Amid AI hype at New Delhi AI Impact Summit, JobsOhio highlights real-world deployment

The AI Impact Expo discussions this year were filled with the world competing to create more powerful models of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The next frontier of research, the topic of computing power and generative systems were discussed on panels. The leaders of AI World held meetings in 88 countries to adopt national AI strategies in order to remain competitive. But to some participants the key question was, much more pragmatically, where does AI add economic value?

It is this question that put the visit of Payal Thakur into perspective, the Chief AI and Data Officer at JobsOhio, the economic development organisation serving the US state of Ohio. Although a significant portion of the summit was devoted to technological innovations, the talks that Thakur had with Indian companies were based on the implementation of artificial intelligence in the industries which drive real economies. To leaders of the economic development, it is not as much of a debate as to who is creating the biggest AI model but on where the technology is adding value to productivity and operations in the manufacturing industry, aerospace industry, energy sector, healthcare, and logistics.

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This notion was replicated throughout the sessions in the Expo, as panel talks and displays emphasised the idea that the further development of AI is dependent on the cooperation with the established industries rather than the volume of its models. The talks by Thakur have shown the role of AI integration into operations of companies to enhance the performance of their factories, supply chain optimisation, and the strength of the logistics networks.

Besta Prem Sai, CEO of Vecros Technologies, an Indian drone technology firm, explained the way vision-based AI is already implemented in warehouses, manufacturing premises and infrastructure locations. Drones can now receive real-time visual data that is being utilised in operation insights, such as detecting safety concerns to tracking assets, thanks to AI-powered drones.

Payal Thakur, Chief AI & Data Officer, Jobs Ohio

Strategy of Ohio AI Super Sector

Through these meetings, Thakur hosted Indian AI firms, where she communicated with the firms on how Ohio could be utilised to help them expand in the United States with respect to its workforce, industry base, and technology infrastructure.

Ohio is still among the biggest manufacturing economies in the United States and as such, it provides about USD $139 billion to the United States economy in 2025. Its healthcare firms such as the Cleveland Clinic are implementing AI in diagnostics and treatment planning whilst others such as GE Aerospace, Honda and Anduril Industries are implementing AI in manufacturing systems, within aerospace technologies and in sophisticated defence platforms.

JobsOhio is currently following a super sector strategy wherein the state is looking forward to attracting investments in high growth sectors like AI with enterprise clients in life sciences, manufacturing, energy, technology, and advanced aerospace and defence.

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Economies which incorporate AI in the main industries have a more sustainable benefit over those which are only concerned with digital products or research advancements. This difference is essential to policymakers, investors and business executives. The strategy of Ohio demonstrates that AI-based change can be most successful in reinforcement and empowerment of the already established industrial capacities and not substituting them.

The state of Ohio presents a combination that is unique to Indian companies thatconsider expanding to the US. It offers a talented labor force, low operation expenses, and infrastructure that supports both the high-technology and industrial use. The Brookings Institute claims Columbus, in particular, as one of the 25 percent of the countries in the United States with the highest AI talent, innovation, and adoption.

This competitive advantage is supported by a proactive state government that is committed to future-oriented AI governance and policies, which leads to corporate innovation. Moreover, the JobsOhio program, the AI Ready Ohio, is vociferously preparing the Ohio labor force, supplying its people and workers with the AI proficiency to succeed in an AI-enabled economy.

Thakur emphasised that companies can use the talent pool and the developed industrial base of the state, as well as the joint business environment, to introduce AI in such a way that would lead to quantifiable operational and economic outcomes.

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