India, Oct. 6 -- On September 30, Inc42 hosted the inaugural edition of the CTO Summit 2026 at JW Marriott, Bengaluru, bringing together 200+ senior technology leaders as delegates and speakers to discuss how India's technology ecosystem is building and scaling in the AI era.

The summit brought together CTOs, engineering, product, data, and AI leaders from India's leading tech startups like Meesho, Swiggy, Flipkart, and Rapido for conversations around AI adoption, engineering productivity, infrastructure, architecture, and the systems needed to build at India's scale.

Across 10+ sessions, the discussions went beyond AI experimentation to examine what happens when the technology moves into production, from the economics of running AI wor...