How should organizations communicate when AI capability is accelerating, geopolitical complexity is rising, and institutional trust is becoming more fragile?This question anchored The Listening Circle, hosted by PRCAI in collaboration with U.S. India Business Council on 17 February 2026 on the onset of the India AI Summit 2026. PRCAI convened senior communications, policy, legal, and business leaders for a closed-door discussion, featuring insights from Jay Gullish, Executive Director, Digital Policy, USIBC, a visiting delegate, who highlighted several structural shifts reshaping the communications and policy mandate.