- The partnership enables Microsoft and Yotta to engage with IndiaAI Mission participants, government agencies, IITs, Startups, Enterprises, and Software Development Companies to leapfrog AI innovation. The IndiaAI Mission, an initiative by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), aims to build a comprehensive ecosystem that fosters AI innovation in India
- It enables real-time AI applications with ultra-low latency compute for businesses across sectors like healthcare, finance, retail, and manufacturing
- Together, Microsoft and Yotta aim to empower India and pave the way for a secure, low-latency and trusted hybrid AI ecosystem with Microsoft’s advanced AI models, apps, and agents, and the robust GPU and AI infrastructure platform from Yotta
New Delhi, May 2025- Microsoft and Yotta Data Services, India’s leading sovereign cloud infrastructure and platform services provider, have partnered to accelerate AI adoption in India. Under this one-of-its-kind partnership, Microsoft will bring its Azure AI services to Shakti Cloud, Yotta’s AI cloud platform, to offer cutting-edge AI capabilities to developers, startups, enterprises, and public sector organizations across India.
The partnership brings the dual advantage of a) the advanced AI models, apps, agents, and AI development environment from Azure AI and; b) a sovereign, economical, globally benchmarked AI compute platform, enabling fast AI model training and real-time inferencing, from Yotta to critical sectors like agriculture, healthcare, education, finance, manufacturing, retail, and media. The partnership also helps support the IndiaAI Mission by enhancing local AI capabilities, fostering innovation, and strengthening AI infrastructure. As of May 2025, IndiaAI Mission has received over 500 proposals for developing indigenous AI models. Together, Microsoft and Yotta will work closely with government entities, research institutions, IITs, and startups to foster homegrown innovation and accelerate the development of indigenous AI models aligned with India’s Digital Public Infrastructure.
Anchored in a shared vision to make India an AI first nation, this partnership brings together Microsoft’s trusted, scalable Azure AI platform, ML Studio and Database and Application services, Microsoft security portfolio and GitHub with Yotta’s globally benchmarked robust GPU infrastructure to deliver high performance, low-latency AI solutions hosted within India. By enabling Microsoft’s state-of-the -art AI models and services to run on Yotta’s sovereign world-class AI infrastructure, the partnership will aim to pave the way for hybrid AI that prioritizes safety, trust, and low latency AI innovation for developers and enterprises to build and scale AI responsibly while ensuring data sovereignty.
Commenting on the partnership, Puneet Chandok, President, Microsoft India and South Asia, said, “Our partnership with Yotta to power Shakti Cloud will help unlock AI innovation at scale. Microsoft is honored to play its part in helping the country realize its AI ambitions through innovation that reflect India’s unique needs and priorities. India is already among the top global markets on AI adoption and return on investment. Together with Yotta, we will continue to help India become an AI-first nation, securely and responsibly.”
Shakti Cloud customers will benefit from a rich ecosystem and vast catalogue of foundational LLMs and SLMs available on Azure AI Foundry to develop, deploy and scale at the speed of AI. Built-in safety tools, content filters, groundedness detection, and copyright protection will empower organizations to build and scale AI responsibly. As a global provider of software, infrastructure, and cloud services, Microsoft runs on trust and enables trustworthy AI by prioritizing security, privacy, and safety.
Commenting on the partnership, Sunil Gupta, Co-founder, CEO & Managing Director, Yotta Data Services, said, “This partnership is a key step forward towards India’s AI self-reliance and digital transformation, and we are excited to be able to support Indian enterprises in their journey towards AI excellence with a full gamut of offerings. The combined strength of Microsoft’s services backed by Yotta’s infrastructure gives access to some of the best capabilities to support AI development in the country. It will make cutting-edge AI capabilities accessible for Indian enterprises of all sizes and give a huge boost to driving the nation’s AI ambitions.”
In January 2025, Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella announced a collaboration with IndiaAI, a division of Digital India Corporation, to advance AI and emerging technologies in the country, and established AI Centre of Excellence and AI Productivity Labs to foster inclusive growth. Together, Microsoft and IndiaAI aim to leverage AI to drive innovation, enhance productivity, and foster inclusive growth across the country.
