Overview
- India signed the Pax Silica Declaration at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, with Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and U.S. Under Secretary Jacob Helberg as signatories and U.S. Ambassador Sergio Gor in attendance.
- Pax Silica, launched in December 2025, seeks to de-risk over‑concentrated technology supply chains by coordinating projects across critical minerals, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, energy, logistics and AI infrastructure.
- Helberg framed the move as rejecting “weaponised dependency,” while Gor called India’s participation strategic and essential given its engineering depth and growing role in mineral processing.
- According to The Tribune, India also signed an India–U.S. AI Opportunity Partnership focusing on pro‑innovation regulation, joint R&D, next‑generation data centers, expanded access to advanced processors and startup acceleration.
- Vaishnaw said the coalition aligns with India’s semiconductor push, noting ten plants underway, the first nearing commercial production, and domestic design work on advanced 2‑nanometer chips.