10 most influential Indians in Time100 AI 2026: Meet the Indian tech leaders shaping AI’s future
TIME Magazine has unveiled its annual list of the 100 most influential people in Artificial Intelligence, known as the TIME100 AI 2026. The list, established three years ago, aims to spotlight individuals who have made a significant impact on the field of AI. Among the Indian pioneers featured on this year's list are Arvind Krishna, the CEO and Chairman of IBM; Arvind Raman, the Acting Head of U.S. CAISI and Director at NIST; Anima Anandkumar, a Professor at Caltech Bren School of Engineering; Utkarsh Saxena, the Co-founder and CEO of Adalat AI; and Sanjay Mehrotra, the Chairman, President, and CEO of Micron Technology.
These individuals are shaping the future of technology by diversifying pathways through their contributions to hardware, business systems, AI safety standards, indigenous language tools, scientific modeling, and responsible AI governance.
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