Growth from AI depends on the institutions that run it. We are making that case at the first B20 hosted in the United States.
From 9 to 11 November 2026, business leaders from around the world are meeting at The Anthem on The Wharf in Washington, D.C. for the B20 USA Summit. YS Tech is there, a year after taking part in B20 South Africa.
YS Tech deploys AI, digital infrastructure, and cybersecurity for governments and enterprises. We are in Washington with that deployment-side perspective and a practical question: what has to be true for AI investment to produce growth inside the institutions that use it?
The B20 is the private sector’s counterpart to the G20, whose members account for about 85% of world GDP and 75% of global trade. This is the first time the United States has hosted the B20 since it was founded, with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce leading the process.
The Summit closes a year of work by four task forces: Economic Growth, Trade, Energy, and Innovation. Their recommendations go directly to G20 governments. The Innovation Task Force’s focus includes advancing AI, strengthening supply chains, and investing in talent. The AI part is where our work fits.
Only about 30 countries host the data centres that train and run advanced AI. Most of the world will buy and run these systems.
AI adds to growth only once it is working in a hospital, a bank, a ministry, or a utility. Investment plans that stop at models and compute leave out the step where the economic return is earned.
The AI contract is the point where a deployer still has leverage. Clear obligations on documentation, inspectable logs, a tested way to switch a system off, and shared liability protect the institution. They also give vendors and investors a predictable set of terms to work to.
When every jurisdiction requires its own proof of compliance, the cost falls on the companies and institutions trying to adopt AI. The Open AI Governance and Deployment Framework proposes an open standard that can be mapped onto regulatory regimes, so a deployer can prove itself once and carry that proof across borders.
At B20 South Africa in November 2025, our Co-Founder and CEO, Anuuj Chauhan, discussed the Global South, AI governance, and digital infrastructure. In January 2026 we were at Davos. In July we contributed a deployer-side initiative to the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, and Anuuj set out the argument in full in his op-ed, Most of the World Will Deploy AI, Not Build It.
We want to see whether the Innovation Task Force’s recommendations cover the institutions that deploy AI as well as the companies that build it. On 11 November we will follow “Rewiring the Digital Economy”, the agenda session closest to the infrastructure questions our clients face. The Summit ends with the handover to the B20 2027 host, ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Miami in December.
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