Nvidia, OpenAI announce partnerships with Indian firms, academic institutes

19 FEBRUARY 2026

U.S. tech giants Nvidia and OpenAI announced partnerships with Indian industry and academia at the ongoing AI Impact Summit.
Nvidia will work with three firms – Yotta (which runs data centres), L&T, and E2E Networks.
Nvidia, which makes the graphics processing units that run AI models, will provide Indian partners with access to Nemotron and NeMo, the former being a family of open source LLMs (Large Language Models) and the latter a software suite for managing AI agents.
OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has signed with multiple universities, namely IIT-Delhi, IIM-Ahmedabad, AIIMS, New Delhi, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, and Pearl Academy.
It aims to “strengthen AI use among students”.
“To expand AI capabilities beyond campuses and into the broader skilling ecosystem,OpenAI is also collaborating with leading ed-tech platforms including PhysicsWallah, upGrad, and HCL GUVI,” the firm said, adding that one lakh students and staff will benefit from the deal.