Speaking at a global technology event in Houston, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivered a clear message on how India should approach artificial intelligence. His focus was not on consumer tools, but on national capability and long-term control.
At a media roundtable held during Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026, Huang described AI as foundational infrastructure. “AI is an infrastructure, like water or electricity, or the internet,” he said. “There will be AI infrastructure in India—no question.”
Highlighting India’s cultural and linguistic diversity, Huang stressed the need for locally built systems. “India has hundreds of dialects, and language captures culture and values. AI should reflect the culture, values, knowledge, and intelligence of people. AI must be developed, fine-tuned, and continuously enhanced in India.” He added, “India has its own internet, its own electricity, its own roads—of course it needs its own AI.”
The remarks followed the announcement of a deep partnership between NVIDIA and Dassault Systèmes to build “science-validated industry World Models.” The collaboration integrates NVIDIA platforms such as CUDA-X, RTX, Omniverse, and AI systems into Dassault’s industrial software stack. At the same time, NVIDIA will use Dassault’s model-based engineering to design its own AI factories, starting with the Rubin platform.
Huang said the shift marks a new platform transition after decades of collaboration. “Now, a quarter of a century in, there is a new platform transition: accelerated computing and artificial intelligence.” He called this next phase “Physical AI,” saying, “Physical AI is the next frontier of artificial intelligence, grounded in the laws of the physical world.”
On India’s IT sector, valued at $250 billion, Huang was direct. “The GSIs and IT services industry of it will be reinvented for the AI era.” He said software maintenance would give way to agentic AI systems that automate workflows and improve productivity.
Huang also spoke about large-scale infrastructure, predicting chip factories, computer factories, and AI factories in India. “These three types of factories will all be created in India as well,” he said, adding that Indian-owned data centres are essential.
On autonomous driving, he noted India’s complexity. “It will take super AI to learn how to drive in India,” he said, explaining that reasoning-based systems are needed to handle real-world conditions.
Summing up his view, Huang said, “AI is a leveler,” arguing it can help smaller manufacturers and countries bridge skill gaps. “You just need to be good at explaining your intention,” he said. “The gap is being closed.”
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