India and the US launched major initiatives following a meeting between PM Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump at the White House, focusing in on advancing cooperation in advanced technologies, artificial intelligence, and civil space.

Some of the key announcement are the US-India TRUST drive, which is a roadmap for AI infrastructure,  and the INDUS Innovation platform to foster partnerships in defense, space, and energy.

According to the official statement, the leaders announced the launch of  U.S.- India TRUST ("Transforming the Relationship Utilizing Strategic Technology") initiative that will catalyze government-to-government, academia, and private sector collaboration for promoting the application of critical as well as emerging technologies in segments such as defence, AI,  semiconductors, quantum computing, biotechnology, energy, and space, while encouraging the use of verified technology vendors and ensuring the protection of sensitive technologies.

This initiative will witness the private industries of both countries put forward a US-India Roadmap on Accelerating AI infrastructure by the end of the year. This roadmap will help in identifying constraints that are related to financing, building, powering and connecting large-scale American origin AI infrastructure in India, with milestones and future actions.