Official Pre-Summit Event of the AI Impact Summit 2026
AI in the Public Interest:
Democratizing Infrastructure & Public Data
AI in the Public Interest: Local Data, Global Impact
A focused roundtable exploring how local public data can be transformed into AI-ready resources with global applications. Join policymakers, technologists, and civic leaders in India's tech capital.
Official Pre-Summit Event of the AI Impact Summit 2026
Civic-Tech for
Public Good
Factly is a Hyderabad-based civic-tech organisation dedicated to making public information and data more meaningful. We operate at the crossroads of public data/information, technology, and journalism.
Factly builds products that harness public data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to empower institutions and citizens. We have built innovative products that make public data more accessible, usable, and AI-ready.
Visit FactlyMeta's mission is to advance AI for a connected world, pushing the boundaries through research, infrastructure, and product innovation to connect people in inspiring ways through collaborative, responsible AI innovation.
Meta's AI research, conducted by the FAIR team, aims to achieve advanced machine intelligence and innovates in the open, sharing research with the community. They focus on AI Infrastructure, Generative AI, Natural Language Processing, and Computer Vision.
Committed to building AI responsibly—guided by Privacy & Security, Fairness & Inclusion, Robustness & Safety, Transparency & Control, and Accountability & Governance.
Visit MetaThree Cities,
One Vision
Each roundtable addresses critical aspects of democratizing AI—from data readiness to infrastructure commons—culminating in actionable recommendations for India's AI journey.
AI in the Public Interest: Local Data, Global Impact
Democratising AI Infrastructure, towards an AI Commons
Democratising AI Infrastructure: Public Data, Compute Access, and Model Ecosystems for the Global South
AI for All
India's Open Data & AI-Readiness Challenge
A nationwide online hackathon for students, AI startups, researchers, and civic-tech innovators. Build innovative, open-source solutions that make India's datasets and digital resources ready for responsible AI use—bridging data, tools, and inclusion.