By Matt Binder
Publication Date: 2026-02-19 18:32:00
The AI Impact Summit 2026 is currently underway in New Delhi, India. Some of the biggest tech companies in the world are in attendance to speak about the state of artificial intelligence, including Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who spoke at the event on Thursday.
Pichai had some interesting things to say in his speech, and you can read a transcript of Pichai’s prepared remarks at the Google blog. The prepared remarks differ slightly from the live speech, which was posted to YouTube by Reuters.
1. New connections between the U.S. and India — literally
Google is building a “vast network of subsea fiber optic cables,” according to Pichai.
Google’s undersea cable network may not be entirely new, but the company’s investments in expansion are. Pichai shared that Google is creating a “full-stack AI hub” as part of the company’s $15 billion infrastructure investment in India. This includes four new subsea fiber optic cable…
