NVIDIA expands its AI presence in India with major partnerships

NVIDIA today announced several strategic partnerships with Indian technology companies, strengthening its presence in India’s growing artificial intelligence (AI) sector. Three major collaborations involving Yotta Data Services, L&T Technology Services (LTTS) and Zoho Corporation were unveiled at the NVIDIA AI Summit in Mumbai.

Yotta Data Services has unveiled six new AI platform services under its Shakti Cloud platform, integrating NVIDIA NIM microservices. Services include AI Lab as a Service, AI Workspace, Serverless AI Inferencing, and GPU-as-a-Service, which aim to make AI more accessible through a pricing model based on GPU tokens and seconds.

L&T Technology Services has launched an AI Experience Zone at its Bengaluru design center, built on the NVIDIA AI platform. The facility will primarily serve customers in the mobility and technology segments, showcasing AI applications in healthcare using NVIDIA Holoscan and NVIDIA IGX. LTTS also trains more than 1,000 engineers on NVIDIA software, including the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform.

Zoho Corporation announced plans to leverage NVIDIA’s AI-accelerated computing platform, specifically NVIDIA NeMo, to create and deploy extended language models (LLMs) in its SaaS applications. The company has invested more than $10 million in NVIDIA’s AI technology and GPUs over the past year and plans to invest an additional $10 million in the coming year.

The partnerships aim to advance the adoption of AI across various sectors in India. Yotta’s services will focus on the healthcare, BFSI, legal technology and government sectors. The LTTS Experience Zone will showcase AI applications in healthcare diagnostics, telecommunications and mobility solutions. The Zoho implementation will benefit more than 700,000 customers across ManageEngine and Zoho.com globally.

These collaborations reflect NVIDIA’s strategy to expand its AI ecosystem in India while providing local companies with advanced AI capabilities. The partnerships emphasize the development of sovereign AI solutions and infrastructure, focusing on practical business applications and industry-specific use cases.

According to company statements, initial tests have shown promising results. Zoho reported a 60% increase in throughput and a 35% reduction in latency using NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM compared to previously used open source frameworks. Companies will continue to develop and deploy AI solutions while maintaining data privacy and regulatory compliance.