Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a new Google AI Professional Certification course. The course will be launched under the India-US Outreach Initiative.
The announcement was made on Wednesday, February 18 at the AI Summit 2026 in New Delhi.
“Today, we are announcing the India-America Connectivity Initiative, which will provide new undersea cable routes to increase AI connectivity between India and the United States and multiple locations across the Southern Hemisphere,” Pichai said. “For the opportunities this initiative creates, we must also invest in skills, which is why we are announcing our most ambitious skills programs here. This includes a new AI professional certification program from Google to master AI in their work…” Pichai said.
The course will be organized in collaboration with Wadhwani AI to reach out to students and early career professionals. This course will help people master AI in their work.
Globally, Google will partner with Galominds, educational institutes and employers. It will be available in English, Hindi and more Indian languages.
He further added: “Through Visakhapatnam, Vizag. I remember it was a quiet, unassuming port city brimming with potential. Now in that same city, Google is creating an integrated AI hub, part of our $15 billion infrastructure investment in India. When completed, this hub will house gigawatt-scale computing and a new international undersea cable gateway, bringing jobs and cutting-edge AI to people and businesses across India. Sitting on the train, I never imagined that Vizag becomes a global hub for artificial intelligence.”
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