Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen addressed the India AI Impact Summit 2026. He stated India stands to lead the future of open and trusted artificial intelligence. Rapid technology adoption and scale could establish the country as the world's largest AI user base.
Narayen noted tension between democratized AI and proprietary commercial interests. He urged companies to identify sustainable advantages beyond AI models. Narayen cited Adobe’s open PDF standard as a successful example of this strategy.