By CIO Insider Team
 

Microsoft and Yotta Data Services announce that they have partnered to drive Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption in India. Under this, Microsoft will bring its Azure AI services to Shakti Cloud, which is Yotta's AI cloud platform, to offer advanced capabilities to developers, startups, enterprises, and public sector organisations across India.

This collaboration allows Microsoft and Yotta, a provider of sovereign cloud infrastructure and platform services, to connect with participants of the IndiaAI Mission, governmental bodies, IITs, startups, enterprises, and software development firms to foster AI innovation.

The IndiaAI Mission, an effort by the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY), seeks to create a robust environment that promotes AI innovation in India.

The collaboration offers the dual benefit of advanced AI models, applications, agents, and the AI development ecosystem from Azure AI alongside a sovereign, cost-effective, globally recognized AI computing platform, facilitating rapid AI model training and real-time inferencing, applicable from Yotta to crucial areas such as agriculture, healthcare, education, finance, manufacturing, retail, and media.

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The Microsoft-Yotta alliance further bolsters the IndiaAI Mission by improving local AI capabilities, promoting innovation, and reinforcing AI infrastructure.

By May 2025, the IndiaAI Mission had obtained more than 500 proposals for creating homegrown AI models. In collaboration, Microsoft and Yotta will engage with government agencies, research bodies, IITs, and startups to promote local innovation and speed up the creation of native AI models that support India's Digital Public Infrastructure.