Telangana invites industry leaders at global summit for developing AI Roadmap, Innovation Hub

Hyderabad: A dual map was unveiled at the Telangana Rising Global Summit 2025 for the development and application of Artificial Intelligence.

The State unveiled a comprehensive AI Roadmap and launched the ambitious Telangana AI Innovation Hub, outlining a clear vision aiming to lead India in the global AI race.

The announcement was made during a high-powered panel discussion titled ‘Tech Telangana 2047: Semiconductors, Frontier Technologies’ in the presence of global leaders, investors and industry captains, signifying worldwide confidence in Telangana’s technological ambition.

AI to bring in ‘civilizational shift’

D Sridhar Babu, Minister for Information Technology, Electronics and Communication, Industry and Commerce and Legislative Affairs, presented a compelling vision, framing AI as a ‘civilizational shift’ and positioning Telangana as the essential ‘global proving ground.’

The AI Roadmap builds on Telangana’s 30-year IT legacy and introduces future-focused initiatives under a unified strategy.

Key pillars of the plan include:

- Semiconductor leadership, leveraging Hyderabad’s ‘Fab City’ and its global ranking in chip design

- A high-performance compute infrastructure with a facility offering 400 investigatory cores and 500 high-performance GPUs for startups, academia and industry,

- Funding and regulatory collaboration through the ‘First Funds’ initiative targeting 1,000 collaborative projects in partnership with organisations such as SEBI and Convergence and Talent, fostering a self-sustaining ecosystem that develops local talent.

Telangana AI Innovation Hub to address ‘reality gap’

Minister Sridhar Babu introduced the Telangana AI Innovation Hub to address the ‘reality gap’ in AI, where models may underperform in complex real-world environments.

The hub is structured around four pillars:

1. Global AI Academy, which aims to train five million students, professionals and government personnel,

2. Startup Acceleration to support over 250 startups in three years and foster 5 to 7 unicorns

3. Private Capital Mobilisation, targeting over $100 million in private investment and research

4. Co-Innovation Labs to focus on applied AI in sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, mobility, manufacturing and public services.

Global partnerships encouraging innovation

The initiative is supported by an open innovation ecosystem with global partnerships, access to the state’s 500-GPU cluster and a Responsible AI Framework to ensure safety, fairness and transparency.

The summit saw participation from dignitaries, including Laura Williams (Councillor-General, US Consulate), Shri Arun Sharma (World Bank) and leaders from Micron, Marble India and Deutsche Wurst, who expressed strong collaborative interest.