AI Summit 2026 | India Joins US-Led Pax Silica to Boost AI, Semiconductor Supply Chains

India on Friday joined the Pax Silica - a United States-led international strategic alliance launched last year to secure global Artificial Intelligence and semiconductor supply chains and reduce dependence on non-aligned nations. This will strengthen bilateral ties in areas like the production of critical minerals and in the rapidly evolving Artificial Intelligence space, to create a safe and strong global tech ecosystem. The agreement was signed on the last day of the India AI Impact Summit, a five-day gathering of AI business leaders, innovators, and policymakers that featured over 600 AI-related start-ups. "The world trusts India... we have a large talent pool and conduct our foreign policy in a way that creates this trust. As part of that, today Pax Silica was signed, which is important for the semiconductor supply chain and manufacturing, and chip design," Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.