Mishustin: AI can become as indispensable as electricity
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin recorded a video message to the participants of the Moscow Startup Summit. In it, he said that in the coming years, artificial intelligence could become as indispensable as electricity.
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin recorded a video message to the participants of the Moscow Startup Summit. In it, he said that in the coming years, artificial intelligence could become as indispensable as electricity.
“We are witnessing a global technological revolution. Artificial intelligence has already entered our lives and in the coming years may become as indispensable as electricity or the Internet, said Mikhail Mishustin.
In the first six months of 2026, almost 37,000 new IT companies appeared in Russia. He noted that new technology parks are opening in the country, where startup founders can get everything they need to work. According to him, now there are more than 200 such sites. Another 100 are expected to earn in the next four years.
According to Mikhail Mishustin, the Russian innovation market is betting on startups, and large companies are increasingly turning to ready-made AI solutions. He added that the creation of fundamental models based on artificial intelligence in Russia are engaged in corporations. Small companies, as the Prime Minister pointed out, are able to take into account the peculiarities of individual industries.
