IndiaAI Mission

Early stage

Approved March 2024 · Technology

Compute capacity, indigenous foundation models, a datasets platform, AI applications, skills, startup financing, and safe and trusted AI.

What was promised

10,000+ GPUs through public-private partnership, with an outlay of ₹10,371.92 crore over five years.

GPU empanelment (vendor capacity pools) is not the same as cash spent or utilisation, and utilisation data is not publicly verified.

February 2026

More than 38,000 GPUs onboarded (February 2026) at a subsidised ₹65 an hour, about a third of the global average; 12 teams funded to build indigenous foundation models; India ranked third in the Stanford Global AI Vibrancy Index 2025.
February 2026

Only ₹400.94 crore disbursed by February 2026, about 3.9% of the five-year outlay, 23 months in.