Microsoft and Yotta Data Services partnered on Wednesday to accelerate AI adoption in India, combining Microsoft’s Azure AI capabilities with Yotta’s sovereign cloud infrastructure to support India’s AI ambitions.

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• Partnership aims to engage with IndiaAI Mission, government agencies, IITs, startups, enterprises, and software firms for AI innovation.
• Microsoft integrates Azure AI services into Yotta’s Shakti Cloud, enhancing AI tools for developers, startups, enterprises, and public sector bodies.
• Puneet Chandok, Microsoft India President, highlights the partnership as key to unlocking large-scale AI innovation tailored to India’s needs.
• India ranks among top global markets for AI adoption and ROI; over 500 indigenous AI proposals received by IndiaAI Mission as of May 2025.
• Shakti Cloud offers access to foundational LLMs and SLMs from Azure AI Foundry for rapid AI development and deployment.
• Built-in safety features include content filters, groundedness detection, and copyright protection for responsible AI scaling.
• Microsoft emphasizes trust, security, privacy, and safety in delivering AI services.
• Sunil Gupta, Yotta CEO, calls this partnership a major step toward India’s AI self-reliance and digital transformation.
• The collaboration makes advanced AI accessible to enterprises of all sizes, boosting India’s AI capabilities nationally.
• Earlier in January, Microsoft announced collaboration with IndiaAI and launched AI Centres of Excellence and AI Productivity Labs in India.