India surpasses $20 bn in AI investment, more on cards

With India surpassing the $20 billion mark in cumulative and new investment commitments in artificial intelligence (AI) to date in 2025 — according to the latest estimates by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (IT) — the country is well poised to become a key player in the race for a place in global Al sweepstakes.

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Stanford Al Index Report in 2025 said India’s cumulative private investment in AI from 2013 to 2024 was at $11.1 billion in 2024 (adding the government's, it is $12.3 billion).

In terms of private sector investments, India is close to those made in Canada and Israel (around $15 billion) and better than France ($11 billion), South Korea ($8.96 billion), and Japan ($5. 9 billion) as well as Australia ($3.88 billion). India’s investment in AI has been boosted by Google's new announcement of setting up a $15-billion Al data hub in Visakhapatnam over a period of five years. It would be the largest investment by the company outside of the US.