The India AI Impact Summit 2026 took a creative turn with Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurating the Waves Creators Corner—a dynamic pavilion tailored to demonstrate AI’s game-changing role in AVGC-XR industries. Located in New Delhi’s Bharat Mandapam, this fully functional space merges innovation with real-world application, captivating attendees on day three of the five-day extravaganza.
Hailing it as a vital extension of initiatives like WAVES-X, WAVES Market, and Create in India, Vaishnaw spent time exploring demos and conversing with WAVES-X startups alongside C-suite representatives from Adobe, Netflix, Sony, and Amazon. The interactions underscored India’s growing stature in global creative tech.
AI showcases stole the show: real-time game dev environments, prompt-driven cinema studios, and an advanced AI newsroom by AWS and BharatGen optimizing news production. Additional innovations featured ServM’s instant voice synthesis for the multilingual Indus Chat, NFDC’s panoramic AI film experiences, Sony Research’s age-reversal for visuals and audio, plus Whistling Woods’ innovative motion capture sans markers using standard DSLRs or smartphones.
Looking ahead, the corner will host a series of expert panels, masterclasses, and workshops with international figures. Reflecting on the summit’s momentum, Vaishnaw had earlier proclaimed India’s blueprint to lead with a transformative AI model for healthcare worldwide. In discussions around AI’s surge in agriculture and health, he reiterated PM Modi’s democratic tech ethos, aiming to empower vast populations through intelligent systems that could fundamentally reshape healthcare paradigms.