Gina Raimondo warns against isolationist AI strategies

Gina Raimondo spent four years as the US official in charge of keeping advanced chips out of rival hands. Now she is making the case that AI is too big for any one country to handle by itself. Speaking at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi on October 13, 2026, the former Commerce Secretary argued that countries and companies need to cooperate to manage the economic and security risks posed by artificial intelligence. Her central message was blunt: national isolationism is not a workable strategy. What Raimondo said in New Delhi Raimondo, who now serves as Chair and CEO of RAISE US, pressed for shared standards and common safety measures for AI. Her reasoning was straightforward. No single nation, and no single company, can effectively manage these technologies alone. She also pointed to the deepening relationship between the US and India as a template. The two countries have been working more closely on AI and semiconductors, and Raimondo framed that partnership as a powerful model for cooperative governance at a moment when the technology is moving fast. Compete and cooperate, at the same time The New Delhi remarks built on an op-ed Raimondo published in TIME on October ...