Satya Nadella Highlights Global AI Adoption and Need for Equitable Benefits at Davos 2026

At the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella emphasized the global potential of artificial intelligence (AI), highlighting its use by an Indian farmer to access subsidies as an example of AI's reach beyond developed countries. Nadella stressed the importance of equitable AI diffusion, supported by skills, capital, and policy, to drive productivity and economic growth worldwide. He warned against AI becoming a bubble focused only on technology firms and called for public-private cooperation to ensure broad benefits and infrastructure support.