What is Pax Silica: India formally signed and joined the Pax Silica Declaration during the Global AI Impact Summit held in New Delhi, marking a significant step in strengthening technological and strategic cooperation with the United States. The declaration reflects a shared commitment to advancing collaboration in critical sectors such as artificial intelligence, semiconductor development, and rare earth mineral supply chains.
The signing ceremony was attended by senior representatives from both nations, including US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jacob Helberg, and India’s Minister of Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw. Their presence underscored the importance both governments place on deepening economic and technological ties.
Welcoming India into the Pax Silica initiative, US officials emphasized that the partnership is designed to be mutually beneficial. By signing the declaration, both countries have expressed their intent to work toward a “win-win” framework—enhancing innovation, strengthening supply chain resilience, and promoting responsible development of advanced technologies.
The agreement is expected to boost cooperation in emerging technologies, encourage joint research and development, and support sustainable sourcing of critical minerals essential for AI hardware and clean energy solutions. It also signals a broader strategic alignment between India and the United States in shaping the future of global technology governance and economic growth.
Overall, India’s participation in the Pax Silica Declaration highlights its growing role as a key partner in the global technology ecosystem and reinforces the shared vision of building secure, transparent, and innovation-driven collaborations between the two democracies.
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US Ambassador Sergio Gor said, “We welcome India’s future as a co-founder of the Pax Silica project. This is about free societies, whether free societies can dominate the top sectors of the global economy. It’s about whether innovation will happen in Bengaluru and Silicon Valley or in surveillance states where technology is used to monitor and control people. We choose freedom, we choose partnership. We choose power. And today, with India’s entry into Pax Silica, we choose victory.”
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US Deputy Secretary of State (Economic Growth, Energy and Environment) Jacob Hellberg also praised India’s accession to the Pax Silica Declaration, saying it underscores the importance of economic security translating into national security and standing up against pressure and blackmail that undermines the prosperity of nations.
What is Pax Silica
Pax Silica is the flagship initiative of the U.S. Department of State focused on strengthening artificial intelligence cooperation and securing critical supply chains. It seeks to build a new economic security framework among allies and trusted partners, ensuring resilience in strategic technologies and essential resources.
The Pax Silica Declaration emphasizes that reliable and trusted supply chains are fundamental to shared economic stability and national security. It also acknowledges artificial intelligence as a transformative technology that will shape long-term economic growth, innovation, and global competitiveness.
