SBER Showcases Digital Finance, Photonic Computing and Smart-City Technologies at INNOPROM India

Russian financial and technology group Sber is using the first edition of INNOPROM India in New Delhi, being held from September 9 to 11, 2026, to present a mix of banking services, artificial intelligence, advanced computing and urban technology aimed at the Indian market.

The exhibition, taking place ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit, marks the first time the international industrial trade fair is being hosted in India. SBER’s pavilion is built around what it calls the Digital Mine, a concept intended to contrast Russia’s traditional resource wealth with a new generation of assets centred on intelligence, computing and digital infrastructure.

For India, however, the more immediate significance lies in SBER’s expanding role in Russia–India trade.

The bank operates offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, along with an IT hub in Bengaluru, and says it now handles more than 60 per cent of Indian exports to Russia. Its India operations support trade settlements, corporate banking and market-entry services for companies working between the two countries.

At INNOPROM, SBER is highlighting a cross-border settlement system designed to move payments to India within minutes, together with rupee-denominated services including accounts, deposits, letters of credit and bank guarantees. Its business development arm also assists Russian companies entering India, from identifying suppliers to completing their first commercial transactions.

The company is also expanding its physical presence in India. SBER recently acquired Summit Towers in Delhi, where it plans to establish a Russian–Indian cooperation centre offering office space and business infrastructure for companies operating in the Indian market.

Beyond banking, much of the pavilion is devoted to emerging technology.

One of the most notable exhibits is a prototype optical computing unit designed for artificial intelligence workloads. The system uses light rather than purely electronic processing for matrix multiplication, one of the core operations used in machine learning.

According to SBER, the prototype can perform more than one billion matrix multiplication operations per second, with the optical stage taking fractions of a nanosecond. The company says the system also consumes more than 30 per cent less power than comparable electronic solutions.

The display also includes GigaAgent, which SBER describes as Russia’s first autonomous universal AI agent. Rather than functioning only as a conversational chatbot, the system is designed to perform tasks such as managing calendars, handling documents and correspondence, conducting research, and preparing reports and presentations.

SBER says the system can retain working context, incorporate feedback and carry out multiple tasks with limited supervision.

Another exhibit, GigaDoc, applies artificial intelligence, computer vision and photoplethysmography to contact-free health assessment. The system analyses a user through a camera and is designed to estimate health risks across 17 parameters within seconds.

SBER is also presenting technology linked to workforce management and migration through a platform developed with Rabota.ru.

The company’s India push extends beyond finance and software.

Six technologies associated with SBERCity are being presented for potential use in India’s construction and urban infrastructure market. These include digital modelling of building energy use, indoor climate-control systems, automated waste collection, energy-management platforms, microgrids and integrated smart-home technology.

The building-energy modelling system is designed to account for factors such as local climate, architecture and operating conditions, while the Graftio-Levante system provides room-level climate control throughout the year.

A vacuum-based waste collection system is also being promoted for dense urban environments, alongside a Territory Energy Management Center intended to reduce building operating costs.

The portfolio also includes an intelligent Microgrid for autonomous electricity supply and a SberCity smart-home platform developed with SBERDevices.

SBER’s presence at INNOPROM India reflects a broader shift in Russia–India economic ties. While energy and commodities remain central to bilateral trade, both countries are increasingly exploring cooperation in digital payments, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, urban technology and industrial services.

The New Delhi exhibition gives SBER an opportunity to position itself not only as a bank supporting Russia–India trade, but also as a technology company seeking a larger role in India’s rapidly expanding digital and infrastructure markets.

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