Two CEOs Walk Into a photo..& Don’t Hold Hands: OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs Skip Symbolic Hand Raise at AI Summit

AI’s top leaders got corralled into holding hands. It made for a photo op for the ages.

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei’s hands did not make contact, and the internet noticed. Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images Sam Altman and Dario Amodei’s awkward moment at the India AI Summit went viral. The two AI leaders — and former colleagues — raised their arms but did not hold hands. Tech leaders, including Sundar Pichai, gathered onstage with Narendra Modi in New Delhi. The world’s biggest AI leaders gathered in New Delhi this week, prepare…

That awkward moment at AI Summit: Why OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei did not hold hands

Altman and Amodei were the only tech leaders who did not join hands while on stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Google’s Sundar Pichai. It was not accidental.

Summit photo op fails to unite AI startup rivals

Tech bro rivalry is real, or at least it is for Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, the CEOs of two leading US artificial intelligence startups.

Two CEOs walk into a photo..& don’t hold hands: OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs skip symbolic hand raise at AI summit

Altman and Amodei skip the symbolic hand raise at AI Summit 2026, putting to display the rivalry between OpenAI and Anthropic

OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs refuse to hold hands at India AI summit

Heads of companies OpenAI and Anthropic refused to hold hands in a group photo at the opening of an AI summit in India.

It's striking how much progress India has made in mission to put AI to work: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at AI Summit.

It's striking how much progress India has made in mission to put AI to work: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at AI Summit. It's striking how much progress India has made in mission to put AI to work: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at AI Summit.