AI Summit: A briefing on the AI India Impact Summit 2026 was held by Seattle University and the Indian Consulate General in Seattle, emphasizing India’s use of AI as a tool for social good, sustainability, and inclusive economic prosperity.

Students and senior teachers attended the event, which took place on Monday in the Casey Commons Conference Hall on the Seattle University campus. The conversation included a summary of India’s growing artificial intelligence ecosystem and focused on the summit’s subject, “People, Planet, and Progress.”

The organizers described how India is basing its AI strategy on development objectives, such as promoting more economic inclusion and sustainable growth. The purpose of the workshop was to familiarize academics and students with India’s developing position in international AI innovation and policy.

The keynote speaker was Matt Oppenheimer, the CEO of the remittance startup Remitly. He emphasized Remitly’s activities in Bengaluru and discussed the company’s investments in India’s AI-driven future, pointing to the advantages of changes pertaining to the country’s ease of doing business.

Seattle University’s Technology Ethics Initiative director and political science professor Onur Bakiner also spoke at the event. He addressed academics and students on the prospects presented by artificial intelligence as well as the difficulties presented by its rapid development.

In his speech, the Indian Consul General in Seattle gave an overview of the AI India Impact Summit 2026’s preparations and the makeup of the high-level group that is anticipated to attend from the Greater Seattle region.

In the Greater Seattle area, the event was the second in a scheduled series of pre-summit briefings. Senior technology CEOs and members of the US Congress met earlier on November 7, 2025, at the Consulate General of India in Seattle.

US officials Adam Smith and Michael Baumgartner, as well as officials from Microsoft, Salesforce, and Anicca Data Science Solutions, attended the previous briefing.

Policymakers, business executives, scholars, and civil society organizations are anticipated to convene at the AI India Impact Summit to talk about the ethical and inclusive use of AI.