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Quad: AI cooperation and technology supply chains

This dossier follows US, Japanese, Indian and Australian cooperation on Indo-Pacific AI access and resilient chip supplies.

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Quad foreign ministers meeting in Washington in January 2025.
Archive photograph, Washington, 21 January 2025. It does not show the October 2026 Atlanta meeting. — Freddie Everett / U.S. Department of State / Wikimedia Commons — domaine public (œuvre du gouvernement fédéral américain), 21 janvier 2025, sans modification.

Where things stand

On 31 October 2026, ministers announce their intention to provide over $85 million in technical and financial assistance. Recipients, national contributions and timing are not specified.

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Quad announces over $85 million in planned AI assistance for the Indo-Pacific

The United States, Japan, India and Australia announced in Atlanta on 31 October 2026 their intention to provide over $85 million in technical and financial assistance to expand access to what they describe as trusted AI in the Indo-Pacific.

Quad foreign ministers meeting in Washington in January 2025.
Archive photograph, Washington, 21 January 2025. It does not show the October 2026 Atlanta meeting. — Freddie Everett / U.S. Department of State / Wikimedia Commons — domaine public (œuvre du gouvernement fédéral américain), 21 janvier 2025, sans modification.

The statement includes support through the Quad SI Accelerator. It uses the term “superintelligence,” while specifying that Australia, India and Japan use it to mean artificial intelligence; the terminology does not announce a new technical capability.

The partners also plan to identify supply-chain bottlenecks in advanced semiconductors and AI hardware. The assistance remains an announced intention: national contributions, initial recipients and payment dates are unspecified. The announcement does not establish that this amount has been disbursed.

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