Microsoft to bring AzureAI services to Yotta's AI Cloud platform

Microsoft and Yotta Data Services have partnered to accelerate AI adoption among developers, startups, enterprises, and public sector organizations across India.  Under this partnership,  Microsoft will bring its AzureAI services to Shakti Cloud, Yotta’s AI cloud platform.

The partnership combines Azure AI’s advanced models, applications, and development tools with Yotta’s AI compute platform. This combination is expected to support fast training and real-time AI inferencing across key sectors such as agriculture, healthcare, education, finance, manufacturing, retail, and media.

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, the companies said in a statement. 

“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 reflects India’s unique needs and priorities. India is already among the top global markets on AI adoption and return on investment,” said Puneet Chandok, President, Microsoft India and South Asia.

Yotta’s Shakti Cloud customers will benefit from a vast catalogue of foundational LLMs and SLMs available on Azure AI Foundry to develop, deploy, and scale at the speed of AI. Organisations will also be able to build and scale responsibly through built-in safety tools, content filters, groundedness detection, and copyright protection.

“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,” said Sunil Gupta, Co-founder, CEO & Managing Director, Yotta Data Services.

Earlier this year, Microsoft 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 the AI Centre of Excellence and AI Productivity Labs.