Satya Nadella addresses “IDEAS4INDIA”: Indian American Tech CEOs Forum hosted by CGI Seattle

As a follow-up to the India AI Impact Summit 2026 and with an aim to learn from the unique expertise pool of the Indian American Tech community based out of Greater Seattle, Consulate General of India hosted today “Ideas4India: Indian American Tech CEOs Forum | Unlocking the Tech Dividend”. The Forum brought together leading Indian-origin Tech CEOs, several of whom have spent over three decades at the frontiers of cutting-edge technologies, including in Artificial Intelligence (AI), quantum computing, semiconductors, cloud infrastructure, aerospace and enterprise software.

Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, was the Guest of Honour. He said he was proud to have watched the Seattle technology community grow over roughly 35 years and was pleased to see it forming and strengthening its relationship with India. He described artificial intelligence as a general-purpose technology whose benefits would depend on its broad diffusion across countries, communities and sectors.

Over forty plus Indian-origin CEOs and CTOs participated, including from Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, OpenAI, Anthropic, Intel, Veeam Software, Helion, Rhythms AI, Zenoti, Anicca Data, SeekOut, Stanley, Viome Life Sciences, Edifecs, Gates Foundation, Orange Theory, Stanley 1913, Blink Health, CoralBricks AI, Qubra.ai, Cantina Labs, Waymakers and from other leading technology companies in the Pacific Northwest.


The forum featured an interactive session, in which the participating CEOs shared their ideas and suggestions for strengthening the India - US technology partnership. These ranged from AI infrastructure to data centers, semiconductor design and manufacturing, quantum research collaboration, talent and skilling, aerospace and advanced manufacturing.

Ambassador of India to the United States, Vinay Kwatra, addressing the participants, welcomed their strong desire to further deepen India USA Tech partnership and reaffirmed Government of India’s commitment to working with all relevant stakeholders in ensuring that India’s AI Mission remains firmly anchored on the principles of inclusivity, openness, sovereignty, democratized access, safety and trust.

The gathering reflected the two-way character of the India US Tech partnership. Several of the companies represented at the forum maintain substantial engineering, research and business operations in India. It may be recalled that Microsoft has announced an investment of USD 17.5 billion in India over four years from 2026 to 2029, its largest ever in Asia, to advance the cloud and AI infrastructure, skilling and operations. Amazon has announced a total investment of USD 48 billion between 2026 and 2030, including expansion of AWS data center capacity at Mumbai and Hyderabad. Costco, is also establishing its first Global Capability Centre at Hyderabad.