Railway and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shared his excitement of meeting OpenAI CEO Sam Altman with a tweet on his X Profile.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday — signalling his company's intent to build a base in a potential global AI powerhouse. India plans to build a sovereign AI model and government-backed computing infrastructure with 18,693 GPUs (graphic processing units).

Vaishnaw outlined India’s AI-driven initiatives spanning healthcare, education, agriculture, weather forecasting, disaster management and transportation.

The minister said that the OpenAI CEO appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of democratising technology.

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw met OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to discuss strategies for developing an AI ecosystem in India, focusing on cost-effective models. Altman expressed willingness to collaborate with India,

Altman reaffirmed India’s importance to OpenAI, describing the country as a key market for the company and a potential global leader in AI. He acknowledged India’s rapid adoption of AI technology, not

Vaishnaw said in a post on X that he had a "super cool discussion" with Altman on India's "strategy of creating the entire AI stack - GPUs, model, and apps" and that OpenAI was willing to collaborate on all three.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday said India is now OpenAI’s second-largest market by number of users, which have tripled in the past year. Altman met with India's IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and discussed India's plan of creating a low-cost AI ecosystem.