Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a significant closed-door roundtable with 12 leading Indian Artificial Intelligence (AI) startups on January 8, 2026, ahead of the upcoming IndiaAI Impact Summit 2026. During the interaction, PM Modi strongly urged the startups to 'think big' and move beyond creating 'AI toys' that offer mere convenience, instead focusing on developing scalable and transformative AI solutions with lasting impact for society. He emphasized the need for Indian AI models to be ethical, unbiased, transparent, and built on robust data privacy principles. The Prime Minister articulated a vision for 'Made in India, Made for the World' AI, stressing the promotion of local and indigenous content, particularly regional languages, to ensure inclusive AI adoption across the country. He highlighted India's immense capacity for both innovation and large-scale implementation, positioning startups and AI entrepreneurs as 'co-architects of India's future'. The participating startups had qualified for the 'AI for ALL: Global Impact Challenge' and showcased their work in diverse areas, including Indian language foundation models, multilingual large language models, speech-to-text, text-to-audio, text-to-video, generative AI for e-commerce, healthcare diagnostics, and material research. The IndiaAI Impact Summit 2026, scheduled for February 19-20, 2026, in New Delhi, is poised to further strengthen India's role in the global technology sector and shift the focus from AI safety to real-world impact, particularly for the Global South. The discussions reflected a collective confidence in India's ability to shape the next phase of global AI development through responsible, scalable, and inclusive innovation.