# India is uniquely positioned to lead the next phase of global AI deployment, says Microsoft executive.

*genai · news · 2026-05-26 · NDTV Profit*

## Key points

- Indian developers are the second-largest contributors to global AI open-source projects, surpassing 7.5 million contributions.
- India ranks first in at-scale enterprise AI adoption according to Deloitte's 2026 global survey.
- Forty percent of Indian enterprises report significant or full AI use, above the global average of 28 percent.
- India's digital payments system, UPI, handles over 20 billion transactions monthly, about half of all global real-time payments.
- India is moving toward creating the world's first large-scale AI public infrastructure across key sectors.

**Companies:** Microsoft
**Countries:** India

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