former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (71.00) were placed right next after DeepMind CEO in the list of most intelligent tech leaders. Jensen Huang of Nvidia (70.33), Reed Hastings of Netflix (70.00), Mark Zuckerberg of Meta Platforms (69.67) and Bob Iger of Disney (69.33) were placed sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth in the list, respectively. Elon Musk's rank Elon Musk was ranked 16th in the list of most intelligent tech leaders with an intelligence score of 64.33. OpenAI's Sam Altman was ranked 34th (59.33) while former Twitter (now X) CEO Jack Dorsey was ranked 81st with an intelligence score of 45.33. Among Indian-origin tech leaders in the United States, Adobe's Shantanu Narayan was ranked 27th (61.33), followed by Vas Narasimhan of Novartis at 29th place (61.00) and Sandeep Mathrani of WeWork at 30th place (60.77). Microsoft's Satya Nadella was ranked 36th (59.00) while IBM's Arvind Krishna was ranked at 48th place (55.00). Also watch | 'AI more profound than fire or electricity', says Google CEO Sunder Pichai × Google CEO Sundar Pichai was ranked 71st with an intelligence score of 50.00 while Raj Subramaniam of FedEx was ranked 99th with an intelligence score of 31.33. WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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