The United States has laid out its vision that is bold for empowering allies that are global with technologies related to AI that are cutting-edge and sovereign at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 that took place today.
Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Michael Kratsios was leading the delegation of the U.S. to the Summit, being joined by Under Secretary of State Jacob Helberg, Under Secretary of Commerce William Kimmitt, and Ambassador Sergio Gor, alongside heads of state that are global, foreign ministers, and leaders from business.
Director Kratsios was giving remarks on the leadership of America in AI and adoption that is international of AI, the rejection of governance that is global for the pursuit of sovereignty that is real in AI, and the opportunity of nations to be joining the U.S. as partners to be building the future of AI for their peoples with components of the stack that is American AI.
What Real AI Sovereignty Means
“Real AI sovereignty means owning and using technology that is best-in-class for the benefit of your people, and charting your destiny that is national in the midst of transformations that are global,” Director Kratsios was saying in his statement. He was urging nations to be focusing on autonomy that is strategic alongside adoption of AI that is rapid rather than aiming for self-sufficiency that is full.
“We believe that partners that are independent are critical to unlocking the prosperity that adoption of AI can open to all of us. That is why the President launched the Program that is American AI Exports,” he was explaining. Working with the stack that is American AI means nations can be building on top of the technologies that are the best in the world and keeping data that is sensitive within their borders that are national.
He also was calling for rejecting in a manner that is firm attempts at governance that is global of AI. “We believe adoption of AI cannot lead to a future that is brighter if it is subject to bureaucracies and control that is centralized,” he was saying.
The Growing Gap in AI Adoption
The Director was speaking in his remarks to the chasm that is growing on adoption of AI between economies that are developed and developing. “The pace of adoption and sophistication of deployment continues to stratify in a manner that is concerning. Countries that are developing are falling behind economies that are developed at a point that is fundamental inflection,” he was saying. He was urging countries that are developing to be prioritizing the adoption of technologies related to AI especially across care that is health-related, education, infrastructure for energy, agriculture, and services that are government-facing for citizens to be delivering benefits that are concrete for their respective peoples.
New Initiatives That Were Unveiled
Finally, Director Kratsios was unveiling initiatives that are new from the U.S. to be accelerating adoption that is global of the stack that is American AI through the Program that is American AI Exports, including the following:
The National Champions Initiative of the American AI Exports Program will be incorporating companies that are leading in AI of partner nations into their stacks that are customized for American AI Export, demonstrating that technology that is American directly is strengthening and building capabilities that are domestic in AI.
The U.S. Tech Corps, which is a initiative that is new initiative of the Peace Corps, will be providing talent that is volunteer and technical with partners that are important to be providing support that is last-mile deployment of AI that are powerful for services that are public services and enhancements.
The Treasury Department is launching a fund that is new at the World Bank to be helping countries overcome barriers related to adoption of AI, in addition to programs that are new for financing that were launched at the Export-Import Bank, the Corporation that is U.S. International Development Finance, the State Department, and the Administration for Small Business.
The Initiative for AI Agent Standards of NIST will be facilitating the development of standards that are interoperable and secure for AI that is agentic, giving the public confidence in technology that is next-generation.
As the administration of Trump is unveiling a strategy that is whole-of-government to be promoting exports of American AI, it is bringing to the India AI Impact Summit a message that is clear: AI that is American is the standard that is gold, and we are sharing it with our partners to be securing our future that is shared.
