New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Artificial Intelligence serves as a fundamental construct for large-scale societal transformation when integrated with open networks and decentralised ecosystems. Speaking at a panel during the India AI Summit 2026 in Delhi, Nandan Nilekani, Infosys co-founder, emphasised that the convergence of AI agents and open architectures is the fastest way to diffuse technology productively to improve lives.

"So if a user is there who is a farmer or somebody who is producing a little bit of electricity, if they can very easily transact with somebody else through an agent, which is in their own language, then suddenly this is inclusion at a massive scale. So I really see AI agents on an open network as the fundamental construc...