“No technology has me dreaming bigger than AI”
“No technology has me dreaming bigger than AI”
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Publish Date: 2026-02-19 00:52:00
Source Domain: blog.google
Editor’s note: Today, Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed world leaders gathered at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India. What follows is a transcript of the remarks, as prepared for delivery.
Thank you, Prime Minister Modi, and distinguished leaders. It is wonderful to be back in India. Every time I visit, I am struck by the pace of change and today is no different.
Back when I was a student, I often took the Coromandel Express train from Chennai up to IIT Kharagpur. To get there we passed through Visakhapatnam — Vizag. I remember it being a quiet and modest coastal city, brimming with potential.
Now, in that same city, Google is establishing a full-stack AI hub, part of our $15 billion infrastructure investment in India. When finished, this hub will house gigawatt-scale compute and a new international subsea cable gateway, bringing jobs and the benefits of cutting-edge AI to people and businesses across India.
New era of discovery
Sitting on that train, I never imagined Vizag becoming a global AI hub.
Just as I couldn’t have imagined that I’d one day be spending time with teams figuring out how to put data centers into space…
Or taking my parents for a fully autonomous car ride in San Francisco.
Seeing a Waymo ride through my 83-year-old dad’s eyes, I saw the progress in a whole new light.
Of course he said he’d be more impressed if it worked on India’s busy roads — still working on that one, Dad.
This progress shows what’s possible when humanity dreams big.
And no technology has me dreaming bigger than AI.
It is the biggest platform shift of our lifetimes.
We are on the cusp of hyperprogress and new discoveries that can help emerging economies leapfrog legacy gaps.
But that outcome is neither guaranteed nor automatic. To build AI that is truly helpful for everyone, we must pursue it boldly, approach it responsibly and work through this defining moment together.
Act bold
Why bold?
Because AI can improve billions of lives and solve some of the hardest…
